Sarah is the People in Deals Lead partner for PwC UK and a member of PwC's Deals Line of Service Leadership team. She has over 20 years of people consulting experience and advises global corporate and private equity clients on the people implications of transactions, restructuring and change. Her areas of expertise are people strategy, culture, pre / post deal integration and workforce transformation.

The fundamental importance of people and culture in deal value delivery is underlined in far-reaching research they have carried out with Mergermarket into why some transactions succeed and others fail. Sarah believes this focus is vital - having key talent who are engaged and involved in delivering deal value is a necessity for success.

As PwC Deals’ Chief People Officer, Sarah is also responsible for delivering on our firmwide and Deals people strategy. She loves being able to combine her client-facing skills with my internal role – it’s the best of both worlds where she able to focus on social mobility, inclusion and creating a great deal for our people.