Arts & Business Scotland has appointed Bill McDonald, Managing Director of Accenture Scotland, to its board of directors.
Bill McDonald has worked with Accenture Scotland since 1998, becoming Managing Director in 2010. Prior to that he worked for Scottish Hydro Electric. Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, and Accenture Scotland has been a major sponsor of Scottish Opera since 2007.
Jane Ryder, Chair of Arts & Business Scotland, said “We are delighted to be expanding our Board by the appointment of Bill McDonald, who will bring exceptional business skills and contacts. I am confident that with this appointment Arts and Business Scotland is ideally placed to promote even more effective partnerships between the cultural and business communities in Scotland.”
Bill McDonald said: “Arts & Business Scotland fuses two things close to my heart and I am delighted to be invited to serve on the board. Scotland has a vast array of cultural opportunities and having an opportunity to drive activity and form new business links will be an exciting challenge. I look forward to joining the team and supporting the fundraising effort.”
Bill McDonald is a Senior Executive in Accenture’s Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Finance Solutions Business. He has a portfolio responsibility for BPO in Communications, Media & Technology and personally runs a number of large BPO contracts. Bill is also Managing Director of Accenture, Scotland.
Bill’s expertise is in defining and leading complex BPO engagements in a number of sectors: Oil & Gas (Exploration and Production); Utilities; and Communications & High Tech. He has 11 years’ experience working with major clients delivering Off-shored and transformational solutions.
Bill has led a wide variety of engagements around the world, including BP; BT; EMI and United Technologies Corporation. He spent several years in Russia leading a major Finance Transformation project for TNK: BP
Prior to joining Accenture, Bill spent 15 years as a senior Financial Controller in the Energy Industry. His experience included running large finance functions, creating and running shared services; IPO management and mergers and acquisitions.
