Governance

The Deloitte Global Board of Directors (Global Board) oversees the organization’s strategic vision and aspiration, helping ensure that Deloitte serves our clients and communities, upholds ethical standards, and builds trust. Over the past year, the Global Board has focused on oversight of the global strategy, including alignment of investments and progress against key objectives, and on the implications of rapidly developing technologies such as AI for how Deloitte operates and delivers its services.

The Global Board focuses on the long-term growth and resilience of the organization, including emerging opportunities and risks, and provides constructive challenge to management. It governs Deloitte Global’s most important strategic matters—including approval of the global strategy, annual budget and investment plan, major policies and transactions, and the selection of the Deloitte Global CEO and Deloitte Global Chair—and oversees management. The Global Board is composed of 18 members drawn from across the Deloitte network, reflecting Deloitte’s broad geographic footprint.

Each Global Board member brings skills and experience in core business competencies—including ethics, risk, financial management, people, sustainability, technology, and transformation—to help ensure that the Global Board is equipped to provide robust and strategic oversight of complex matters affecting Deloitte and the markets in which Deloitte operates in both the short and long term. The Global Board has several committees to support its oversight of certain focus areas; engagement across the committees helps ensure they provide well-rounded perspectives and recommendations. In addition, the Global Board regularly reviews the committee structure to help ensure alignment with strategic priorities and the matters requiring deeper governance attention. In addition, a board effectiveness review is conducted annually.

The Global Board Chair and Deputy Chair draw on the experience and external perspectives of the Global Independent Non-Executive Advisory Council—a body comprised of five independent non-executive directors from other Deloitte firm boards—to inform their approach to leading practices. Ongoing engagement with the Deloitte Community of Chairs, which represents the chairs of nearly every geography in which Deloitte operates, strengthens dialogue and coordination on governance matters across our network. In addition, the Global Board regularly invites Deloitte clients, academics, and other outside specialists to share their perspectives with its members.

The Deloitte Global Executive Committee (Executive Committee), composed of 20 senior leaders from Deloitte Global and select member firms, is responsible for driving Deloitte Global operations, advancing Deloitte Global strategic business priorities, and monitoring risks and impacts, as well as embedding purpose in all that we do. The Executive Committee also champions initiatives that help Deloitte make an impact that matters for Deloitte clients, our people, and other stakeholders. The Global Board and the Executive Committee work together to help ensure that key strategic topics remain core to the focus of the Executive Committee.

The Deloitte Global Operating Committee (Operating Committee) provides a vital link between strategy and execution that helps Deloitte perform effectively and efficiently. The Deloitte Global Chief Operating Officer leads the Operating Committee. Additional members include Chief Operating Officers of select member firms, Global Business Chief Operating Officers, and Deloitte Shared Service leaders.