Business advisory firm Deloitte has strengthened its senior audit team in the North East with the promotion of Deven Vedhera to director.
Newcastle-born Deven has been with Deloitte for 11 years. He specialises in audit services to the private equity sector, working with portfolio companies and private equity houses across the North East and Nationally. He has worked on a range of transactions and IPOs.
“I thrive off the transactional nature of private equity, along with the fast moving and ever changing challenges and demands that it brings,” he said.
“We have a growing reputation in that sector, and in my new role I’m looking forward to helping the team take advantage of our market-leading offering and to help businesses through their investment lifecycle.”
The Northumbria University graduate, who joined Deloitte via the firm’s award-winning graduate scheme, is a passionate Newcastle United supporter. Last year he took advantage of the opportunity Deloitte gives employees for career breaks by taking a three-month globe-trotting honeymoon with his wife.
Stuart Cottee, practice senior partner at Deloitte in Yorkshire and the North East, added: “Deven has become the go-to expert in private equity audit services, and I am looking forward to working with him to further enhance our proposition in this market.
“It is also further evidence of the success of our investment in ‘home-grown’ talent in the North East. Deven started out on our graduate programme and is now one of the senior members of one of the largest audit teams in the region. We have a growing practice across the North East and Yorkshire, which allows us to continue to innovate and to offer new services and solutions for our clients.”
