Tim Ryan is U.S. chairman and senior partner of PwC, and he also serves on PwC’s U.S. Board of Partners and Principals, and its Global Board. Ryan is also the founding signatory of The CEO Action For Diversity & Inclusion — the largest ever C.E.O.-driven business commitment to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Ryan previously served as vice chair, having responsibility for PwC’s strategy function and stakeholder relationships including investor relations, regulatory affairs, public policy, corporate responsibility and human capital. Prior to that, he led the firm’s Assurance practice and before that, he led PwC’s U.S. Financial Services Practice and Consumer Finance Group.

Ryan has been published and quoted in numerous publications and is a frequent contributor to industry events and the World Economic Forum. He plays an active role in the Center for Audit Quality — a nonpartisan, nonprofit group dedicated to enhancing investor confidence and public trust in the global capital markets.

Ryan 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 Children’s Aid Society. He graduated from Babson College where he studied accounting and communications, and joined PwC after graduation. Ryan is a Boston native, marathon runner and proud father of six children.