UK Management Board
Alliance Senior Partner, PwC UK & Middle East, PwC United Kingdom
Marco Amitrano, Alliance Senior Partner, PwC UK & Middle East
Marco joined the UK firm’s Executive Board in 2016 as Head of Consulting, before becoming the firm’s Head of Clients and Markets in 2020 and Managing Partner in 2022. He has over 30 years of international experience in Advisory and Assurance services, serving major clients in the UK and around the world across a range of industries, including technology, engineering and consumer products. Marco is a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Chartered Management Consultant and has also served on the board of British American Business. Prior to joining PwC, he qualified with a Masters degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Newcastle- upon-Tyne and is a graduate of Columbia Business School in New York.
Laura Hinton, Managing Partner
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 Committee.
Alison Statham, Chief Risk Officer and General Counsel
Alison is the UK firm’s Chief Risk Officer and General Counsel. Before joining the Management Board, she was the firm's Deputy General Counsel overseeing a wide range of commercial, risk, regulatory, governance and other practice issues. Prior to joining PwC, Alison qualified as a solicitor at Linklaters and worked in private practice specialising in commercial litigation with an emphasis on professional services. She graduated from King's College London with a degree in law and holds a Masters in International Business Law.
Andrew Hammond, Head of Audit
Andy is a member of the UK Management Board and is the UK Head of Audit. He is also a member of the Audit Oversight Body and the Global Assurance Leadership Team. Prior to becoming the Head of Audit Andy was the PwC UK Audit Regional Market Leader and a member of the firm’s Audit Executive and has also held a number of leadership roles within the UK firm’s central audit practice. Andy is a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and has over 28 years of experience, having joined PwC in 1995 and becoming a partner in 2009.
Carl Sizer, Chief Markets Officer
Carl is PwC UK’s Chief Markets Officer, responsible for designing and delivering our go-to-market strategy; driving growth, market reputation, pipeline management and client service delivery. In doing this he strives to ensure that technology, innovation, industry and local insight are at the heart of how we meet our clients’ needs.
Claire Blackburn, Head of Tax
Claire is the PwC UK Tax Leader and prior to joining the UK Management Board, she was the Listed and Inbound Market Leader for Tax and a member of the Tax Leadership Team.
Claire Reid, Head of Risk
Claire is PwC UK’s Head of Risk and has been a member of the Management Board since July 2024. Prior to this role, Claire was the UK Restructuring & Forensics Business Leader in the Deals Line of Service and has also previously held a number of leadership roles within Risk as well as being the Regional Leader for Scotland.
Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer, London, PwC United Kingdom
James Fillingham, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer
James is Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer. Before joining the board, he was the UK firm’s Strategy & Change Leader and Commercial Strategy Leader. Previously he held various roles within the Deals line of service, including Head of Transaction Services. He has extensive experience in M&A, specifically working with our largest private equity clients. James is an ICAEW qualified accountant and became a partner in 2003.
Jonathan House, Head of Consulting
Jonathan House is the PwC UK head of Consulting and has been a member of the UK Management Board since July 2024. He was previously the UK Consulting Markets and Services Leader and the UK Transformation Platform Leader. He has extensive experience supporting clients with the enterprise-wide transformation of their businesses in the UK and the Middle East.
Lucy Stapleton, Global Deals Lead and UK Head of Deals
Lucy is the PwC UK Deals leader and has been on the UK Management Board since 2022. In the UK, Lucy oversees the running of our Transactions, Lead Advisory, Value Creation and Realisation, Restructuring and Forensics businesses. She also holds the role of PwC EMEA and Global Deals Leader, where she sits on the Global Advisory Leadership Team.
Phillippa O'Connor, Chief People Officer
Phillippa is PwC UK’s Chief People Officer. Phillippa has over 20 years of experience as a business consultant, working with boards and HR directors to solve a wide range of issues in the people space, including pay, diversity, equity and inclusion issues and broader HR transformation. She has been a partner at PwC since 2014 and, prior to joining the board, Phillippa was the ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) Leader for Tax, Legal & Workforce in PwC UK.
Simon Hunt, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer
Simon is the PwC UK Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, becoming a member of the management board in July 2024. Simon is responsible for the firm's finance and operations functions and for delivering the firm's sustainable, profitable growth strategy.
Umang Paw, Chief Technology Officer
Umang is PwC UK’s Chief Technology Officer and joined the Management Board in July 2024. With a background in software engineering, he has led some of our largest UK and cross-border investigations. Umang has managed crisis situations and supported clients in implementing forensic, analytics, and AI technology solutions for investigatory, compliance, legal, and operational challenges.
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