David Crackett

David is an English Chartered Accountant and has been working in Italy for over forty years. He is a Council Member for Europe and Contact Member in Italy for ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) and is an Honorary Councillor (Past President – 2006 to 2010) of the British Chamber of Commerce for Italy. Aged 69, he has significant professional experience working internationally both with Italian corporations as well as many of the world’s major Multinationals. He currently holds a number of Corporate Governance positions and is actively involved as a Professional in assisting businesses with their bilateral trade and investment activities.

He obtained a B.Sc. (Hons) degree at Sussex University in 1971 and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1974. He then transferred to Milan with Deloitte, beginning what became a significant, international professional accounting and advisory experience. David was appointed as Partner in Deloitte in 1984 and retired in 2010. In addition to being a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, he is also a Registered Auditor in Italy and a Registered Auditor in the UK.

Education

• FCA ICAEW (1971.09 — 1974.11)
• B.Sc. (Hons) University of Sussex (1967 — 1971)
• Duke’s School, Alnwick

Companies

• Elected Member of Council for Europe & Eurasia ICAEW (2017)
• ICAEW Chartered Accountant, Registered Auditor in Italy David Crackett Chartered Accountant (2010)
• Honorary Councillor British Chamber of Commerce for Italy (2010)
• Adjunct Professor ALTIS ALTIS Università Cattolica (2009)
• President The Italian Association of International Accountants (IAIA) (1998)
• SDA Professor SDA Bocconi School of Management (2010 — 2020)
• Vice-President Council of British Chamber of Commerce in Europe (2009 — 2017)
• Partner Deloitte (1984 — 2010)
• Senior Manager Deloitte (1980 — 1984)