The 51st President of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria, Otunba Deru is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of United Kingdom (FCCA); an Associate Member of the Institute of Secretaries and Administrators (ACIS); Fellow of Nigerian Institute of Management (FNIM) and Justice of Peace (JP) of Ogun State, He also worked as the Group Management Accountant of Berec Group in London.
He is a Rotarian and served as District Treasurer, Rotary International District 9110 (Ogun and Lagos States) in 1989/90, and was President of the Rotary Club of Ikeja 1996 to 1997. He served on the Board of Private and Public Companies, some of which are Centre for Management Development (CMD), Eternal Oil Plc, AVOWA Holdings, and VITAPUR Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of Vitafoam Plc.