John Debattista
Director - Audit & Assurance - Deloitte Malta
John forms a part of Deloitte Malta’s Audit & Assurance business. Having joined in 2024, John brings with him over two decades of experience in corporate reporting, offering guidance to organisations in navigating complex financial reporting challenges. His extensive experience spans advising companies across the financial services and gaming industries, equipping them with practical solutions to address intricate reporting requirements. John’s background is mainly in audit; he has successfully led numerous audit engagements in the financial services, gaming and retail space, delivering insights and ensuring compliance in these dynamic sectors.
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Rafael Moreira
Senior Manager - Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory - Deloitte Malta
Rafael is a Senior Manager in Deloitte Malta's Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory business, leading the Internal Audit and Risk Management offerings. Rafael joined Deloitte Malta in 2021, bringing with him more than seven years’ experience in Advisory and Assurance services. Prior to joining Deloitte Malta, he worked for several years with Deloitte China (Hong Kong/Macau office). During his tenure at Deloitte China, Rafael provided services to companies in various industries, including leading companies in the gaming, hospitality and financial services sectors.
During his time at Deloitte in China, he gained audit experience in financial, operations and compliance audits, execution of business process reviews, risk/controls assessments through the performance of walkthrough, design and implementation review and test of operating effectiveness in various industries.
John Paul Gauci
Senior Manager - Audit & Assurance
John Paul joined Deloitte in 2011 after graduating with a Bachelor of Accounting (Honours) from the University of Malta. At Deloitte, he specialised in audits of regulated entities, including banks, investment managers, brokers, financial institutions licensed to issue electronic money, and for the past six years has also audited a number of entities operating within the online gaming industry.
In 2015, he worked in London on a listed bank, focusing mainly on assessing the loan impairment triggers and provisioning of corporate and retail clients. In late 2018 also served as an external consultant to the European Central Bank during an on-site inspection of a Maltese systemic bank.
Over the years, John Paul has led audits for various financial institutions - this experience has enabled him to expand and refine audit, accounting and financial knowledge relating to the payments industry, and also to garner an understanding of related processes and build knowledge on the expected characteristics of the control and regulatory environment within the industry.