South East: Deloitte appoints new senior practice partner for the region

Deloitte has appointed Daniel Barlow as the new practice senior partner for its offices in Reading, Southampton and Gatwick.

Barlow, a tax partner, has been with the firm for over 19 years, spending significant parts of his career both in the South East and working in Deloitte’s central London offices.

He said: “The vast majority of my time will be spent advising our clients in the South East and ensuring that we are bringing them the best of Deloitte both globally and across our core service lines of audit, tax, corporate finance and consulting.

“The most exciting part of being a business adviser in our region is the diversity of businesses, ranging from huge overseas-owned organisations to fabulous privately-owned businesses.

"I’m really proud to lead the 800 people we have across our Reading, Southampton and Gatwick offices to make sure we give this community the best business advice it could possibly receive."

Barlow succeeds Graham Pickett, who remains with Deloitte as a vice chairman of the UK firm, focusing primarily on clients in the travel and aviation sector.

Pickett said: “I’ll remain very much a part of Deloitte and hand over leadership of our Southampton, Reading and Gatwick offices at a great time – our sense is that business confidence is good and that businesses across the south have some superb plans to do business both on a UK and global basis, so it’s a great time to be advising businesses in the south.”