PwC has made a series of key leadership appointments in India, effective from April 1st. The appointments underpin PwC’s recently unveiled ambition to expand its market leadership in the Indian market.
Vivek Prasad will take over as the firm’s Chief Commercial Officer. He will be responsible for overseeing the commercial strategy for the firm and the firm’s growth across its lines of service as well as in key growth areas including GCCs. He previously served as the firm’s Markets Leader.
Arnab Basu will be the firm’s new Chief Industries Officer, moving on from his previous role as the Advisory leader. In his role, Arnab will focus on demand generation in priority areas and drive client outreach programmes to capture emerging client segments.
Manpreet Singh Ahuja moves on from his role as Chief Digital Officer to become the firm’s Leader for Clients and Alliances. In this role, he will work extensively on deepening go-to-market strategies with key alliance partners, with a heightened focus on the firm’s domestic clients.
Dinesh Arora takes over as the new leader for the Advisory practice, moving on from his role as the Deals Leader. He will be helming the fastest growing business unit for PwC in India, overseeing services including management consulting, risk, finance, technology, and mergers & acquisitions.
Dheeraj Gangrade has meanwhile been appointed as the Deputy Advisory Leader, a role created to bring focus to the next line of leaders for the firm. He specialises in process and technology consulting work in financial services, retail, manufacturing and real estate sectors.
Sudipta Ghosh, who has earlier led the firm’s Data and Analytics practice, will move into the newly constituted role of the Chief Delivery Officer to bring about greater delivery efficiency and develop new ways of working in the firm.
Ruchi Mann has been named the inaugural leader of the Brand and Public Policy function. She previously served as the Chief Marketing Officer of PwC since July 2023. In this mandate, she will work on building long-term strategic brand alliances for the firm as well as deepen the firm’s outreach with public policy institutions.
Sivarama Krishnan will take on the additional role as Leader of New Initiatives, responsible for incubating new business segments, in addition to serving as the Risk Consulting Leader.
Commenting on the appointments, Chair Sanjeev Krishan, who was recently re-elected for a second term, said: “Through these announcements, we have a few portfolio realignments along with a few newly appointed leaders joining our leadership team – each bringing deep expertise, strategic vision and fresh perspectives. These appointments are pivotal and will help build convergence in enabling our clients’ strategic growth journeys and our own aspirations in India.”
Under Krishan’s leadership, PwC has more than doubled its headcount in India. This growth saw the Big Four firm achieve its ambitious milestone of $1 billion in topline revenue well ahead of schedule.
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