Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (doing business as Deloitte) is one of the Big Four accounting firms, the others being Ernst & Young, KPMG, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Deloitte LLP is a brand under which hundreds of firms work to provide audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, and tax services. These firms are members of a UK private company limited by guarantee called Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, or DTTL. The firm was originally established as an accounting practice in London, United Kingdom by William Welch Deloitte in 1845. The firm is headquartered in New York, New York.

In 2011, Deloitte reported 2,098,000,000 British Pounds in total revenues.

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Leadership
As of February 2013:
 * Joe Echevarria: CEO, Deloitte LLP
 * Punit Renjen: Chairman, Deloitte LLP

Former key executives

 * James H. Quigley, Chief Executive Officer and Director
 * Libero Milone, Managing Partner, Human Resources
 * Wolfgang Richter, Chief Information Officer

Tobacco involvement
Deloitte & Touche worked with Lorillard Tobacco Company.

Political contributions
James H. Quigley, Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, is a Bush Pioneer having raised at least $100,000 for Bush in the 2004 presidential election.

Deloitte gave $1,638,627 to federal candidates in the 2006 election through its political action committee - 25% to Democrats and 74% to Republicans.

Lobbying
The company spent $2,840,000 for lobbying in 2006. In-house lobbyists along with seven outside lobbying firms were used. The lobbying firms included Barbour, Griffith and Rogers, Clark & Weinstock, and Mayer, Brown et al.

Contact details
1633 Broadway New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-489-1600 Fax: 212-489-1687 Web: http://www.deloitte.com

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