Appointed: March, 2021
Global Board Committees: GWG
Resides: United Kingdom
Age and gender: 53, female
Business background: Audit & Assurance
Industry: Consumer; Various
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Anna Marks is Chair of the Deloitte Global Board of Directors.
She is renowned for her energetic leadership, dedication to driving sustainable growth and fostering positive societal impacts through collaboration, inclusion, and effective governance.
Since becoming Deloitte Global Chair in June 2023, Anna has driven a focused and strategic governance agenda, reinvigorating governance structures and the Global Board Committees, and leading the Deloitte Global Board to oversee the most significant matters that influence how Deloitte operates globally.
Purpose, inclusion, and impact is a deep-seated passion for Anna, originating from her first career working with families with children with learning disabilities before switching careers to work within professional services. Anna qualified as a Chartered Accountant, later becoming a fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Anna is also deeply passionate about promoting women’s equity – actively coaching and empowering women in leadership. She is currently Sponsoring Chair of the Deloitte UK Ethnicity Council.
Anna is a fellow and former board member of the Royal Hospital for Neurodisability in the UK.
Prior to becoming Deloitte Global Chair, Anna held leadership and executive roles including on the Deloitte Global Board, the Deloitte North South Europe Board, and the Deloitte UK Board. She chaired the Deloitte UK-Swiss Partnership Council and was a member of the Deloitte North South Europe Audit & Assurance Executive and Deloitte UK Audit & Assurance Executive. Anna also led the Deloitte UK CFO Programme, which focuses on developing the next generation of FTSE100 CFOs and providing insights and support for UK-listed corporate CFOs.
In her 20 years as a practicing audit partner, Anna led audit, due diligence, stock exchange and regulatory reporting programmes with some of Deloitte’s largest Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) corporate and international clients. Anna also led a range of corporate development activities including supporting growth; M&A and other transaction-related activities; organizational design; and the development and enhancement of governance and risk management processes.
Anna lives in Oxford (UK) with her husband, has two adult daughters and enjoys running and yoga as well as watching live sport.