Laura Hinton
Managing Partner
PwC United Kingdom
Laura is the UK Managing Partner and has been a member of the Management Board for over 8 years. Laura has more than 25 years experience as a business consultant, specialising in HR and Workforce transformation, operating model programmes and culture change. She has held a number of leadership roles including UK Head of Tax, UK Chief People Officer and Chair of the EMEA Executive Team.
As Managing Partner Laura is responsible for executing our UK strategy, overseeing our clients and markets activities, and managing business planning and performance. She is also responsible for our transformation strategy and managing investments to ensure we remain relevant to our clients.
Prior to her current role, Laura was UK Tax Leader for 2.5 years, setting and delivering the firm’s strategy for our Tax, Legal and Workforce services. Alongside this role Laura was the EMEA Executive Team Chair, leading a team of cross-territory partners to define and execute our EMEA strategy. Prior to these roles Laura was the UK Chief People officer for over 5 years.
Laura graduated from King's College London with a 1st Class Business Management degree, is a qualified Chartered Accountant and an alumna of Harvard Business School. She has been a partner in PwC since 2006.
Before joining PwC, she was a Partner at BDO where she established and led the HR Consulting team following a number of years in the Audit practice.
At a glance
Areas of focus
- Workforce Consulting
- Business leadership
- Transformation
- Reputation management
- Culture
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Wellbeing
- Social mobility
Credentials
- Financial News' 100 Most Influential Women in Finance list for 2022 & 2023
- Chartered Accountant and member of ICAEW
- #ICAEWROAR Top Online UK Influencers Accountancy (2021-23)
