At PwC, they measure their success by yours. Every day their more than 236,000 people in 158 countries go to work to help their clients succeed. From Dublin to Durban, from Minneapolis to Manila, their job is channelling knowledge and value through their lines of service and 22 industry-specialised practices.

Their Global Annual Review details how their industry-focused services in the fields of assurance, tax, human resources, transactions, performance improvement and crisis management have helped address client and stakeholder issues. Their success in meeting today's business challenges rests on the way they approach their work. They call that approach Connected Thinking.

Sound governance and transparency form the bedrock of leadership. They are committed to serving as a force for integrity, good sense and wise solutions to the problems facing businesses and the capital markets today. Transparency and good standards of network governance—both in their clients' businesses and in our own—are central to our ability to achieve those objectives. And they aim to continue to achieve them from their position of strength and professional leadership.