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John Berriman

John Berriman

Former PwC UK COO and audit partner, founder of PwC's cybersecurity advisory practice; later global COO of Norton Rose Fulbright; Chair of MacIntyre charity (2003-2024)

Jul 26, 2026

17:47
The worst can happen.
17:48
Absolutely, and...
17:51
I mean, I guess there's a sort of generic answer and then there's perhaps the specific.
17:55
So when I joined the board, Coopers and PW had been merged for two years at that point.
18:02
So this was the first opportunity partners had to vote for a new senior partner who appointed his board, as opposed to appointments that were made when the merger took place.
18:12
The merger took place in over 150 countries around the world, which would make it the biggest merger ever.
18:17
ever, to my knowledge, certainly bigger than any corporates in terms of sheer scale.

10 MINS LATER

28:51
How do we deal with the operational discipline piece?

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