In June 2023, Gera Hamer took on a new and stimulating challenge as the Managing Partner of Audit & Assurance at Deloitte Netherlands. As part of Deloitte’s North South Europe executive team, Gera’s journey from becoming a partner in 2010 to now leading a key business unit has been marked by a commitment to growth, innovation and integrity. With expertise in serving large, complex clients across Energy, Resources & Industrials and Private Equity, Gera’s client experience and leadership style help the firm to understand and adapt to the evolving audit landscape.

Leadership

For Gera, leadership includes and goes beyond running a business. Her style is about setting the tone for how others deliver the very best service and insights to clients. Her lived values of transparency and fairness underpin her empowering philosophy to make sure the individuals and teams that report to her work collaboratively, listen to each other’s viewpoints, and reach decisions together.

Focus & results

Under Gera’s leadership, Deloitte’s Audit & Assurance practice continues to grow – particularly in sectors such as Financial Services, Insurance, and Health. She recognises that this outcome tells the story that the firm is listening acutely to what clients need as a key element of its business strategy, and it is also a testament to its ability to help talented professionals develop and grow in their careers.

Gera trusts that her own positive, glass half-full, mindset inspires others to be equally enthused about exploring what’s possible in developing new services and markets. Leading by example, Gera remains connected with clients through discussions and assessments, and enjoys learning from them why they continue to choose Deloitte – and how we can continually improve. The feedback is that it’s not only Deloitte’s breadth and depth that set the firm apart, but also the culture of loyalty and support– internally among our people, and externally toward clients.

Looking ahead, Gera identifies ESG and AI as critical areas in which Deloitte can offer invaluable help to clients, as well as shape our own business. The ESG challenge is largely about continuing to embrace the non-financial aspects and metrics that businesses now face – both for management and reporting purposes. On AI, it’s about striking the right balance for how machine learning and AI tools can augment the role of professionals, and enable them to provide faster and superior outcomes for clients. Her forward-thinking vision reflects Deloitte’s commitment to becoming not only a leader in traditional fields, but also a pioneer in these emerging domains.