Tim Ryan is US Chairman and Senior Partner of PwC. He has over 28 years of diversified experience serving clients in the financial services industry in the U.S. and internationally. Ryan also serves on the US Board of Partners and as well as the Network Leadership Team. He previously served as Vice Chair, where he was responsible for the strategy function and stakeholder relationships. Tim previously led the firm’s Assurance practice, its US Financial Services Practice, and Consumer Finance group. He recently launched the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion™ — the largest ever CEO driven business commitment to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Tim is a certified public accountant in Massachusetts and New York and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He serves on the Board of Trustees for the Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society and the Center for Audit Quality. He graduated from Babson College where he studied accounting and communications. Tim is a Boston native, and proud father of six children. He is a first-generation Irish American, with roots in Galway and Cork. ♦