Louise Scott ACA is sustainability and climate change director and chief operating officer for PwC’s Global Sustainability Network and is leading the firm’s work in relation to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She has had a wide ranging career with PwC, with extensive international experience and networks, and has spent the past five years working within the sustainability and climate change team, most recently as COO for the Global Sustainability team and leader of PwC’s SDG expertise.

Scott qualified as a chartered accountant with PwC, working in international tax structuring and then in corporate finance, focusing on merger and acquisition advice particularly in the retail and consumer goods sector. She then spent four years working as chief of staff to the senior partner of PwC UK, particularly focused on the strategy for the UK firm and international collaboration with the PwC global leadership team.