Chris Rowland has recently retired after more than 35 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He has lived and worked in London and New York, working with a wide range of companies across a number of industries from start-ups to HM Treasury and brings extensive experience advising companies on corporate transactions, control frameworks, risk management, governance and regulatory issues. Despite an absence of any personal ability or talent, he has been an enthusiastic consumer and supporter of the arts, particularly music, theatre and dance, for very many years.