Our board

Tim Ryan is US Chair and Senior Partner of PwC. He is responsible for setting the strategy, leading the culture, and setting the tone on quality for the firm’s 55,000 employees and partners. Tim serves as the Chair of the US Board of Partners and Principals and is a member of the Network Leadership Team (NLT), which includes the senior partners from the network’s four largest territories. He serves as Asia Pacific Americas (APA) Leader and oversees the execution of the network strategy in that region.

Tim is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Brookings Institution. He also serves as a member of the Governing Board at the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ), a non-partisan and non-profit group dedicated to enhancing investor confidence and public trust in the global capital markets.  He also serves on the Financial Accounting Foundation’s Board of Trustees and is the Co-Chair of its Standard-Setting Process Oversight Committee.  

Tim worked with a small group of CEOs to launch CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion™-- now the largest ever CEO-driven business commitment to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace, with more than 1,500 signatory organizations. He also founded CEO Action for Racial Equity to identify and promote scalable and sustainable policies and corporate best practices to address systemic racism and social injustice.

Tim has over 30 years of diversified experience serving clients across the globe. He is a certified public accountant in Massachusetts and New York and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He graduated from Babson College where he studied accounting and communications, and joined the firm after graduation.

Jane is a Consulting Solutions principal based in Northern California. For over 25 years she has supported clients leveraging technology to advise on information assets balancing data “risk and reward” considerations; regulatory response and investigations; and maturing law department operations in alignment with long-term growth, enterprise risk, and corporate culture.

As a dedicated client service partner, Jane serves clients across all sectors, but focuses primarily on Technology, Utilities and Healthcare/Pharma. Jane is an Advisory Board member for UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, Center for Financial Reporting and Management, and a Board member for the Alameda County Community Food Bank.  In addition to her service on the US Board, Jane serves on the PwC Network’s Global Board.

With over 26 years of professional experience, Puneet leads the Financial Services tax practice in the US. He joined PwC in 2001 after a six-year career as a lawyer in India. Puneet is a Consulting Solutions principal and provides tax and business advice to our most significant private equity and asset and wealth management clients on their deals and global operations. He has been instrumental in starting and growing our international tax financial services group. Puneet serves on the board of StreetWise Partners, an organization with a mission to leverage mentorship to increase employment opportunities for adults from overlooked and under-resourced communities. In addition to his service on the US Board, Puneet serves on the PwC Network’s Global Board.

Don is a Consulting Solutions partner focused on driving technology enabled transformation engagements that build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. He has over 30 years of experience in professional services leading and growing businesses in the firm and consulting with clients in the areas of business transformation, reimagining finance,  strategy, technology, and business process improvement. Over his career, Don has served clients across a variety of industries and currently specializes in serving clients in the technology and government contracting sectors. In addition to his service on the US Board, Don also serves on the PwC Network's Global Board. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees for Howard University and the Board of Trustees for the McDonogh School.

Len is a Trust Solutions partner in the Philadelphia office with over 25 years of public accounting experience serving audit and non-audit multinational companies. He also serves as PwC's Global Assurance COO, focusing on helping to execute key network Assurance strategic priorities. Prior to his current roles, Len was PwC's Chief Auditor and the firm's Auditing Services, Methods & Tools leader, overseeing all auditing and related training functions with the firm's National Office.

Tyson has over 25 years of advisory experience servicing public and private companies across numerous industries. He is the PwC Private Consulting leader and serves as the global relationship partner for priority accounts. Previously Tyson served as the US Consumer Markets Leader, Central Market Advisory leader, the US Private Company Services Advisory leader as well as the US Consumer Markets Digital, Technology & Innovation leader. 

Tyson specializes in helping clients optimize their investments in technology, drive successful business integration, and deliver strategic business value through transformation. He serves on the National Retail Federation Board, Executive Board of Junior Achievement of Chicago and is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago, the Executive Club of Chicago and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Dallas is a Consulting Solutions principal in PwC's Technology practice, where he is engaged in the delivery of consulting and compliance services to the largest multinational software, internet and media companies. He also leads an emerging global technology alliance, going to market to serve companies across industries in their transformation journey. Dallas has over 15 years experience working with Fortune 500 software, internet, entertainment and media clients, leading tax consulting engagements including deals, divestitures, business expansion and global compliance needs.

Scott works extensively with companies in the Private Equity Sector and serves as the lead relationship partner for some of the firm's largest global clients. As a Consulting Solutions Deals Platform partner, he has more than 25 years of experience as a financial reporting advisor to US and non-US companies planning transactions in national and international capital markets. Areas of expertise include IPOs, acquisitions, divestitures, carve-out financial statements and other deal-related financial reporting. In addition to his US experience, Scott has lived and worked in Europe, South America and Asia. Scott is energized by coaching and mentoring younger partners and staff, and he serves on the College of William & Mary Business School Accounting Board.

Bernadette has over 30 years of experience in the Financial Services industry, residing in four offices over the span of her career—New York, Boston, Tokyo and Atlanta. Bernadette is the PwC Asset & Wealth Management (AWM) Trust Solutions leader and the US and the global engagement partner, Sector Assurance leader of our AWM practice in the US and the global engagement partner for one of our largest global AWM clients. Bernadette has been a member of the US Board’s Nominating Committee, Trustee for the PwC Employee Benefit Plans, the managing partner for the Financial Services Catalyst Program and the Northeast diversity leader. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston and serves on their Finance Committee.

Jennifer is a Trust Solutions partner in the San Francisco office with more than 25 years of public accounting experience. She is one of the tax team leaders in the Asset & Wealth Management practice and serves as the lead Tax partner for two of our largest private equity clients. In addition to working in our Atlanta and McLean offices, she spent 16 years in PwC's National Tax Office, where she consulted with many of our largest clients as one of our leading experts on complex tax accounting method issues. She served as chair of one of the AICPA's Technical Resource Panels and currently serves on the Accounting Advisory Board for Washington & Lee University as well as the School of Accountancy Board of Advisors at Brigham Young University. She is also the treasurer for the Orinda Network for Education.

Laura has over 30 years of experience specializing in serving some of the firm’s largest and most complex financial services clients. As a partner in PwC’s Trust Solutions, Laura currently serves as the global engagement partner for one of our largest global asset management clients. Previously, she served in several key leadership roles such as PwC's Assurance Human Capital Leader, Assurance Diversity Leader and San Francisco Market Assurance Leader. With her vast experience and knowledge, she is a frequent speaker in training programs and external events for clients and PwC professionals.

Brian currently serves as the firm’s Tax Quality & Risk Management leader and is a partner in Consulting Solutions. After establishing himself as an industry expert in our Washington National Tax Services office (while also serving entertainment and media clients), he left the firm in 2000 to accept a position with the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation, a nonpartisan technical advisor to Congress. He returned to PwC in 2004 to lead our Tax Policy Services Group and to serve as a subject matter specialist on partnership and joint venture transactions. In addition to his service on the US Board, Brian also serves on the PwC Network's Global Board.

Scott has more than 30 years of experience serving PwC clients across various industries including Financial Services, Industrial Products and Energy. He is a partner in PwC’s Consulting Solutions and leads PwC’s Dallas Office. Scott held former leadership roles as PwC’s Greater Texas Market Managing Partner, which included 10 offices in the Texas region, and as PwC’s North Texas Tax Leader. He is an active member of the Dallas community and serves on numerous civic and community boards, including the Dallas Regional Chamber, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas, Dallas Theater Center, Catholic Foundation, Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep, SMU Tate Lecture Series, SMU Doak Walker Award and the Klyde Warren Park Foundation, and is a member of the Dallas Citizens Council.

Troy is one of two external directors serving on the US Board. He also serves as an independent director on the PwC Network’s Global Board. He is the founder of Paredes Strategies LLC, a consulting firm. He served as a Commissioner of the US Securities & Exchange Commission from 2008 to 2013—throughout the financial crisis and the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act. Before his government service and following a career in corporate law, Troy was a professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis and a professor of business (by courtesy) at Washington University’s Olin Business School. He has also held teaching roles at NYU School of Law, the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and Harvard Law School.

Vice Admiral (Ret.) Carol Pottenger is one of two external directors serving on the US Board. A woman of many firsts in a 30+ year with the US Navy, she currently serves on private, public and nonprofit boards, including California Water Service Group, Serco North America and the US Navy Memorial Foundation in Washington, DC. Carol is principal and owner of CMP Global LLC, which provides consulting services in organizational transformation, risk assessment, human capital and corporate governance. The first female three-star admiral in American history to lead in a combat branch, Carol was a pioneer throughout her Navy career. She commanded two ships, a logistics force of 30 ships, a Japan-based strike-group of eight ships, and the Expeditionary Force of 40,000 sailors. She was also the senior US Flag Officer responsible for military transformation and sensitive military topics such as counterterrorism and cybersecurity while on assignment with NATO.

Bob has over 30 years of experience providing audit and business advisory services to clients in the Financial Services industry as a partner in PwC’s Trust Solutions. He currently serves as the global engagement partner for one of our largest insurance industry clients. Bob also serves as Vice Chairman with a focus on the Financial Services Industry. He previously served as the U.S. Financial Services Assurance leader as well as the US Insurance Sector Leader.

Lisa has over 30 years of experience providing audit and business advisory services to clients in the Financial Services industry and she currently serves as the global engagement partner for one of our largest Banking & Capital Markets clients. Lisa is a partner in Trust Solutions. Her past roles include serving as the New York Metro Financial Services Assurance leader and as the Assurance diversity leader for the US firm. In addition to her service on the US Board, Lisa serves as the Chair of the PwC Network’s Global Board.

Earl is a strategy and operations consulting principal with 27 years of experience, primarily serving clients in energy and utilities (including renewables and energy industrials), and has served clients in other industries over the years (auto, consumer, technology and telecommunications). He specializes in corporate and business unit strategy, deals and enterprise transformation, with functional experiences across the value chain (operations, supply chain, customer, back office functions / shared services, integrated planning and regulatory). Earl currently serves as the GEP for Entergy and OGE Energy and previously served as the US / Mexico Strategy Consulting Leader, Energy and Industrial Products & Services (IPS) Strategy Leader, IPS Strategy GTM Leader, and IPS Deals GTM Leader. Earl currently serves on the national board of directors of the Girl Scouts of the USA and on the board of the Perot Museum of Nature and Science.

Gurpreet has over 25 years of consulting experience working with the largest pharmaceutical, health insurance and health system clients. As a Consulting Solutions principal, he is responsible for delivering strategies that enhance growth, improve financial performance and leverage emerging technologies to gain competitive advantage. Gurpreet is also a frequent speaker on the topics of healthcare economic trends, digital health and partnerships. Prior to PwC, Gurpreet was the Managing Partner for the Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences practice for Diamond Management and Technology Consultants. In the Chicago community, he serves on the board of trustees for the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum of Chicago, the Latin School of Chicago and Aspire of Illinois.

With over 30 years of experience in audit and business advisory services, Ignacio is a Trust Solutions partner serving Consumer & Industrial Products clients headquartered in Mexico, as well as Mexican subsidiaries of global companies. Ignacio was a member of PwC Mexico’s board of partners from 2014 until 2016, when the US and Mexico firms combined their businesses. He also served as leader of the Risk Assurance Mexico practice from 2014 through 2019. He has been a PwC partner since July 2000 and has been providing audit services to multinational companies since 1988.

Ellen leads the Insurance Sector for PwC’s Consulting Solutions segment, which enables leading insurance companies to realize their highest priority business outcomes, including enterprise strategy, digital experience, deals, and technology transformation. She has served the insurance industry across all sub-sectors including life and annuity, property and casualty, and reinsurance. She proudly serves as the global engagement partner for one of the firm's largest insurance clients, and supports a team of partners who serve the portfolio of US insurance clients. Prior to her current role, Ellen was PwC’s Global Insurance Risk & Regulatory leader, advising the firm’s top global insurance clients to help them manage the impact of significant regulatory change on their business operations.

Karen has over 25 years of experience serving clients in the Pharmaceutical Life Sciences Industry and is a partner in PwC’s Trust Solutions segment. Karen proudly serves as the global clients partner for one of the firm’s largest health industries clients. Karen’s past roles include serving as the US Health Industries Leader and US Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Leader. In addition to her service on the US Board, Karen serves on the PwC network's Global Board. She is also a member of the board of directors for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.