PwC Appoints Amity Millhiser Market Managing Partner for the San Jose Market

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Aug 30, 2011, 12:00 ET

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PwC US today announced that Amity Millhiser, a 26-year veteran of the firm, has been named the Market Managing Partner for the firm's San Jose market. Millhiser will lead a team of 1,200 PwC partners and staff who serve clients in the San Jose market. She succeeds Rob Gittings, who will be joining PwC's US Leadership Team in New York.

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Millhiser most recently served as the leader of PwC's Silicon Valley Transaction Services Group, as well as the Computers and Networking sector leader within the San Jose Technology Center of Excellence.

"As the nation's leading technology hub, we're committed to helping our clients in the San Jose market manage the complexities and growth opportunities across the technology sector and in supporting our community," said Millhiser. "I look forward to building upon the successes that our San Jose practice has achieved in forging deeper relationships with our clients, creating opportunities for our people and continuing to showcase PwC's value as an outstanding service provider, employer, and responsible corporate citizen."

Joining PwC in 1985 and admitted to the partnership in 1995, Millhiser has extensive international experience including a tour of duty in Switzerland, where she was the founder and managing partner of the Transaction Services practice, a center of excellence for US and European cross-border deals. Serving the needs of corporate and private equity clients, her experience includes working with companies and their advisors on acquisition support, deal structuring, diligence execution, integration, complex carve-outs, divestitures, spin-offs, capital market transactions, and IPO's in the technology, pharmaceuticals, consumer, and industrial products industries.

A native of the Bay Area, Millhiser holds a B.A. in English from the University of California at Berkeley and is a Certified Public Accountant in California. She speaks fluent German and is a frequent speaker on topics relating to cross-border mergers and acquisitions and has written several articles on deals. Millhiser is a member of the Finance and Audit Committees of Sacred Heart Schools in Atherton.

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