Louis Romeo, GABELLI ‘98, ‘99

Lou Romeo has been with Deloitte for 25 years, specializing in universal banking and capital markets. Romeo has a broad background in financial services that encompasses domestic and international banks, broker-dealers, payment processing companies, leasing companies, fintech, and asset securitization. He leads Deloitte’s U.S. banking audit practice, which includes responsibility for market strategy, eminence activities, and human resources management and development.

Romeo has experience with IPOs, Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 readiness, FDICIA, SEC reporting, credit review, mortgage servicing, taxes, valuation, and review of financial products. He has assisted in various accounting, business, regulatory, internal control, and reporting matters. He regularly interacts with U.S. banking and securities regulators, including the FDIC, the OCC, the Federal Reserve, and FINRA. 

Romeo has significant experience coordinating with and overseeing international teams, particularly in Japan, France, and the United Kingdom. This experience has given him a deeper understanding of international banking activities and regulations, and it has enhanced his ability to work in a cross-cultural environment. 

Romeo earned a B.S. in public accounting and an M.B.A. in corporate finance from Fordham University.