Dr. Philipp Wackerbeck is an advisor to executives in the financial sector for Strategy&, PwC’s strategy consulting business. He is a Partner at Strategy& Germany and based in the Munich office. As the Global Head of Financial Services for Strategy& and PwC’s EMEA Banking & Capital Markets Leader, he regularly advises clients on important strategic projects like growth and market entry strategies, reorganizations, large-scale transformations and particularly in deals related projects including M&A, carve outs and debt and equity transactions. Additionally, he has in-depth knowledge in the risk, capital and regulations space.

In addition to his functional expertise, Philipp has extensive knowledge in corporate and investment banking, particularly asset-based finance. He has supported banks, asset managers as well as insurance companies tackling their most important strategic and transformational challenges. An avid writer, he has contributed to books, and articles including several Strategy& reports. He has successfully led multiple high-profile client engagements in diverse settings in Europe, North America and Asia.

Meryl leads the Banking Treasury team at PwC. In her role, she helps firms’ balance sheet management across liquidity, capital, interest rate risk and more, taking into account the prudential regulatory framework and the broader risks firms face in the markets they operate. Alongside the team at PwC, she is helping banks to harness technology in their risk management, in addition to establishing a fit for purpose functional set up for Treasury risks across the three lines of defense.

Meryl joined PwC in late 2023 from Deutsche Bank, where she was Treasurer for Central and Eastern Europe, responsible for steering financial resources within the Region, including managing the balance sheet through the recent crisis in Russia and Ukraine.