A change of management in PwC Latvia: Zlata Elksnina-Zascirinska is appointed new Chair of the Board

After spending four years as Country Managing Partner of PwC Latvia, Ahmed Sharkh is resigning as Country Managing Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers SIA and handing over to Partner Zlata Elksnina-Zascirinska, who will become Chair of the Board from 1 August 2013.

Zlata Elksnina-Zascirinska has been with PwC Latvia since 1994, leading Tax and Legal Services department in recent years. In addition to her in-depth knowledge of the local market she has gained extensive international experience by taking part in various tax consulting engagements, including tax risk assessments, tax structuring advice on mergers and acquisitions.

Zlata is a member of the Latvian Association of Certified Auditors, the Latvian Association of Tax Consultants and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), as well as a Member of the Board of the Foreign Investors Council in Latvia. As Country Managing Partner, Zlata will be responsible for the management of PwC Latvia focusing on the needs of the clients and the business community.

She will continue to work with Assurance Leader, Ilandra Lejina, a Partner and a certified auditor, who is a Member of the Board and Lolita Capkevica, a Director in our Audit and Business Assurance practice and a certified auditor, who is also Member of the Board.

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