Our Board

The Deloitte Australia Board of partners (the Board) oversees the leadership and management of Deloitte Australia’s operations and is responsible for ensuring a robust governance framework is in place. 

The Board is responsible for the overall governance of the firm, promoting its long-term success and providing oversight and stewardship in alignment with the firm’s values, culture and strategy. Core to meeting this objective is ensuring that the firm does not compromise the trust and integrity on which its licence to operate relies. In this respect the Board is also responsible for overseeing the firm’s risk management functions, including ethics, independence and quality processes, and overseeing issues relating to the firm’s reputation. The Board has an objective to align, as far as possible, Deloitte Australia’s governance practices to those of an ASX-listed company Board. 

The Board Charter outlines the governance roles and responsibilities of the Board members – both collectively and individually. Board members are also bound by the Board Member Code of Conduct which includes a commitment to act in good faith, honestly and fairly at all times and adhere to the highest standards of professionalism.

The Board comprises between seven and ten elected partners, none of whom can be members of the Executive team, plus the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The Board is required to have 40:40:20 gender representation and representation of at least two Board members from outside Melbourne and Sydney. In April 2024 the Deloitte Australia Board announced its decision to appoint independent Board members. The Independent Board members will have skills that are complementary to the existing Board skills, and will provide external perspectives and diverse points of view to the Board. 

Consistent with good corporate governance principles, the Board is supported by the work of a number of subcommittees including an Audit Committee, an Ethics and Risk Committee, a Partner Remuneration Committee, and a Partner Admission Committee.