Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. We have more than 146,000 people in 49 countries and we work with clients in nearly every major industry worldwide, including 87of the Fortune Global 100® and over two thirds of the Fortune Global 500®. We have consistently produced solid financial results in both good times and bad, generating net revenues of US$16.65 billion for the fiscal year ended 31 August, 2006—outperforming all our competitors in terms of total return to shareholders. Accenture is about delivering innovation that helps clients become high-performance businesses and governments. Our clients look to us to guide them through emerging opportunities, to help them adapt to changing conditions, to make ideas happen and to deliver effective results so they can stay ahead. We do this by being smart and innovative, by working in close collaboration with our clients and colleagues, and by remaining flexible and open to new ideas - while retaining our commitment to delivering the desired result. We seamlessly integrate our consulting, technology and outsourcing capabilities and work with leading-edge technologies. We have a talented and highly productive team of people from a wide range of cultural, educational and geographic backgrounds. This rich mixture generates a constant stream of new ideas. We invest continuously in research, exploring new technologies and their applications, the latest management thinking, and the impact of marketplace developments on business strategy and operations. And we draw on the most advanced toolset of resources, tools, and technologies, combining them with our proven delivery methods to create and implement pioneering business and technology solutions that deliver high performance.