Ian Powell, former senior partner and chairman of PwC, the UK's largest professional services firm, is to become chairman of outsourcing giant Capita. Powell will take over the post from January next year. Capita said: “Ian’s background of delivering growth in a highly competitive environment across a diverse and innovative organisation makes him ideally suited to Capita.” Capita added that Powell had “strong credentials and is highly in tune with Capita’s objectives, business model and markets”. Powell said: “Capita’s focus on helping clients transform and evolve their operations has real relevance in the c