PricewaterhouseCoopers selected Mohamed Kande, the firm's global advisory leader since 2019, as its next global chair, succeeding Bob Moritz.
Kande's term will begin July 1, 2024. He also currently serves as co-leader of the U.S. consulting solutions side of PwC and has been involved in the firm's artificial intelligence efforts and its use of OpenAI's ChatGPT,
As global advisory leader, he played a major role in driving the PwC network's alliance strategy and was executive sponsor of its investments in Gen AI, managed services and business model reinvention. He has also been involved in cybersecurity, privacy and risk, cloud technology, and digital and tax consulting. Prior to this role, he served as PwC's U.S. and global advisory leader for the technology, media, telecoms and hospitality industry sectors. His technical knowledge spans the areas of operational strategy, technology development, mergers and acquisitions and operations management.
Before joining PwC in August 2011, he was managing partner of PRTM Management Consultants' Europe, Middle East and South Asia business. Prior to joining PRTM, he worked for Motorola in Chicago and for DTI Telecom in Canada.
Kande has over 32 years of professional services experience, is a licensed CPA, holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and earned an MS in electrical engineering from the University of Montreal and a degree from Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Génie Electrique in France.
"It is a great honor to be selected as the next global chair of the PwC Network as we enter our 175th year in business," Kande said in a statement Monday. "I look forward to working with my colleagues around the world as we continue to help our clients and stakeholders build trust, deliver quality and drive sustained outcomes. That said, the world is changing quickly and the needs of our clients, our people and the communities we live in are also changing. I am extremely confident that PwC has the right strategy, the right multidisciplinary operating model and the right values in place to help our clients through these challenges and opportunities. I look forward to building on those in the next four years."
Kande is succeeding Bob Moritz, who has served as global chair since 2016. Moritz will retire at the end of his term on June 30, 2024 after a four-decade career at PwC.
"It has been an honor and a privilege to serve this great network as global chair," Moritz said in a statement. "Having worked alongside Mohamed for over a decade, I have the utmost confidence he will continue to live our values and purpose while successfully driving the network forward."
"Mohamed is a purpose-led leader with broad multidisciplinary experience and will bring tremendous insights and perspective to the role of global chair," said Lisa Sawicki, PwC network governance board chair, in a statement. "He is committed to implementing our global strategy, our multidisciplinary operating model and collaborating closely with our partners and people to help our clients and stakeholders build trust and drive sustained outcomes. Mohamed's global experience, commitment to diversity and inclusion and understanding of cutting-edge technologies make him the ideal chair to guide PwC into the future."
"I want to thank Bob for all he has achieved, and will continue to achieve, in his role as global chair," she added. "In addition to driving PwC's strategy, Bob has been committed to our people and exemplifies PwC values every day. As chair, he has been a champion for diversity and inclusion, stakeholder capitalism and is a leading voice of the business community around major societal issues such as climate and skills development."
