Venkat Somasundaram
Partner, Advisory, PwC Canada
Venkat Somasundaram is a Partner in PwC Canada’s Government & Public Sector practice. He is also a Chair for the Canadian Human and Social Services Community of Practice and an Executive of the PwC Indigenous Inclusion Network. He began his career with PwC in 2012 and was admitted to the partnership in 2022.
In addition, Venkat sponsors the Foundations for the Future (FftF) Program, Senior Associate Leadership Program (SALP) and Manager Leadership Experience (MLE) programs for Calgary. Venkat has recently taken on the sponsorship of the Consulting Staff Conference for 2023, along with Talia Dabby.
Venkat has a track record of improving the integrity, efficiency and sustainability of social programs and services across organizations and ministries, keeping vulnerable citizens at the centre of the future state roadmap. He has over 17 years of diverse functional experience spanning strategy, operations, social impact and ESG projects.
With a passion for driving sustainable social and economic outcomes for citizens, Venkat leads program evaluations, develops citizen-centric policy and transforms operations by incorporating global leading practices—bringing the triple bottom line perspective to systemic societal challenges.
In addition to his responsibilities with PwC, Venkat is active on the boards for Calgary Centre for Global Community (Humainologie, Calgary) and previously, Calgary Learns and Consumers Council of Canada. He is a graduate of York University’s Schulich School of Business with an MBA in Strategy, Sustainability and Marketing. He is also a graduate of the Government College of Technology in Coimbatore with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
