A former senior leader at PwC Australia has contradicted former chief executive Luke Sayers about whether he was directly warned that allowing Tom Seymour to succeed him would cause the firm problems in future.

Mr Seymour, who was voted in as PwC CEO in March 2020, had previously led the firm’s tax division when it became embroiled in a years-long fight with the Australian Tax Office over advice it felt was overly aggressive.