Lynne Baber

Lynne Baber

Sustainability Practice Leader, PwC United Kingdom

UK PwC Sustainability practice leader and member of ESG firmwide leadership. Advisor to businesses on Sustainability Strategy, Transformation and Reporting.

Lynne is a Partner in the Risk Line of Service and leader of the UK PwC Sustainability practice. The team of c200 staff and 9 Partners supports clients across their Sustainability journey, from Strategy, through transformation and ESG reporting. Lynne also supports the PwC EMEA Risk Leadership on ESG.

Lynne works with clients within the Defence, IM&S, TMT and Consumer Market industries while serving clients in areas such as non-financial reporting, ESG regulation, third party risk management, and ESG process and internal control modernization.

“This is the decade for urgent action. We face a critical climate and ecological emergency. It’s vital that we reach Net Zero and preserve nature. We must create a just and fair society as part of a more responsible world that is prepared for the future.”

Previous roles have included Social Value leader for PwC UK in the firm’s response to the new Government procurement legislation in 2021 and Lead Client Partner for the UK Ministry of Defence.

Lynne graduated from the University of Leeds with a 1st class History degree and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. She joined PwC in 2003 and has been a partner since 2016.

Experience

  • Leading PwC’s UK Sustainability practice since 1 July 2022
  • Social Value leader for PwC UK from July 2020 to December 2021
  • Member of the PwC Global Reporting Leadership
  • ESG leader for PwC EMEA Risk

Specialism

  • Sustainability Strategy
  • Change and transformation
  • Sustainability Reporting
  • ESG Regulation
  • Reputation Management
  • Impact
  • Climate
  • Nature
  • Inclusion & Diversity
  • Wellbeing
  • Social Mobility
  • Business Leadership
  • IM&S
  • TMT
  • Consumer Markets

Credentials

  • Oxford Said Leading Sustainable Corporations

UK PwC Sustainability practice leader and member of ESG firmwide leadership. Advisor to businesses on Sustainability Strategy, Transformation and Reporting.

Lynne is a Partner in the Risk Line of Service and leader of the UK PwC Sustainability practice. The team of c200 staff and 9 Partners supports clients across their Sustainability journey, from Strategy, through transformation and ESG reporting. Lynne also supports the PwC EMEA Risk Leadership on ESG.

Lynne works with clients within the Defence, IM&S, TMT and Consumer Market industries while serving clients in areas such as non-financial reporting, ESG regulation, third party risk management, and ESG process and internal control modernization.

“This is the decade for urgent action. We face a critical climate and ecological emergency. It’s vital that we reach Net Zero and preserve nature. We must create a just and fair society as part of a more responsible world that is prepared for the future.”

Previous roles have included Social Value leader for PwC UK in the firm’s response to the new Government procurement legislation in 2021 and Lead Client Partner for the UK Ministry of Defence.

Lynne graduated from the University of Leeds with a 1st class History degree and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. She joined PwC in 2003 and has been a partner since 2016.

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