John Connolly has spent his whole professional career with Deloitte and is the Senior Partner and Chief Executive of the UK firm and a member of the Board of Partners.

John is also Global Managing Director of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and has been involved in important global roles with the firm for over 15 years. He is Chairman of the Global Management Committee and a member of both the Global Executive and the Global Board of Partners.

By background, John is a Corporate Finance partner, and has significant experience on a wide range of corporate transactions. He continues to have significant involvement with a wide range of clients and is the Advisory Partner on a number of the firm's major clients including The Royal Bank of Scotland, Vodafone and KKR.