PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS has appointed Angel Barrio and Pierre Dreyer as partners in the firm. Mr Barrio has more than 14 years’ experience working as a lead adviser on major Australian business divestments and specialises in originating, negotiating and project managing merger and acquisition transactions. Mr Dreyer brings more than 16 years’ experience with PwC in South Africa, London and Perth to the role and has led some of Perth’s most complex audit assignments.