Embracing change is fundamental to success, however this must be done with trust and value at the very heart of what we do.

Marie-Laure Delarue

EY Global Vice Chair — Assurance

Agent of change. Passionate about talent. Driver of innovation. Bilingual. Enjoys wine tasting.

Marie-Laure leads the EY Global Assurance practice, which has over 100,000 professionals worldwide. Prior to taking on this role, Marie-Laure was EY’s EMEIA Banking & Capital Markets Leader for Financial Services, responsible for connecting the leaders of our banking accounts in Europe. 

With over 25 years of experience, Marie-Laure brings a deep understanding of the challenges and priorities currently being faced by the banking industry following years of regulatory pressure and the need to innovate and transform.

Since joining EY, Marie-Laure has led some of our largest financial services accounts in both the Advisory and Assurance space.  She was previously the Global Client Services Partner for the largest Eurozone bank and Global Client Service Partner for a Swiss multinational investment bank.

She is a champion of women succeeding in financial services, and acts as an advocate for EY’s diversity and inclusiveness agenda.

How Marie-Laure is building a better working world

“I believe that we are in a unique moment of change in the Assurance profession. In this moment, it will be EY people that make us successful.

For me, talent is the most important asset at EY. I am very passionate about increasing diversity and inclusiveness within EY teams. We will not create change if we don’t challenge ourselves in the organization – and I encourage my teams to do exactly this.

My goal is to drive EY people to focus on innovation, broaden the service offerings and look deeper at the way we help deliver them so that we can build a better working world that is in tune with the trends of the moment.”

Marie-Laure’s latest thinking

How can a high-quality audit help provide certainty in uncertain times?

The importance of quality has never been higher and continues to be the priority for EY teams through the Sustainable Audit Quality program. Learn more.

Why there are calls for global sustainability standards

Find out why now is the time to establish globally consistent standards for the reporting of nonfinancial information.

To combat financial fraud in Europe strengthen every line of defense

Reinforcing the roles of auditors, companies and regulators and expanding the use of technology in the audit can minimize financial reporting fraud risk.

Preventing and detecting fraud: how to strengthen the roles of companies, auditors and regulators

Find out why a reexamination is needed of how traditional audit procedures approach the risk of fraud.

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