In his new position, Perkins is responsible for overseeing the Northeast division of the Investment Management Industry Group at PricewaterhouseCoopers, which serves more than 3,000 mutual funds nationally with $3.2 trillion in assets under management. Perkins, 52, has spent the past two decades at PricewaterhouseCoopers serving the region's concentration of leading mutual fund and investment management companies.
   

"Having been a partner in the practice for years, I have participated in the dramatic transformation of the investment management industry here in New England, which clearly is home to many of the strongest players in the industry. We have a very large and incredibly talented team in the Northeast and I am looking forward to working with them to continue to enhance our practice and give our clients the best solutions for reaching their business goals," Perkins said.
   

He will report directly to Lloyd E. "Chip" Voneiff, who leads the PricewaterhouseCooper's U.S. Investment Management Industry Group.
   

"Bill Perkins has spent more than 20 years serving the mutual fund industry," said Voneiff. "His appointment reinforces PricewaterhouseCoopers's commitment to New England's strong investment management sector. Our clients and PricewaterhouseCoopers itself will benefit from his expertise and the depth of experience he brings."

 

Perkins has spent virtually his entire PricewaterhouseCoopers career in the Boston office, with the exception of two years in the early 1980s during which he worked in the firm's New York office, developing guidance for auditing computerized information systems and identifying and developing uses for the microcomputer in the audit process.