Neil Dhar, a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, has been named leader of financial services. the firm announced.

Dhar will be responsible for overseeing the strategy and leadership of PwC’s US Financial Services practice, which includes the asset and wealth management, banking and capital markets, and insurance sectors.

Previously, he served as the firm’s US Deals Capital Markets Leader and held other leadership roles in PwC’s Deals practice.