PwC Partners Pick Griggs as Next US Leader, Succeeding Ryan (2)

PwC partners have selected the firm’s markets leader as its next US senior partner, steering the Big Four accounting and advisory firm as it navigates rapid technology changes and prepares its workers for the AI era.

Paul Griggs was elected to a four-year term to succeed retiring Senior Partner Tim Ryan, who is stepping down effective June 30, the firm said Monday. Partners and principals in the US and Mexico picked Griggs in a vote last week from a slate of three contenders to lead the $23 billion revenue firm and its 75,000-person workforce.

“We are in an era of ...