A prominent wealth management consultant, Ian Woodhouse, who used to work at PricewaterhouseCoopers up until 2002, has returned to the giant firm, this publication can reveal.

PwC has appointed Woodhouse – a regular commenter on industry issues in these pages – to join its EMEA Private Banking and Wealth Management practice as a director, the firm told this publication.

Woodhouse takes up the role with immediate effect. He previously worked at an independent advisory firm, which he set up after leaving Ernst & Young in 2008.

Based in London, Woodhouse will be responsible for relationships with a number of private wealth management clients and generating thought leadership for the sector.

Woodhouse left PwC in 2002 when that firm sold its consulting arm to IBM in that year.

Among other consultancy moves involving former PwC staff, ComPeer, the benchmarking and analysis firm, recently appointed wealth management consultant Bruce Weatherill as an advisor. Weatherill had been a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers.