Firm leadership

Partner - CEO & Managing Partner

John started at Deloitte as a junior in 1995 and has been loyal to the Deloitte brand ever since. He has worked as an auditor for three different Deloitte member firms, and been exposed to a broad portfolio of clients that are diverse both from an industry as well as from a cultural perspective. John is specialized in group audits of commercial and industrial companies, and a reference when it comes to the framework governing the operation of public companies in Luxembourg. John joined Deloitte’s Luxembourg firm in 2001 and was appointed to Partner in 2008. In 2015, he was further promoted to the firm’s Executive Committee, and he acted as Deloitte Luxembourg’s Reputation & Risk Leader until he was elected as the firm’s next Managing Partner in October 2017 at the age of 39.

Originally from Malta, John is a fellow of the UK Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, a member of the Luxembourg Institute of Auditors, and an Authorized Statutory Auditor (réviseur d'entreprises agréé) in Luxembourg.

Partner - Partnership Development Leader

Joachim is the lead partner of Deloitte Luxembourg's Indirect Tax practice. He has a broad experience in advising on the structuring of regulated and unregulated funds, including private equity, real estate, debt and infrastructure funds. Joachim also has a significant experience in advising clients in the FSI industry on a wide variety of VAT issues including the design of special deduction methodologies, the set up of cost sharing structures as well as VAT dispute resolution.

Joachim is graduated in business law / tax law from Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne & Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas and was a member of the Luxembourg Bar Association prior to joining Deloitte Luxembourg.

Partner - Audit & Assurance Leader

Christiane is the Audit & Assurance Business Leader at Deloitte Luxembourg.Originally from France, Christiane started her career at the Deloitte Paris office in 1997, before she broadened her skillset at Deloitte’s Madrid office. Christiane joined Deloitte Luxembourg in 2005 and became Partner five years later. In 2018, Christiane was further appointed to Deloitte Luxembourg’s Executive Committee and she took over the leadership of the firm’s important audit practice.

Christiane is an experienced auditor and a "Réviseur d'Entreprises Agréé" in Luxembourg. Throughout her career, she has gained significant audit experience working on a diverse portfolio of client engagements within the financial services industry, specializing in the commercial, real estate and private equity industries. Christiane has led a number of complex engagements involving consolidated financial statements within an international context.

A role model of the firm’s stated values of integrity and respect, Christiane acted as the firm’s Chief Ethics Officer for several years.

Partner - Tax Leader

Bernard is a partner within the international tax department. He is in charge of an international tax group focused on multinationals (mainly U.S.-based clients) investing in Europe.

Bernard serves large international and multinational companies for group restructurings.

He was part of the International Core of Excellence (ICE)/Luxembourg desk in Deloitte Tax LLP's New York office on a two-year assignment.

Partner - Strategic & Transactional Services Leader and  Deputy Advisory & Consulting Leader

Member of Advisory & Consulting Executive Committee
Member of the Firm Supervisory Board
CFO of our Advisory and Consulting Practice

Joachim joined the Firm in 2004.

He is a Charted Financial Analyst (CFA) and currently Lead Partner within the Corporate Finance department.

He also heads Financial Advisory Services, taking care of M&A, restructuring and forensic services.

He started his career as an auditor specialised in the FSI industry before joining in 2009 the Corporate Finance Advisory team where he gained a strong expertise in a broad range of services including :

• M&A (advisory services and strategic assistance), 
• Business valuation, fairness opinion and intangible assets valuation, 
• Fair value accounting and purchase price allocation under IFRS,
• Financial and commercial due diligences, Business modelling in the context of financing, restructuring, and project finance,
• Fund raising,Financial analysis and credit assessment, 
• Real Estate transactions.
  

Partner - Advisory & Consulting Leader and Innovation Leader

Patrick joined Deloitte as partner in 2011 and was promoted to the Executive Committee in 2018. Patrick heads the Advisory & Consulting Group (ACG) and is the Firm Innovation Leader.

He has extensive experience in shaping and delivering complex transformation programmes – especially in Banking and Investment Management.

Patrick has developed those programmes not only in Luxembourg but across Europe and in Middle-East. Patrick specializes in IT Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, Business and Digital transformations. Over the past years, Patrick has acquired in-depth expertise in Innovation, FinTech and Blockchain and has developed and explored different use cases. As a seasoned consultant with a broad range of clients, Patrick has developed a comprehensive expertise in the financial services industry and advises CIO and COO on strategic and more operational topics. Patrick is recognized for his technical expertise within the Deloitte network of member firms and he has been appointed as EMEA FS Core Technology Leader.

He holds a Civil Engineering degree from Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Partner - Reputation & Risk Leader

Jérôme is Deloitte Luxembourg’s Reputation and Risk Leader and has been a partner within the firm’s audit department since 2011.

Over the course of his career, Jérôme has acquired in-depth expertise in financial services, with a specific focus on the financial and insurance sector in Luxembourg.

Originally from Belgium, Jérôme joined Deloitte Luxembourg in 2001. He was appointed to the firm’s Executive Committee in 2018 and is the firm’s Reputation & Risk Leader.

Jérôme holds also multiple risk leadership roles within our network of member firms.  

Partner - Operations Leader  and COO

Pierre joined Deloitte Luxembourg in 2011 as partner. For 9 years, he led the corporate finance team before being appointed to the Executive Committee of the Firm.

He was also CFO for the Advisory and Consulting practice of Deloitte for 4 years. Before joining Deloitte, Pierre worked in Investment Banking and Asset Management for over 10 years in New York and London.

As a professional, he has focused on Mergers & Acquisitions, financing and restructuring operations, both for private equity and corporate clients. Over the years, he has been exposed to a wide array of industries starting in Media & Telecom first then moving to the Consumer, Retail and Leisure sectors and, since joining Deloitte, focusing on the Financial Service Industry.

Pierre graduated from Solvay School of Business in 1995 and got his MBA from New York University Stern School of Business in 2000.

Partner - Growth Leader and Private Equity Leader

Nick is a partner within the audit department and has over 20 years' experience in this area.

He has enjoyed experiences in three other international Deloitte offices.

Nick has gained vast experience working on a diverse portfolio of audit engagements within the financial services industry and is now specialized in both regulated and unregulated private equity funds. Nick has extensive experience in LuxGAAP and IFRS and is leading the Assurance Services team.

Partner - Brand, Content & Quality Leader

Dany is a partner within the tax department and has over 15 years of experience in international tax, with 3 years spent in the New York office of our U.S. Member Firm. Dany leads our M&A tax practice, serves as Private Equity Tax Leader and is responsible for the Digital Transformation of our tax practice.

He advises asset managers on a wide variety of international tax issues, including mergers and acquisitions, tax due diligence, global tax optimization, cross-border withholding taxes, tax compliance and assistance with tax considerations affecting regulated and non-regulated investment funds.  

Partner - People & Purpose Leader

Christian Van Dartel joined Deloitte over 15 years ago, and currently serves as Partner in Audit & Assurance for the Private Equity and Real Estate Sector.

Christian has extensive experience in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), US GAAP and Lux GAAP. He has also large experience in assisting client in Bond Issuances on several markets. He has gained a deep experience working on a diverse portfolio of audit engagements in Luxembourg and in London and is now working primarily on alternative investment products, including: Debts, Private Equity and Real Estate Funds.

Christian acts as People & Purpose Leader for Deloitte Luxembourg, having previously been Diversity, Equity and Inclusion leader.

He holds a Master in Management Science and is a qualified Luxembourg Réviseur d’entreprises agréé. He speaks fluently Dutch, English, French and has proficient knowledge of German.