Clive Birch

Bio

Clive is a recently retired partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers, with industry specialism in early stage technology and life science companies. His role at PwC was that of an auditor and reporting accountant. He was partner in charge of their Cambridge office for 15 years to 2010 during which time he was responsible for all aspects of that stand alone business. The majority of his clients were technology and life science companies and as the partner responsible for them he not only looked after their audit needs but also helped them deal with the rigors of setting up systems and processors, dealing with outside stakeholders and corporate governance. He was also part of the teams involved in fund raising and listing the companies on various markets. Prior to moving to Cambridge in 1984 he worked for Coopers and Lybrand in Vancouver and London and had exposure to corporate recovery work which gave him hands-on experience of running a number of businesses.