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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), Doha Chapter recently conducted a full day workshop on “IFRS, Controls and Risk Management” at the W Hotel, West Bay, Doha.
Over 200 participants comprising of members of the ICAI Doha/Bahrain Chapters, PICPA, IIA and SLACA attended the event.
The workshop was inaugurated by Ian Cannell, CFO–Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development. Three prominent experts delivered the workshop. Yusuf Hassan, Partner – Technical, KPMG presented the recent changes in IFRS that had a significant impact on organisations in the region. Tom McHale, Group finance manager at Rasgas, spoke on Basic Standards of Controls - essential for every organisation. CA R. Vittal Raj, director, Pristine Consulting Private Limited (India) shared his experience in implementing ERM using certain global practices, significant benefits and challenges in its implementation using case studies. Yogesh from Mashreq Bank, Gopal from KPMG and Varghese David from QIC presented mementos to the speakers.
Inaugurating the seminar, Cannell said that the gamut of activities that a professional accountant is now responsible for is widening rapidly and therefore it is vital for the profession to keep abreast of all developments. He lauded the current and the past Excom members for their efforts to create and nourish a vibrant and dynamic organisation such as the ICAI Doha Chapter. Cannell also released the Chapter’s newsletter.
Tom McHale alongwith Bipin Shete, regional partner, BDO, inaugurated the Chapter’s new website.  ICAI Doha Chapter chairman Girish Jain said: “This event was first of its kind ever organised by the Chapter and the overwhelming turnout reflects the significance of the topics and the reputation of the speakers. We have received rave reviews from the participants”.