Debbie Thomas

Debbie Thomas is an experienced senior audit partner in the Technology, Media and Telco audit practice, with a focus on Fintech and Telco. Debbie leads the BDO UK cross service lime Telco, Infrastructure and Space team. She joined the BDO LLP in early 2023, after 23 years in Deloitte LLP (in the UK, USA, India and South Africa) where she headed the Africa Services Group and UK Mining team and 6 years in industry, as Group CFO and Board member, focussing on digital banking and financial inclusion in emerging markets.

Her industry role included engagement with C-Suite stakeholders in emerging markets in mobile money, technology, Telco, financial services, NGO and government sectors.Debbie has also served on the boards of the South African Insititute of Chartered Accountant and an AIM listed diamond company, as Audit Chair. She is qualified as a Chartered Accountant, CA and CA (SA), and is a Certified Expert in Financial Inclusion Policy. Debbie has vast experience of managing a multitude of stakeholders and driving large audits and projects cross border. She has taken many private groups to the UK markets in the past 2 decades – AIM and Main board, including FTSE 100 - and has expertise in IFRS and UK GAAP. The audit entities she has worked with have included large listed, PE and family backed groups.

She also acts as a quality review Partner on listed AIM and the Full Board companies. Debbie is an advocate for using technology to enable innovation and change and is always trying to "join the dots" and leverage her and the firms' experience to support our people, clients and the wider community.