Chris Donovan

Partner @Deloitte

London, GB

Chris is a Partner in the Deloitte Financial Advisory business and is based in London, where he leads the Private Equity Portfolio team. This cross-discipline team is dedicated to advising and supporting Private Equity Houses and their investments with portfolio optimisation and successful exits via Deloitte’s PE focused value propositions and programmes. Chris also leads a number of key large cap Private Equity house and portfolio relationships for Deloitte, and is our PE Exits leadPreviously, he was an audit partner for 4.5 years based in Deloitte’s Private Capital audit business leading large scale audits for PE-backed and Private groups.With over 21 years\' experience of supporting clients across the 5 Deloitte Private segments specifically Private Equity, Family-run & Owner-Managed, Family Office & High Net Worth Individuals, Partnerships and High Growth, Chris’ clients recognise his ability to build trusted relationships and act as a reliable conduit to the rest of Deloitte to bring the depth and breadth of the firm’s expertise.As an Assistant Director, Chris spent a year in Deloitte\'s M&A business, working on Private Equity and Capital Markets transactions both in the UK and internationally.Chris trained with Andersen before joining Deloitte in 2003.

Royal Holloway, University of London

BSC, Management with Spanish

Enfield Grammar School, Enfield

3 A Level As in English Literature, Spanish and History