Accenture Executive Prith Banerjee joins Schneider Electric as Chief Technology Officer
In his new position, Banerjee is in charge of accelerating Schneider Electric’s R&D throughput and of driving the Innovation and R&D Simplification Programs under the Company Program “Schneider is On.”He is also a member of the Schneider Electric Executive Committee.
In his previous position as Managing Director of Global Technology R&D at Accenture, Banerjee oversaw the company’s Accenture Technology R&D group, leading the Technology Labs which explores new and emerging technologies, directing Accenture’s annual Technology Vision research, and supervising Accenture’s Open Innovation program with start-up companies and universities.
Previously, Banerjee was Chief Technology Officer and EVP of ABB, and earlier, he was SVP of research at HP and director of HP Labs.
