Simon Stephens

He has spent 25 years at Deloitte providing audit, assurance and advisory services to a range of clients in the financial services and private equity industries.

Simon currently leads the Portfolio Audit and Assurance practice, a business of 1,000 professionals who work with a portfolio of over 800 of the businesses audited by Deloitte in the UK. As part of this role, he also leads the practice’s focus on the broader private market, including private equity, and works with a cross-firm leadership team to deliver integrated services to portfolio companies and their private equity investors.

Simon has a law degree from Aberdeen University and is a chartered accountant.