9 July 2007 - Markus Neuhaus, CEO of PricewaterhouseCoopers Switzerland, has been appointed as Senior Partner of Eurofirms, PwC’s continental European organisation. He will succeed Wolfgang Wagner in this role. Markus Neuhaus will retain his role as CEO of PwC Switzerland.
PwC Eurofirms, founded four years ago, links together 20 continental European PwC firms. Having a CEO of one of the four largest territories as the CEO of the region will strengthen and tighten the strategic and operational alignment and allow PwC to serve its clients even better.
Markus Neuhaus, Eurofirms Senior Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, said:
“This is another step in aligning strategy and operation of key markets. By closely linking Eurofirms management with the national management of European PwC member firms, we are striking the optimum balance between integration and national flexibility. The execution of our strategy across Europe, which is built around the requirements of our clients and people, will continue to be adapted to national and local conditions, but in an even more aligned way.”
“I’m delighted that we have taken this further step towards strategic alignment while our clients can be assured that we remain absolutely focused on their issues – locally, within Europe and globally.”
Notes to editor
- Markus R. Neuhaus joined PricewaterhouseCoopers in March 1985 and has been a partner since July 1992. From 1995 to 1998 he was head of the Tax & Legal team in Zurich, and in 1996 he also took responsibility for Tax & Legal’s mergers and acquisitions activities across Europe. From 1999 to 2003 he headed this business worldwide.
Markus R. Neuhaus is a member of the board and chairman of the Tax Chapter of the Swiss Institute of Certified Accountants and Tax Consultants, a member of the board of économiesuisse, chairman of the Public Affairs Committee of the Swiss American Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Rotary Club, honorary auditor of the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft.
Markus R. Neuhaus studied law at the University of Zurich, receiving his doctorate in 1988 for a dissertation on tax law entitled “The taxation of dividend income”. In 1990 he completed additional training to become a certified federal tax expert. He has also attended various management courses at international business schools.
- PwC Eurofirms brings together PwC firms in twenty continental European countries in an organisational unit1 of the twenty national firms. Under this structure the national firms remain separate and independent legal entities, but align themselves on a strategic and operational level. Eurofirms was established four years ago: to ensure a consistent client experience, a consistent approach to service delivery, and consistent treatment of staff, the most important resource in the professional services industry.
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1 Organisational unit: PricewaterhouseCoopers Eurofirms CVBA, a cooperative company with limited liability under Belgian law which has over 65 members from 20 different countries. PricewaterhouseCoopers Eurofirms CVBA and its member firms are members of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, a private company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales. PricewaterhouseCoopers refers to the network of member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, each of which is a separate and independent legal entity."
