Big Four consulting firm PwC has promoted 63 new partners, with its deals practice receiving the lion’s share of the new partners in a booming M&A market.

The firm boosted the number of equity partners it promoted by nearly 10%, up from 58 last year.

PwC has added 18 partners in its deals team, representing nearly a third of the total cohort, in what the firm said was a reflection of a strong transactional market.

Forty-one percent of the new partners are women and 13% are from an ethnic minority background, the firm said in a 24 June statement.

When the promotions take effect on 1 July, 23% of the firm’s partners will be female and 11% from an ethnic minority background.

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PwC has a target of 30% female partners and 15% ethnic minority background partners by 2025.

Last week the firm said it planned to invest $1.2bn in the UK over the next three-to-four years, with plans to create 4,000 new jobs, boosting its headcount from 22,000 to 26,000.

PwC UK’s chair and senior partner Kevin Ellis said: “The role of leaders has never been more important and, as we look ahead, these new appointments will further strengthen our partnership.

“They represent the diverse skills we need to continue to grow sustainably while supporting our clients and people as they respond to unique challenges and opportunities.”

PwC UK’s 2021 partners in full

Audit

Diane Walmsley

James Cadzow

Kate Birch-Evans

Kevin McGhee

Robert Anderson

Sarah Phillips

Sarah Hayman

Sean Forster

Semsi Sonmez

Shujaat Khan

Simon White

Stuart Couch

Consulting

Barry Middleton

Daniel Dowling

Mark Chalfen

Martin Roets

Nick Pattison

Scott Lawson

Thalita Marinho

Thomas Williams

Zlatina Loudjeva

Deals

Bobby Maclay

David Dignam

Edward Johns

Gary Olney

Harry Holdstock

Isabelle Gross

Jane Steer

Jeremy Sweetnam

Katie Lightstone

Kim Milward-Oliver

Kristen Pisciotta

Richard Nolan

Ruta Kmiliauskaite

Sarah Middleton

Toby Banfield

Tom Copeland

Tony Davis

Zena Alston

Risk

Amr Mousa

Bobbie Ramsden-Knowles

Ganesh Ram

Karen Penman

Matthew Bruckner

Robert Waddington

Roslyn Gamsa

Stephen Mills

Stewart Cummins

Susie Thomas

Tax

Alkesh Patel

Clare Hughes

Daniel Pybus

Emma Theunissen

James Geldart

Jay Marwa

Jenny Hearn

Karen Senior

Laura Nadel

Nicola Turner

Rachael Palmer

Ray Farnan

Rebecca Knight

Tim Hill

Sourced from FNLondon

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