“We wanted to further increase our focus on certain key aspects of our corporate strategy, which we believe will grow in importance in the coming years and require further emphasis. By inviting three of our partners to become Executive Committee members and name them Leaders for Talent & Innovation, Risk and International Tax Matters, we ensure that these important topics receive the required attention at the most senior governance level, explains Yves Francis, Managing Partner at Deloitte Luxembourg.

Three equal pillars

One of the main strengths of Deloitte Luxembourg is the fact that the organization is built on three equally important practices: Advisory & Consulting, Tax and Audit. This balance is also reflected in the Executive Committee and the three new members represent all three pillars.

Benjamin Collette, Advisory & Consulting Partner, joined Deloitte in 2006 and is specialized in strategy and operations set-up and efficiency engagements. He leads the strategy, the corporate finance and the regulatory practices at Deloitte Luxembourg and coordinates the firm’s consulting offerings toward the Financial Services Industry. As a recognition of Deloitte Luxembourg’s position as a center of excellence in the wider Deloitte Network, Benjamin is also Global Investment Management Consulting Leader and EMEA Wealth Management & Private Banking Co-Leader within the Deloitte international network. Benjamin joins the Executive Committee as Talent & Innovation Leader.

Bernard David, Tax Partner, joined Deloitte in 1999 and leads the international tax group at Deloitte Luxembourg serving multinational corporations investing in Europe and beyond. He advises companies on tax structuring, migrations and inversions and has extensive experience in transactions involving management buy-out, procurement structures, high-value assets and creditor/investor restrictions and Intellectual Property. Bernard served on the Luxembourg tax desk in the New York office of Deloitte Tax LLP as part of the International Core of Excellence from 2007 to 2009. Bernard joins the Executive Committee as International Tax Promotion Leader.

John Psaila, Audit Partner, joined Deloitte in 1995 and is primarily specialized in the audit of companies engaged in the manufacturing and telecommunication industries. John leads the audits of a number of Luxembourg publicly listed companies and has significant experience advising and providing assurance services to companies seeking an initial public offering and the issuance of debt instruments on recognized stock exchanges. John is Deloitte Luxembourg’s Quality & Risk Leader.

Deloitte Luxembourg’s Executive Committee is now composed of the following partners: Yves Francis (Managing Partner), Vincent Gouverneur (Clients & Markets Leader), Sophie Mitchell (Audit Leader), Raymond Krawczykowski (Tax Leader), Joel Vanoverschelde (Advisory & Consulting Leader), Vafa Moayed (Risk and Reputation Leader), Benjamin Collette (Talent & Innovation Leader), Bernard David (Luxembourg International Tax Promotion Leader) and John Psaila (Quality & Risk Leader).

New tax partner

To further strengthen the firm’s Tax practice, Christophe De Sutter was appointed Partner in the tax department as of 1 April 2015. Christophe is specialized in cross-border tax with a special focus on the US and Belgian markets. He worked for Deloitte Luxembourg for almost 13 years from 1999 to 2012.