2018 Transparency Report Deloitte d.o.o. Aspire with assurance 30 April 2019 00 2018 Transparency Report | Contents Contents Contents 1 Deloitte d.o.o. leadership message 2 Deloitte network 3 What Deloitte Audit & Assurance brings to capital markets 5 External and internal audit quality monitoring 7 Independence, ethics, and additional disclosures 11 Appendices Appendix A | EU EEA audit firms 14 Appendix B | Financial information 18 Appendix C | Public interest entities 19 01 2018 Transparency Report | Deloitte d.o.o. leadership message Deloitte d.o.o. leadership message This report sets out the practices and processes that are currently employed by Deloitte d.o.o., in accordance with the requirements of the Audit Act (Official Gazzete 127/2017) and the European Union’s Regulation 537/2014 on specific requirements regarding statutory audit of public-interest entities. All information provided in this report relates to the situation of Deloitte Croatia on 31 December 2018, except if indicated otherwise. Deloitte is committed to the consistent execution of high-quality audits, professional excellence and serving the clients with distinction. We recognize the need for us to truly reflect on our public interest tole and to acknowledge that there is a great opportunity to further engage with the staekholders to bring steps that will benefit public interest. As we aspire to the highest standards of audit quality, we are focused on making audits more responsive to rapidly changing market conditions, evolving investor demands, and changing regulatory requirements. We are enhancing our learning and development programs to build the skills and capabilities required of the next-generation auditor in a digitally driven future. We are confident that our ongoing digital transformation, along with the investments we continue to make in our audit processes, policies, and quality controls, are resulting in enhancements to our audit quality that will serve the interests of the investing public and the companies we audit. The firm and the profession as a whole made substantial investments in audit quality. We will continue to evolve and deliver audits of the highest quality and to provide confidence and transparency to all our stakeholders. We publish this report each year to provide disclosure that is responsive to certain categories of information identified in Croatia and the European Union standards directed at corporate governance and transparency. We commit to you that Deloitte will continue to collaborate with regulators and others on issues affecting financial reporting and the audit profession. Within this report, we share more about our commitment to, and continued investments in audit quality. ______________________________ Marina Tonžetić Partner and authorized representative Deloitte d.o.o. 02 2018 Transparency Report | Deloitte network Deloitte network Deloitte Croatia: legal structure and Europe Holdings Limited, which are separate and ownership independent legal entities. Deloitte d.o.o. is connected to the Deloitte network through Deloitte Central Europe Holdings Limited, a Deloitte Croatia operates as a limited liability member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited. company, established under Croatian law, with Deloitte d.o.o. is referred to throughout this report registered office at Radnička 80, Zagreb and as “Deloitte Croatia”, and Deloitte Central Europe registration number 030022053. Holdings Limited is referred to throughout this report as “Deloitte Central Europe”. Deloitte Central The share capital of the Company amounts to HRK Europe is a regional organisation of entities 44,900.00. Details regarding the ownership organised under the umbrella of Deloitte Central structure of the Company are available at Europe Holdings Limited. Services are provided by https://sudreg.pravosudje.hr/registar. the subsidiaries and affiliates of Deloitte Central Network description The Deloitte network The Deloitte network is a globally connected network of member firms and their affiliates operating in more than 150 countries and territories across the world. These separate and independent member firms operate under a common brand. Systems of quality Shared values control & risk management Professional Methodologies standards Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL or Deloitte Global) Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited is a UK private company limited by guarantee. DTTL serves a coordinating role for its member firms and their affiliates by requiring adherence to policies and protocols with the objective of promoting a consistently high level of quality, professional conduct and service across the Deloitte network. DTTL does not provide professional services to clients, or direct, manage, control or own any interest in any member firm or any member firm’s affiliated entities. For more information about the Deloitte network, please see: About Deloitte. 03 2018 Transparency Report | Deloitte network Deloitte Croatia: governance – leadership in action Deloitte Croatia is represented by the management. In compliance with Deloitte Croatia’s Articles of Association the management is composed of one or more members. The management currently has five members. All members are directors with right to represent Deloitte Croatia solely and without limitations. Details of registered directors of Deloitte Croatia are available at https://sudreg.pravosudje.hr/registar The following are the members of Deloitte Croatia management: Deloitte Croatia– Management Branislav Vrtačnik, President of the Management Marina Tonžetić, Director Juraj Moravek, Director Dražen Nimčević, Director Eric Daniel Olcott, Director In all of their activities, Deloitte Croatia senior leaders are responsible for the overarching objective of audit quality, including compliance with applicable professional standards and regulatory requirements. Deloitte Croatia strategy is developed in alignment with the overall strategic direction established for the Deloitte network. 04 2018 Transparency Report | What Deloitte Audit & Assurance brings to capital markets What Deloitte Audit & Assurance brings to capital markets Audit engagement acceptance and Audit & Assurance Transformation continuance Being a relevant profession of the future and a Deloitte Croatia has detailed policies and sustainable practice that evolves with the pace procedures in place for accepting prospective clients of change in technology and society is critical. and engagements and assessing engagement risk. Driving this goal is the Deloitte Audit & These policies and procedures are designed with Assurance Transformation initiative, which is the objective that Deloitte Croatia only accepts currently being developed and deployed by engagements where it: Deloitte Croatia under the sole responsibility of • Deloitte Croatia. Is able to perform the engagement and has the capabilities, including time and resources, to do Audit & Assurance Transformation is an so. • important shift across the network in the way Can comply with all relevant ethical Deloitte professionals work and includes: requirements and professional standards, including independence and conflicts of interest assessments and considerations. • Considered the integrity of the potential client’s Deloitte Way: management team. standardization of Real-time audit audit processes quality monitoring Learning and development initiatives supported by global Central to the Audit & Assurance Transformation technology suite initiative are various enhancements to the Deloitte talent model: Enhanced talent • A single Audit Learning Curriculum for auditors model which includes Agile deployment of (supplemented based on local requirements as learning, rewards tools and needed). and recognition, technologies to • Specific learning opportunities for traditional centers of respond to changing auditors (e.g. on big data) and specialists (e.g. excellence, and environments audit skills). Mixed composition of traditional delivery centers audits and specialists on engagement teams provides complementary skillsets, but also the need for different learning offerings. • Enhanced project management, which is viewed as a key capability for the auditor of the future, and as such, is being integrated into talent strategies (e.g. recruitment and learning). The objective of the Deloitte Croatia professional development program is to help partners and other professionals maintain and enhance their professional competence and ensure consistency of audit execution. To supplement on-the-job development, Deloitte Croatia provides formal continuing professional development programs in relevant subject areas. Certain courses in the programs are mandatory and others are optional, such that each auditor or trainee auditor can personalise their learning program. During the first years, most training is comprised of mandatory courses on technical topics including audit methodologies and processes but afterwards the 05 2018 Transparency Report | What Deloitte Audit & Assurance brings to capital markets optional part increases given that individual needs become more diverse. An individual learning programme is required as from approximately four years’ experience. Through an automated monitoring system it is possible to check the status of internal and external courses followed by an individual auditor. Continuing education is also a factor taken into account for the yearly evaluation of audit staff and the assessment of their growth potential. Deloitte Croatia establishes minimum levels of continuing