Sarah is a Partner in the Regulatory Assurance team at PwC which brings the best of PwC's skills to financial services clients to deliver effective and efficient solutions for regulatory requirements and regulatory change. Sarah’s recent roles have included: liaison meetings with regulators especially APRA and ASIC, industry bodies and Treasury; regulatory due diligence for onshore and inbound financial services firms setting up operations in Australia and for M&A transactions; implementation of the Banking Executive Accountability Regime and most recently extension of the Accountability Regime into Superannuation and Insurance ( FAR ) bringing lessons learnt from the UK and other jurisdictions on accountability regimes; governance and risk framework reviews (CPS220) across financial services; APRA bank & insurance licensing; and APRA independent reviews. Sarah is PwC’s national leader for BEAR/FAR and for Bank Licensing.
In November 2021 Sarah stepped down as Chair of the peak industry body for Debt Capital Markets Securitisation in Australia, the Australian Securitisation Forum. She is a Chartered Accountant and Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Sarah joined PwC in early 2016 after 20 years in banking, most recently the Royal Bank of Scotland where she was part of the Australian Senior Leadership team and Governance & Risk Committee. During her time as a banker Sarah was responsible for the origination, monitoring and performance of large portfolios of structured debt and began her banking career as a credit analyst.
Contact:
Sarah Hofman
Partner | Financial Services Regulatory Assurance | PwC
+61 403068645 | sarah.hofman@pwc.com