Jacqui Visch joins PwC Australia as new Partner, to commence in CDIO role

PwC Australia today announced that Jacqui Visch has been appointed as a new Partner to commence as the firm’s Chief Digital and Information Officer. Ms Visch will leverage her capabilities and experience in digital transformation in the market to deliver the next horizon of the firm's ongoing digital and data transformation.

Ms Visch joins the partnership from AMP where she was Chief Technology and Data Officer. Her experience in financial services spans nearly 20 years in technology, data and transformation across AMP and Westpac. A strategic thinker passionate about seamless client experiences, Ms Visch’s broad coverage includes enterprise technology strategy, platforms, services and cyber. Her transformation delivery encompasses digital operating models, data driven insights, application automation, continuous compliance, cloud migration at scale and partner ecosystems.

Liza Maimone, PwC Australia Chief Operating Officer, said, “We are delighted to have Jacqui join the partnership to support the continued evolution of PwC Australia’s technology strategy. Jacqui brings a wealth of experience across tech strategy, tech transformation, digitisation, data, cyber and agile ways of working. Her deep expertise will also drive business, data and technology transformations for clients, and she is well positioned to steer sustainable growth and lead through disruption.”

Speaking about her appointment, Ms Visch said, “I am honoured and thrilled to be joining PwC Australia and taking on such a dynamic and diverse role. It’s an exciting and equally important time to be adopting and curating new ways of working and enabling change to flourish for clients and the firm. I believe in developing people, lasting connections, continuous improvement, and collaboration. My focus will be putting clients at the centre of every business, process and experience decision to drive application agility, modernisation and data enrichment.”

Ms Visch joins PwC Australia on 14 June and will assume the CDIO role from 1 July.

Vishy Narayanan is moving into a new role as the firm’s Asia Pacific Chief Digital Information Officer.

Ms Maimone said, “I would like to thank Vishy for his leadership of our digital strategy and for driving key initiatives such as our focus on Digital Academies. Vishy has been instrumental in changing the face of our digital capabilities and transforming our approach to technology. We look forward to continuing to work with him in his new role.”