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For more than 20 years, Kenneth Saldanha has served the world’s leading P&C, life and reinsurance companies as a trusted advisor and strategy expert. He has helped clients improve their core operations, grow revenue and adopt innovative strategies, even in the most challenging market and economic conditions.

Kenneth now leads Accenture’s global insurance practice, guiding integration of digital, analytics, experience design and workforce solutions, and driving large-scale transformations that help clients reduce structural costs and grow revenue. With his deep understanding of insurance industry economics and market dynamics, he is uniquely positioned to help insurers navigate the challenges of both disruption and convergence with adjacent industries, such as travel, health and freight & logistics.

Kenneth previously led Accenture’s strategy practice in North America. He joined Accenture in 2013 from McKinsey, where he headed the global and North America practices for insurance claims and operations.

Kenneth earned a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1998. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife and the youngest of their three children.

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