Enda McDonagh grew up in Tallaght attending St Mary's National School and Templeogue College. He went on to study B Comm in UCD followed by a Masters in Accounting in the Smurfit Business School. He joined Craig Gardner Price Waterhouse (one half of what later became PwC) in 1994 via the annual milk-round recruitment sweep of universities that the big accounting firms all do.
Enda worked as an auditor, making his way up the ranks to manager level, at which point he took advantage of PwC’s international transfer system to take a role in Boston in 2000, spending three years in the US city. In 2006, he became a partner in the firm, led the assurance practice from 2015 and served eight years on the leadership team of his predecessor as managing partner, Feargal O’Rourke, before being chosen to lead the firm two years ago, taking over from O’Rourke in July 2023 for a four-year term – a second term is possible but we can talk about that later.
Enda is married with three teenage kids which he often jokes is busier than the day job....
This is the 66th episode in the Davy podcast series ‘Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly’ with special guest Enda McDonagh, Managing Partner at PwC.