Philip Wright

Partner, PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Common Purpose Trustee

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Philip is responsible for some of the firm's major advisory clients, Diageo, HMRC and DwP, BBC and UBM. This involves aligning our service offerings with the strategic and operational issues of senior management at these clients as well as taking overall responsibility for the quality of our work. Also responsible for our services to non-executive directors and for co-ordinating the initiatives and activities of the firm within the Boardroom.

From 1997 to 2003, Philip was first European then Global Leader for Corporate Finance & Recovery (comprising Corporate Finance, Dispute Analysis & Investigations, Infrastructure, Government and Utilities, Valuation and Strategy and Business Recovery Services) with turnover of US$1.1 billion, 580 partners and 5,500 staff.

Philip has a strong background in corporate finance, privatisation, shareholder value and in the telecoms and energy sectors. He has worked extensively in many countries, including Japan, Australia, Hungary and Germany, where he lived and led the CFR business for four years from 1990 to 1994. He is also the author of a book "In Search of Shareholder Value".