About

After two years at India Aluminium Company as a management trainee, Anand Srivastava joined multinational professional services company PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in 1999. Rising through the ranks at one of the “big four” accountants, Srivastava made a gradual progression from associate, to his current level of director. He became company secretary of PwC India in 2007 and associate general counsel in 2015. With a pragmatic approach, some of the key features of his tenure include setting up clear priorities, better research facilities and embedding technological systems in the legal team. With a focus on personal development for his team members Srivastava rotates individuals into different roles whilst ensuring each one develops a core competence, exposing them to public platforms whilst ensuring they are provided freedom to interact at the highest level and take ownership of their actions. For Srivastava, development of a very good internal legal competence especially on critical and high stake projects has furthermore led to greater confidence in his staff and reducing costs in the company. He classes his biggest achievement as successfully leading PwC India’s legal strategy on extremely complex projects that involved multiple territories.n of Ports and Harbours.