PwC has further strengthened the leadership of its Tax and Risk Assurance teams with the appointment of two new Directors based in Jersey.
Tom Cowsill, PwC’s newly appointed Tax Director, joins from Standard Bank in Jersey, where he was Head of Policy and Advisory. A Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser, Tom previously worked for the Financial Services unit of another Big 4 firm, before joining Jersey Finance.
In his role there as Head of Technical, he represented Jersey’s finance industry in discussions with Government and the Regulator on the development of tax and regulatory policy. Tom has developed considerable commercial acumen these past years, having held regulated positions under Jersey’s Deposit Taking, Fund, Trust and Investment Business regimes.
This, combined with his substantial, first-hand experience of tax and regulatory change, further cements the broad-ranging expertise of PwC’s local tax specialists.
Chris Eaton, who joins as a Risk Assurance Services Director, previously led a Risk Assurance team and was a regional Cyber and Digital lead whilst in Bermuda, where he also worked at another Big 4 firm from 2014.
Chris has accumulated extensive experience in the digital marketplace over the years, holding Board Director and management roles with specialist technology firms and large software companies, including five years working in the IT sector in Jersey and five years in the Cayman Islands.
His wide-ranging experience of business issues driven by technological change, and his sound knowledge of the Channel Islands market, makes him ideally placed to lead PwC’s Risk Assurance Services team, which advises on areas such as technology risk, cyber and business continuity, internal audit, controls assurance, the digital sector and data assurance matters.
Commenting on these pivotal appointments, Senior Partner, Simon Perry said: “These latest appointments reflect our ongoing commitment to invest in the most talented, experienced, senior practitioners across key disciplines to support our clients in the Channel Islands and beyond. I’m delighted to welcome both Chris and Tom, who each have unique experience in their respective areas of expertise. Their skill sets are also highly complementary and, together, will help shape our future Advisory and Tax strategies and further boost our capabilities in meeting the increasingly complex needs of our clients”.
