PricewaterhouseCoopers' Principal Peter Raymond Recognized as one of Consulting magazine's Top 25 Consultants of 2010

NEW YORK, June 21 /PRNewswire/ -- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) today announced that Peter Raymond, principal and leader of the firm's Public Sector Financial Services practice, has been honored by Consulting magazine in its annual listing of the "Top 25 Consultants" for 2010 and recognized for excellence in the Public Sector category.

In his role, Peter leads a team of 250 professionals that assist U.S. federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve, FDIC, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and related U.S. federal government agencies involved in financial stabilization and credit operations.

"We congratulate Peter for his outstanding client work and exceptional leadership of a winning team," said Dana McIlwain, U.S. leader of PricewaterhouseCoopers' Advisory practice.  "He clearly exemplifies the commitment our firm has to our clients -- both in the public and private sectors -- to help them navigate through a turbulent economy and continue to position themselves for growth."

"I am honored to be recognized for the dedicated work our team consistently provides to our clients," said Peter Raymond. "As a trusted advisor providing business advisory services to the Federal Government, we are engaged in some of the Government's most important initiatives and are committed to helping them achieve transparency, accountability and operational effectiveness."

In addition to his leadership role in PwC's Public Sector practice, Peter is one of the firm's global leaders in its Capital Projects & Infrastructure (CP&I) practice, which assists clients to design, deliver, finance and manage large scale infrastructure projects from Olympic Games to National IT infrastructure to high speed rail lines.

Mr. Raymond holds degrees from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. and Union College in New York.

For more information about PwC's Public Sector practice, please visit www.pwc.com/us/en/public-sector.

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