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Anya Cummins

Partner | Head of Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory

Anya is the Head of Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory and a Partner within Deloitte's Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Advisory team based in Dublin. Anya has over 20 years’ experience advising clients on complex transactions.

Anya is a Partner and leads our Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory team of over 200 professionals focused on specialist advisory services across a range of areas. This team advises our clients on some of the most important transactions, projects, events, financings and challenges facing their Boards and management teams; driving long term value protection and creation for our clients’ organisations.

In addition to leading the team, Anya is a highly experienced M&A Advisory partner, with over 20 years experiencing advising clients on buyside, sell-side and equity capital raising transactions.

Anya started her career in Deloitte in our Financial Advisory business, where she spent a number of years working in our M&A team. She later moved to London where she worked with a specialist M&A advisory boutique, being appointed a Partner and specialising in sell-side transactions with a primary focused on private equity.

Anya returned to Deloitte in Ireland to lead our M&A advisory team which has since grown to be the largest team in the Irish market. Anya has since held a number of roles in the Irish firm; including formerly running our Best Managed Companies programme and leading our Deloitte Private business.

In 2023 Anya was appointed as the head of our Financial Advisory business, and now leads our Strategy, Risk and Transactions Advisory business. Anya serves on the Executive Committee of the Firm.