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ABOUT DELOITTE
Deloitte in the Middle East
Deloitte & Touche (M.E.) is a member
firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Limited (DTTL) and is the first Arab
professional services firm established
in the Middle East region with
uninterrupted presence since 1926.
Combining the global insight and
innovation of a worldwide firm
with local knowledge and industry
expertise, Deloitte offers powerful
business solutions that help clients
excel. To address the growing market
needs, it has expanded its specialised
professional services in the Middle
East, leveraging local and global talent
in areas such as Financial Advisory
Services, Enterprise Risk Services and
International Tax Services. Deloitte has
also continued to play a pivotal role
in serving the region’s high-growth
industry sectors such as tourism,
hospitality and leisure, construction,
telecoms and financial services, as well
as major sectors such as oil and gas,
the public sector and the Gulf region’s
sovereign wealth funds.
digital currencies and mobile payments.
Businesses reacted to this change
by enabling a number of payment
mechanisms primarily.
The second powerful change that came
around is the change in consumer
behavior patterns compounded by
the way the digital native population
interacted with businesses. A number
of businesses saw preferences change
of their consumer base during the last
decade. This wasn’t limited to their
preference of a product or service but
also the way they prefer to interact
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Presence in the Middle East
Deloitte is among the region’s leading
professional services firms, providing
audit, tax, consulting, and financial
advisory services through 26 offices
in 15 countries with more than
3,000 partners, directors and staff.
It is a Tier 1 Tax advisor in the GCC
region since 2010 (according to the
International Tax Review World Tax
Rankings). It has received numerous
awards in the last few years which
include Best Employer in the Middle
East, best consulting firm, and the
Middle East Training & Development
Excellence Award by the Institute of
Chartered Accountants in England and
Wales (ICAEW).
with a business online or offline. Here
is a class of consumers for whom
internet, mobile technology, digital
payments, etc. were always part of
the world they lived in. Social media
and communications are the most
prevalent and comfortable modes of
communication for them. only applications, gamification of
learning systems and leveraging social
tools for enterprise interactions has
become table stakes in Deloitte.
At Deloitte we have to keep pace with
this change on two fronts – for our
clients and for our employees. As a
result, digital has become a cornerstone
in our service delivery strategy for
technology functions. Enabling, mobile How have recent projects
helped Deloitte distinguish
itself in the marketplace?
The short answer to that is execution
capabilities and thought leadership.
Our position in the professional
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