DAVID Leslie, one of Scotland’s best known dealmakers, has left PwC. The accountancy giant said Mr Leslie left the business on 1 January. It is understood he wanted to take on fresh challenges after spending more than 15 years as a partner at PwC and its forerunner Price Waterhouse. He has been succeeded as head of PwC’s corporate finance business in Scotland by Jon Shelley, who became an equity partner in 2015 after building the firm’s Aberdeen oil and gas deals business. Mr Shelley developed PwC’s global deal origination platform in the UK, which the firm says aims to match large UK opportunities with significant international sources of capital. Noting volatile market conditions amid a period of rapid change, he said: “Encouragingly we are seeing many strong Scottish businesses continue to seek opportunity, growth and technology to respond to this and lead in their markets, and we are seeing no shortage of investors and international buyers showing interest in this.” Jason Morris has become Scottish Deals leader at PwC.
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