Brian Schwartz

Brian is a Partner in PwC’s Governance Insights Center and leads our enterprise risk management capabilities. He focuses on advising boards and executives on a variety of corporate governance matters. Brian is co-leading PwC’s development of the Corporate Governance Framework sponsored by COSO and NACD that will be focused on US public companies and is scheduled to be released in the fall of 2025.

Brian’s experiences and competencies have been developed over the past 35 plus years as a risk and regulatory professional, working with his clients in building, assessing and transforming their corporate governance structures and risk management capabilities. He has served clients across industry sectors, including highly regulated and less regulated companies. Brian has worked with many clients, both public and private companies, in building fit-for-purpose risk management programs and designing other components of their corporate governance frameworks, including board/committee structures, executive management committees,risk strategy, compliance programs, control programs, etc.

He earned his MBA and BS degrees, concentrating in finance. Brian has completed executive level coursework at The Wharton School. Brian is an Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon University where he worked with the school in developing CMU’s Chief Risk Officer Certificate Program.