Ms. Walsh provides risk management and regulatory compliance advisory services to PwC’s leading insurance clients. She has assisted some of the industry’s largest global clients in designing and implementing their global compliance programs working to “operationalize” compliance risk management standards into business processes and through the design of enabling technology and effective talent management approaches.

Ellen is currently leading PwC’s efforts related to the impact of the regulatory change on financial institutions, specifically on insurance companies. She is working with her clients to assess the impact that the Department of Labor Fiduciary Standard will have on their business and how to address the execution of numerous changes that need to be in place prior to implementation in 2017.

Ellen is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and has authored numerous articles and whitepapers including: A Closer Look at the Dodd-Frank Act and Its Impact on Insurance Companies; A Brave New World for Insurance Companies: Federal Oversight and Banking Regulation; The Evolving Role of the Chief Compliance Officer: The Impact of New Regulatory Requirements.

Ms. Walsh graduated from Fordham University with a BA in American Studies and Economics and earned her MBA at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Walsh leads PwC’s role as the secretariat of the Global CCO Forum, which is comprised of the group CCOs of the world’s largest insurers. She also is a member of the board of directors of the Compliance and Ethics Forum for Life Insurers (CEFLI).