Ellyn Shook is the Chief Leadership & Human Resources Officer at Accenture and is instrumental in the administration of Human Resources programs resulting in the empowerment of 3,73,000 Accenture professionals. She had a diversified portfolio serving at Accenture with positions ranging from the senior managing director to the partner.

Shook presides on the board of trustees at the Women and Public Policy program- the Women's Leadership Board at Harvard's Kennedy School and Harvey Mudd College. Besides, she is the member of Columbia Cancer Advisory Council, the American Health Policy Institute Board of Governors, World50- HR50 division, Ellevate Women’s Network, Women in America, Talent Innovation Center, and the Women’s Forum of New York. She was named as in the list of top 10 CHROs in the world by Forbes in the year 2015.