Profile: Kevin Ellis

Kevin Ellis

Kevin Ellis

Office: London

Kevin is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has specialised in providingturnaround and restructuring services to underperforming businesses in thePublic and Private sectors for over 18 years.  He is currently thePricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Business Recovery Services (BRS) UK PracticeLeader.

Recent experience includes work with Public and Advisory Sectororganisations and supporting Corporate Management Teams

Highlights of Kevin's recent experience include:

  • Lead adviser to an insurance broker during a successful restructuringinvolving one of the first significant pension compromises where the pensionschemes have been considered for the PPF.  This restructuring culminatedin negotiating the first substantial pension debt for equity conversion leadingto the PPF becoming a shareholder.
  • Kevin developed and led the firm's approach for assisting with theimplementation of turnarounds in the NHS and was Consulting Partner to theDepartment of Health's National Programme Office for Turnaround.
  • Kevin was instrumental in coordinating a multi-disciplinary team to developthe firm's response in the pensions arena.  He has continued to act asConsulting Partner on a number of assignments in this area, including RoyalMail and P&O.
  • Joint Partner for the turnaround and restructuring of Remploy Ltd, thenon-departmental public body which supports disabled people intoemployment.

Principal recent industry sector experience:

  • Retail
  • Financial services
  • Health Sector

Described by his staff as being: "innovative, personable andextremely focused."