Kieran Poynter, the chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers - the UK’s biggest accounting firm - earned £2.5m last year, the publication of annual results have revealed.
His salary was a 20% increase on his pay in the previous 12 months.
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All together, PwC’s management board - Poynter and 10 senior partners - earned a total of £14m, up from £12m the previous year.
Despite his record pay Poynter is still second to KPMG's Mike Rake who picked up more than £3m last year in salary and bonuses.
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