Patrick Boone new Chairman PwC Belgium

28th of June 2024, Diegem - Following PwC Belgium’s official leadership rotation, Managing Partner Patrick Boone has been appointed as the next Chair of PwC Belgium for a four-year term, effective 1 July 2024. Patrick Boone succeeds Axel Smits, who was leading PwC Belgium since 2016 and will now take up the role as Managing Partner in PwC Europe.

PwC Belgium conducts a partner sounding every four years to select their future leader. Following consultations with the 70 partners in Belgium, Patrick Boone was elected as the chairman, starting his four-year term on July 1, 2024. Until now, Patrick Boone was responsible for leading PwC Belgium's Tax & Legal practice since 2016.

The new chairman takes the helm in challenging times marked by a technological revolution that is compelling companies and organisations to reinvent themselves and their employees.

Patrick Boone states, “We’re a firm that’s here to stay. With 175 years of business acumen, yet flexible enough to evolve, innovate and transform for the future. And our own transformations as ‘client zero’ benefit all our clients. In times of change in a rapidly changing world, we’re best placed to support businesses in navigating the transformations they undergo. With an integrated and tech-powered approach, we’ll guide them from A to Z, instilling the necessary trust to navigate both the GenAI onslaught and the pursuit of sustained solutions and long term growth.”

Axel Smits, who was leading PwC Belgium from 2016 until now, will be taking up the role as managing partner of PwC Europe, a grouping of several continental European countries within the PwC network. During his 8-year leadership he managed to bring PwC Belgium growth of 75%. In Belgium he will be leading the Reward team and further expand the People Related Services practice.

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