‘Nerds gone wild’: Inside PwC’s last party before it all blew up
It is the days-long party now described as the last hurrah before the storm of the tax leaks. Within six months, the scandal would change the firm forever.
Tom Seymour is the former CEO of professional services firm PwC. Michael Quelch
“Nerds gone wild,” is how one partner remembered it. It was November 2022, and most of PwC’s 950 partners had gathered in Hobart for a lavish three-day conference. The firm was powering along, thanks to a sharp post-COVID rebound in demand, and partners would end up earning an average $930,000 that financial year.
Staying across seven luxury hotels, the partners heard speeches from journalist Stan Grant, sports stars Dylan Alcott and Layne Beachley, and former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian.
This article has been updated to correct the spelling of Tom Bowden.
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