Jeremy Davies, OBE

Title: 
Senior Advisor
Organization: 
VerdeXchange
Biography: 

Formerly a Managing Partner in the Assurance and Business Advisory Services of PwC, Jeremy Davies has more than 30 years of experience of serving American, Japanese, European and Brazilian global and middle market and emerging companies across a wide range of industries, including power generation and alternative energy. Jeremy was Co-Chairman of the U.S. firm's Japan Business Network (JBN) Steering Committee and led the automotive sector practice in the West Region of the United States.

Jeremy is former National Chairman and President of the British American Business Council, the largest transatlantic business association; former Executive Committee member of the European Union Center of California; is a member of the Board of Governors of the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation, its World Trade Committee (serves on its sub-Committee on Foreign Direct Investment), its Green Economy and e-Mobility Task Forces. He is Senior Advisor to the VerdeXchange Institute, an organization dedicated to supporting Los Angeles County as a global marketplace for renewable and clean energy technologies and as a portal of entry into the US market.

Mr Davies is a member (retired) of the California Society of Certified Public Accountants, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, is qualified as a Brazilian Certified Public Accountant and has a BSc degree from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He is a member of the Board of Directors of CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates for foster children in Los Angeles County) and Chairs its Corporate Outreach Initiative.

In 2014 he was appointed by Her Majesty The Queen an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to British business interests in the USA. 

Category: 
Advisory Board