Associate: NOELANI KIMURA

Noelani Kimura is a marketing and communications leader with more than 20 years of experience. She leads and implements strategic communications programs that advance business priorities, drive change, and engage and inspire employees. She helps global leaders connect people around a shared purpose, create community, and build inclusive environments through effective communications.

A journalist by nature, Noelani’s expertise spans all aspects of professional services marketing. Her experience includes overseeing the internal communications strategy for Accenture’s Talent & Organization network, CFO & Enterprise Value network, and Strategic Accounts and Global Sales. She has managed communications for diverse global communities, from 750 sales leaders to 70,000 CFO & Enterprise Value network members. She developed and executed comprehensive communications plans to enable transformation with leaders across the business, launching new solutions, organization changes, narratives and programs.

Her achievements include increasing message engagement by 1,000% on Viva Engage, boosting podcast engagement by 1,100% and producing record-breaking town halls that grew attendance by 500%. She led the internal communications strategy to ensure the successful integration of six acquisitions into Accenture. 

Noelani earned a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She lives in Honolulu, Hawaii, with her husband and two children. She enjoys supporting the local Asian and Pacific arts community, spending time with her family and friends at the beach, cooking, hiking and traveling.