Recently appointed Chairman of OIC (Organismo Italiano di Contabilità), the Italian accounting standard-setter, Gianmario Crescentino is also Chairman of Assirevi (the Association of Italian Audit Firms), a position he has held since 2019. Gianmario has served for more than 20 years as an Assirevi representative on the Boards of OIC.
Gianmario has been a certified public accountant in Italy since 1985 and a registered auditor since 2001. In 2019, he also became a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).
Following his graduation with honours in 1984 with a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Genoa, Gianmario joined the Accounting and Business Administration Department of the same university. He became Associate Professor of Accounting in 1990, a position he held until 2006.
Gianmario joined Arthur Andersen in 1985 and became a partner in 1996. Following the merger of Deloitte and Andersen in Italy in 2002/2003, he was appointed Deloitte Italy’s National Professional Practice Director and Reputation & Risk Leader in 2004, roles he held until 2011.
Throughout his career, Gianmario has held various senior leadership roles within the Deloitte international network. From 2011 to 2020, he served as Global Chief Risk Officer and Global Managing Director – Risk & Reputation for Deloitte. He subsequently became Global Managing Director for Audit & Assurance – Risk & Regulatory and a member of the Deloitte Global Audit & Assurance Executive. He also served on the Board of Directors of Deloitte North & South Europe (NSE), representing Deloitte Central Mediterranean, from 2019 to 2023. In 2022, he was appointed Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee of the NSE Board, a position he held until he stepped down from the Board at the end of his second term. He concluded his career with the network as Chairman of Deloitte Central Mediterranean (2022–2024), ahead of his retirement from the firm.
Throughout his career, Gianmario has also been actively involved in regulatory and public policy matters. He served for several years as Regulatory and Public Policy Leader for Deloitte in Italy and Central Mediterranean, represented the Deloitte network on the Global Public Policy Committee (GPPC) from 2013 to 2015, and has been a member for many years of the European Contact Group (ECG), established in Europe by the six largest audit networks.
