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Peter Holmes
Vice President Operations

Peter Holmes has recently retired from Accenture, as the Director of Operations for Accenture’s Government Services business in Europe, Africa and Latin America. For more than 25 years Peter had been helping businesses and governments leverage new technologies, create new partnerships and deliver improved services to their stakeholders.

Peter joined Accenture in 1996. Prior to this, Peter was the Managing Director of UK Systems for Sema Group Plc (now Atos Origin) and a board member of their global outsourcing business.

At Sema, Peter worked extensively across the UK public sector where, for many years, he was the director responsible for the company’s business with the Department of Social Security (now the Department of Work and Pensions). With the Department of Social Security he was responsible for the development and implementation of systems for National Unemployment Benefits, Social Grants and National Insurance.

During his time at Accenture, Peter had shared his experience with organizations in North America, Asia Pacific, Europe and Africa. Peter has helped the Ontario Ministry Community and Social Services in Canada achieve more than $692 million in savings; he has guided new partnering principles for delivery of the world’s second largest Sybase database with the UK Inland Revenue; he has managed technology operations of the London Stock Exchange – one of Accenture’s most successful and longest standing client relationships.

In his role as Director of Operations for Government Services Peter had direct responsibility for developing the careers of more than 5,000 staff and helping more than 500 clients become high performing organisations.

He is a Director of Intellect and from April 2008 the Chairman of its Operations Board