All language subtitles for English_D1V1 Welcome from Mohamed Kande

Let me start first by
welcoming all of you,

our new hires, to PwC.

And you all know
that joining PwC,

is a very
competitive process.

So let me tell you
about my background.

I joined PwC a little more
than five years ago.

I came through an acquisition.

Before that I was working

for another
consulting firm.

And before that I
was in industry.

I'm an engineer by

training, so a little
bit different.

And I've lived in

many different countries
across Africa,

europe, Asia, also
North America.

So as you can tell,
I'm a global citizen.

I will tell you,

I can do the
compare-and-contrast.

I know what good
looks like.

I've been to many
different places,

many different companies.

And I will tell you: PWC is

the best place to be.

Let's start with

why we're doing
what we're doing.

This is what we
call our purpose.

Building trust in society,

in solving important problems.

That purpose drives us

all of us across
the firm.

The second thing is really

about the vision
that we have,

which is around
becoming one of

the leading
professional services

firm in the world.

But when we say leading,

not saying the largest
or the biggest one.

We're thinking about the
most profitable one,

But also the one
that creates

the best opportunities for

development for

employees, including
all of you.

We have a set of values

that drive our
day-to-day today.

We have to care
about each other,

we have to work together,

we have to act
with integrity,

and we have to
make a difference.

And we try to do all of

this ensuring that

Not only we think
about advisory,

but we think
about the

other length of services.

We are one firm.

As many of you know, we rebuilt or
advisory business

for PwC over the
past 11 years.

We used a two-prong
approach to do so.

First, we made a lot
of acquisitions.

I mentioned that I came to

PwC myself through
an acquisition.

In addition to that, we

hired a lot of people from the market.

Many people like you today.

Now we're moving
into Advisory 2.0,

which is about bringing

all these capabilities
together from strategy

to execution to help us

deliver a
multi-competency solution.

What do we mean? It's Bringing

people from different
backgrounds,

different talent
together to be able to

solve most important
product or clients.

In addition to that,

you might know
what Trifecta is,

which is a combined
consulting business

of the US,

Mexico, Japan, and China,

which I've had the
privilege of leading.

Thinking about

all the potential
opportunities

for global mobility,
international deployment.

This is a place where you

can have a lot of fun.

First, we have
to think about

how? How are we

supposed to think about
our client problems.

The way we look at it is

really to make sure that we

bring the business
part of our skills,

the technology part,

or obviously the
experience part.

Cause when we bring all
these three together,

which is what we call BXT,

it is a powerful
combination of

skill sets that we can
deliver to our clients.

But that's just how
we need to think.

Let's talk about what it

is we have to
deliver for our clients.

Integrated solutions

are key to us because they

bring the best of
the firm together,

in combination, to solve

our clients' most
critical problems.

Who needs to work together?

We need to make sure

that we have collaboration

because without

the right people
at the table

to deliver the
solutions, we'll not be

able to achieve the results

that we want to achieve.

Now it's very
important for us

also to think about
where we do the work.

We don't have to
do all the work

we do today onshore.

We have a service delivery
service today.

We also can use
some third-party

labor to help us deliver

some of the work
with skill sets

that may not have
today and tomorrow.

And lastly, I would say

how we execute,
it's extremely,

extremely important,
because we are as

good as the last type

of results we
deliver for our clients.

Flawless execution
on every engagement

that we have is an
imperative for us.

So here's my expectation,
for all of you.

First, you have to know.

You'll have to know
our product portfolio.

You'll have to know
what is it we

do for clients and the
solution to deliver.

The second thing is
around collaboration.

There is an
expectation across

advisory that we
all work together.

The third thing: think
about your own development.

Take responsibility
for your career.

Think about the things
that you want to

do that are really
fun for you

and volunteer for them. Provide

your feedback,
be innovative.

We are willing to listen.

You know, for all of you new hires.

I would say the
bottom line is,

this is a fun place to be.

I love my job.
I enjoy being

here and I'm hoping

that it will be the
same for all of you.

So take the time
to do great work,

to have great experiences, to

build great

relationships with
your colleagues,

but most importantly,
have fun.

This is a fun place to be.