Annual Review 2006 - PwC

Why?
Recognition.
Leaders in tax and transfer pricing
International Tax Review has once again recognised PwC as the
leading tax fi rm in Australia and Asia. In November 2006, at the
inaugural International Tax Review Asia Awards Dinner in Hong
Kong, our fi rm accepted the awards for:
Leading Tax Firm – Australia
Leading Transfer Pricing Firm – Australia
Leading Tax Firm – Asia
Leading Transfer Pricing Firm – Asia
Leading Transfer Pricing Firm – New Zealand
This award reinforces the position of our 1,000-strong Australian tax
practice as the country’s leading tax advisor. In addition to our
unrivalled local resources and industry knowledge, the Australian
team draws on the skills and experience of a network of more than
18,000 tax and legal professionals in jurisdictions around the world.
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Governance Professional of the Year
In February 2007, our OneFirm Risk & Quality leader, Bill Edge,
was recognised in the Chartered Secretaries Australia Governance
Professional of the Year Awards. These awards celebrate
professionals who uphold the highest standards of governance
practice in Australia.
Bill faced strong competition from across the private sector to take
out the award of Global Board Consulting Governance Professional
of the Year with an unlisted private sector organisation. This is a
great achievement and refl ects Bill’s outstanding reputation as a
highly respected and experienced corporate governance
professional.
Over the past year Bill led the introduction of a fi rm-wide approach
to the management of risk and quality for our fi rm. The team has
since completed a wide range of projects, taking the best risk and
quality practices in each of the fi rm’s lines of service in Australia
and globally and establishing sustainable procedures, processes
and controls.
PwC has a central role in Australia’s governance infrastructure and
the work Bill is undertaking will leave a proud and lasting legacy on
the nation’s business sector.
Advisory excellence recognised
Also in February, PwC received an Award for Advisory Excellence
at the Infrastructure Partnerships Australia National Infrastructure
Awards. These awards acknowledge innovation and excellence in
the industry and celebrate those organisations that demonstrate a
commitment to the future of Australian infrastructure.
PwC won this award for excellence and innovation in development
and delivery of advisory operations on the New South Wales
RailCorp Rolling Stock Public Private Partnership Project.