Amyas Morse gained his degree at Oxford University in English Literature, and then qualified as a Chartered Accountant in Scotland at Arthur Young. After becoming a partner, he then moved to Deloitte where he became the youngest regional partner, overseeing Scotland and subsequently leading the Coopers & Lybrand practice in Scotland, (after its various amalgamations). He then moved to London to manage the London City Office, becoming the Executive Partner of the Coopers & Lybrand UK firm. When PricewaterhouseCoopers was formed, he took on global responsibilities, and served as Global Leader of Assurance practice (audit and related services), and then as Global Managing Partner (Operations). During his time there Amyas was a member of PWC's UK and Global Boards and also regularly attended board meetings of their major clients. He joined MOD in July 2006 as the Defence Commercial Director, a 3* civil service appointment. He is the Head of Profession for the commercial function, which comprises some 2000 staff based at locations throughout the UK.

He is 59.