Combination of position at PwC with academic position

Various partners and employees of PwC combine their position at PwC with an academic position. This means that, in addition to their role at PwC, these employees also work at a university as (endowed) professors, lecturers or researchers, for example.

PwC encourages such a combination of roles, as it allows our partners and employees to contribute to society by sharing their practical experience, knowledge and skills, alongside their work for PwC. This is in line with our ambition of building trust and creating sustainable progress.

Where a PwC partner or employee also holds a position at a university, the capacity in which that partner or employee is acting must always be clear. Furthermore, for PwC partners and employees who are also employed at a university, it is essential that they can carry out their academic activities unhindered, in accordance with the principles of academic freedom, integrity and independence. University employees are required to adher to he Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity.

To ensure academic freedom, integrity and independence, PwC has drawn up guidelines which mention among other things, that PwC will not seek to interfere in any way in academic research, publications or statements by partners and employees who also work at a university. Should these partners and employees experience otherwise, they can contact an external confidential advisor. The guidelines furthermore mention that partners and employees who also work at a university should be transparent about the different positions they hold in their publications and appearances.

Guidelines for Academic Practice by Professionals

Overview of PwC partners and employees who are also (endowed) professors:

Ab Klink
Strategic Advisor Strategy&
Professor Healthcare, Labour and Political Guidance, Free University Amsterdam
Ad van Doesum
Director Knowledge Center
Professor Value Added Tax, Maastricht University
Allard Knook
Partner Legal
Endowed professor State Aid, Utrecht University
Arjan Brouwer
Partner Audit National Office
Professor External Reporting, Free University Amsterdam
Barbara Baarsma
Chief Economist
Professor Applied Economics, University of Amsterdam
Bastiaan Starink
Partner Workforce
Endowed professor Labor Market, Pensions and Taxation, Tilburg University

Gérard Kampschöer
Director Tax & Legal
Professor Tax Economics, University of Amsterdam
Gülbahar Tezel
Partner Strategy&
Professor of practice Applied Policy, Competition and Regulatory Economics, Tilburg University
Jacques de Swart
Partner Consulting Data Analytics
Professor Applied Mathematics, Nyenrode Business University
Maarten Floris de Wilde
Director Tax & Legal
Professor International and European Tax Law, Erasmus University
Ruud Wetzels
Director Consulting Data Analytics
Professor Data Science, Nyenrode Business University
Simon Cornielje
Partner Indirect Tax
Endowed professor Indirect Tax Law, Free University Amsterdam