SPEAKER'S PROFILE
Profile of the speaker's that will address in the forum
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Ms. Sylvia Wei Yen Tsen
Executive Director, Knowledge, Operations & Technology
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Mr. Arjuna Herath
Chair, PAODC of IFAC, Council Member CA Sri Lanka, & Sr. Partner EY
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Mr. Adam Saleem
Director, Crown Company
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Mr. Shobhit Mathur
Business Head, Data Science and Analytics - Crowe India
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Ms. Shifneen Rasheed
Research Analyst, Maldives Monetary Authority
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Mr. Hussain Afeef
Regional Director of Training and Development, LUX Resorts & Hotels
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MS. Fathimath Razeena
Financial Controller, Ministry of Finance
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Mr. Ahmed Salih
Director, Auditor General's Office
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Mr. Ahmed Shaheen
Principal Tax Officer, Tax Academy division, Maldives Inland Revenue Authority
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Mr. Ismail Kaleem
National Cyber Security Advisor
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Mr. Hassan Mohamed
Managing Partner, Crowe Maldives LLP
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Mr. Duminda Bandara Rathnadiwakara
Partner of Ernst & Young
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Mr. Adam Naseer
Director, Auditor General's Office
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Mr. Malik Mohamed, ACMA, CGMA
Complex Director of Finance, at Marriott International Inc.
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Mr. Abdul Haleem
Former CFO, National Pension Fund (MPAO)
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Mr. Ibrahim Aiman
Assistant Auditor General, Auditor General's Office
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Mr. Ahmed Hisham Fawzy
Assurance Partner, EY Maldives
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Mr. Jatindra Kumar Bhattray
Resident Partner, PwC
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Mr. Abdul Wahid Thowfeeq
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Dhivehi Insurance Company Pvt Ltd
Ms. Sylvia Wei Yen Tsen
Executive Director, Knowledge, Operations & Technology
Over the course of more than 12 years with IFAC, Sylvia W.Y. Tsen’s responsibilities have progressed significantly to her current role. She has a deep knowledge and broad experience with the issues and opportunities facing IFAC’s members—professional accountancy organizations.
As Executive Director, Sylvia is responsible for IFAC’s:
- Small- and medium-sized practices and small- and medium-sized entity initiatives;
- Professional accountants in business initiatives, including integrated reporting and technology trends;
- Global Knowledge Gateway, a web-based information resource for professional accountants;
- Nominating Committee;
- Operations and IT; and
- Forum of Firms and Transnational Auditors Committee.
Ms. Tsen’s portfolio of projects and activities ultimately contribute to advancing IFAC’s mission and support professional accountants around the world. Previously, Ms. Tsen oversaw the Member Body Compliance Program, implementation of the IFAC Statements of Membership Obligations, and the Quality & Membership Team.
Before transferring to IFAC in 2006, Sylvia was a Technical Manager for the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board. She has held various executive roles at IFAC since.
Sylvia’s professional career includes working with KPMG’s International Department on IFRS implementation and KPMG’s Risk Management Committee; in the New Zealand Treasury’s Accounting Policy Team supporting the adoption of accrual-based standards; and as an audit manager in New Zealand and Canada.
Ms. Tsen is a graduate of the University of British Columbia (Canada) with a bachelor’s degree in Commerce. She is a Canada-qualified Chartered Accountant and a member of CPA Canada.
Mr. Arjuna Herath
Chair, PAODC of IFAC, Council Member CA Sri Lanka, & Sr. Partner EY
Arjuna Herath, FCA, CGMA, FCMA, became Chair of the IFAC Professional Accountancy Organization Development Committee in January 2017, having served as a member of the committee since 2013. He was nominated by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka.
Mr. Herath is a Senior Partner at Ernst & Young, Sri Lanka and Maldives.
Mr. Herath is the Immediate Past President and a member of the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. He serves as a Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Sri Lanka Accounting and Auditing Standards Board. He has also served on many boards of corporate entities.
Mr. Herath is actively involved in the international accountancy profession—he is the Immediate Past President of the South Asian Federation of Accountants and was a Board member of the Confederation of Asia Pacific Accountants.
In 2014, Mr. Herath was selected as one of 20 leaders in commerce and industry by Lanka Monthly Digest, a prestigious business journal in Sri Lanka.
Mr. Herath has a BSc degree from the University of Colombo (Sri Lanka), an MBA from the University of Strathclyde in the UK, and an MA in Financial Economics from the University of Colombo.
Mr. Adam Saleem
Director, Crown Company
Adam Saleem (Adam) qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia, New Zealand while working within the Business Services division of KPMG, New Zealand.
Subsequent to working for KPMG, Adam worked in various accounting, finance and project management roles in New Zealand, United Kingdom, Kenya and the Maldives.
For the past six years, Adam has been based in the Maldives and is involved in the setup, management and disposal of the investments that Crown Company and Tree Top Investments has in the Tourism, Finance and Healthcare sectors.
Mr. Shobhit Mathur
Business Head, Data Science and Analytics - Crowe India
Mr. Shobhit has 23 years of experience in Software and Data Science implementations in business enterprises, technology strategy and advisory, create and scale teams, IT Management during business M&A. He created new technology business with focus on Data Sciences, has a deep experience in managing complex software implementations at Marquee Corporates across North America, Europe, Middle East, Sub Sahara Africa and Far East.
In addition, he performed a variety of roles – software developer, project manager, pre-sales and technology advisory and consulted with a wide range of clients, led programs of TCV exceeding $100M, and managed delivery with ~100 technical resources. Mr. Shobhit holds a Masters in Technology Industry Management and Engineering, IIT Kanpur.
Ms. Shifneen Rasheed
Research Analyst, Maldives Monetary Authority
Shifneen Rasheed is a Research Analyst at the Maldives Monetary Authority, who plays a key role in analyzing the Maldivian economy. She has made valuable contributions to the timely publications of the authority and was involved in the various research work conducted by the institution. In her seven years of service, she also led various programs to raise public awareness regarding the Maldivian economy.
Mr. Hussain Afeef
Regional Director of Training and Development, LUX Resorts & Hotels
Regional Director of Training and Development at LUX Resorts & Hotels, Executive Director, Coach and Trainer of John Maxwell Team, Certified Coach of Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching, and President – Maldives Association of HR Professionals – MAHRP.
Afeef actively inspires service cultures wherever he works. He believes the fundamental element of success for organizations is building a world-class service culture where everyone comes to work and takes responsibility in adding value to their colleagues, customers and community.
MS. Fathimath Razeena
Financial Controller, Ministry of Finance
Ms. Razeena is experienced in the Public Sector Finance and Accounting with a demonstrated history of working in the government administration industry. She is skilled in SAP BPM, SAP FICO, Management Accounting, Financial Accounting, and Finance, and has a strong accounting professional with a BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance focused in Accounting and Finance from University of East London. Her business skills are acquired with an MBA. She is continuously working on changes to Public Accounting System of Government of Maldives since 2007.
In addition, she is working with regional and financial institutions reforming the Maldives Public Accounting sector. Local council finances being the new thing, she is working on fiscal Decentralization with other stakeholders.
Mr. Ahmed Salih
Director, Auditor General's Office
Mr. Ahmed Salih, FCCA, is a fully qualified chartered certified accountant with extensive experience in public sector auditing and is currently the Director of Performance Audit at the Auditor General’s Office of Maldives. During his career in public audit, he has assumed a number of different roles in different departments at the Auditor General’s Office; he started his career as a trainee auditor and then went on to become an audit manager after becoming qualified as a chartered certified accountant with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). Mr. Salih was formerly the Director of State-owned Enterprises Audit. In 2013 he become the Director of Technical Services before becoming the Director of Performance Audit in 2016.
Apart from his regular work as an auditor, Mr. Salih possess a great deal of experience as a lecturer and a tutor at undergraduate, post-graduate and professional accounting courses run by private colleges and the Business School of Maldivian National University; he has been working as part time lecturer at the Maldives National University Since 2013.
In addition, Mr. Salih also worked as a facilitator for training programs run by the Capital Market Development Authority (CMDA).
Mr. Ahmed Shaheen
Principal Tax Officer, Tax Academy division, Maldives Inland Revenue Authority
Ahmed Shaheen joined Maldives Inland Revenue Authority in March 2017. He serves as the Principal Tax Officer in Tax Academy division under Technical and Facilitation department. Ahmed Shaheen has previously engaged in several trainings in Male’ and Atolls and is one of the leading presenters in Tax Academy division.
Mr. Ismail Kaleem
National Cyber Security Advisor
Mr. Kaleem is an IT Security Consultant with more than 10 years of experience in Information Security, providing a creative and dynamic approach of cost-effective solutions to defend against global cyber security challenges. He started his career in 2011 after working for the National Centre for Information Technology as an Information Infrastructure Security Developer. He was involved in Cyber Security Incident Handling and Response for various critical government organizations. He also designed and implemented an intrusion detection and prevention system during the Presidential Elections.
Mr. Kaleemis the Founder of Oxiqa and is a Security Consultant in Capacity Building for Cyber Security and Intelligence. He has achieved the Whitehat Debit Card by Facebook and Microsoft Security Researcher Acknowledgement.
Mr. Hassan Mohamed
Managing Partner, Crowe Maldives LLP
Mr. Hassan is the Managing Partner of Crowe Maldives LLP and his main responsibilities include the overall management of the firm. Hassan is also a member of State Internal Audit Committee of Government of Maldives, supervisory body for internal of the state.
He brings more than 20 years of experience specializing in audit, accounting, tax and advisory services, including expert knowledge in IFRS’s. Hassan has worked extensively with clients in assisting them comply with the requirements of International Financial Reporting Standards.
He has worked with several private and state-owned entities in Maldives providing numerous external and internal audits services. Also worked with listed and large private corporate entities in Maldives. Mr. Hassan is a Fellow Member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), UK.
Mr. Duminda Bandara Rathnadiwakara
Partner of Ernst & Young
Mr. Duminda is a member of the Institute of the Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. He is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK.
With over 15 years of service in the field, Mr. Duminda has served in prestigious audit firms such as KPMG, PwC and EY. In his career he has served in auditing field of many countries including, Sri Lanka, Dubai, Eastern Caribbean, UK, Barbados and the Maldives.
He is a keen participant in the Maldives accountancy development initiatives.
Mr. Adam Naseer
Director, Auditor General's Office
Adam is a Certified Master Coach and a Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programing and Timeline Therapy, certified by American Board of NLP and TLTA – USA.
He is also a part time lecturer for MBA programs offered by local colleges, teaching HRM, SHRM, Strategy and Enterprise Development.
Adam brings more than 20 years of community leadership and corporate experience including executive leadership roles in Human Resources and Employee Development, as well as Teaching & Instructional leadership in a variety of entities both public and private sector.
Adam is currently a doctoral student following PhD in SHRM from MSU- Malaysia and a student member of John Maxwell Team. He holds a MBA from Edith Cowan University in International Business, MSc. from National Institute of Education, in Educational Management & Leadership ad Post Graduate Certificate in Education from Maldives National University besides his many other qualification in business, psychology and human resource management.
Mr. Malik Mohamed, ACMA, CGMA
Complex Director of Finance, at Marriott International Inc.
Malik Mohamed is the Complex Director of Finance at Marriott International Inc., managing finance department of W and Sheraton Maldives, two leading resorts in the Maldives and managing related joint ventures. After joining the company in 2005, he worked in two regions, South Asia and South East Asia over this period with overall 15 years of experience in the industry. Malik Received CFO of the year award for Asia Pacific in 2016.
Mr. Abdul Haleem
Former CFO, National Pension Fund (MPAO)
Abdul Haleem is the former CFO at National Pension Fund. He joined the office in 2009 as an Accountant. He has extensive experience in accounting systems, controls and financial reporting. He led the finance team at National Pension Fund, establishing the investment management, investment operations and financial management function. He is a Chartered Management Accountant with membership with CIMA (UK). He held the position of Head of Department of Accounting and Finance at Faculty of Management and Computing of Maldives National University. He engages in private consulting and teaching.
Mr. Ibrahim Aiman
Assistant Auditor General, Auditor General's Office
Mr. Ibrahim Aiman is currently the Assistant Auditor General at AGO, in charge of the Value for Money, Compliance and Special Audit Division. Aiman has served AGO for 12 years, during this period he has served at different levels of AGO starting from the Assistant Auditor Post. Before assuming the post of the Assistant Auditor General he was the Director for Compliance and Special Audit. He has spearheaded vital audit assignments which lead to criminal investigation and prosecutions.
Aiman has witnessed the transformation and modernisation process of the AGO and has been a key figure in the process which commenced after the enactment of the Audit Act in 2007.
Prior to joining AGO, he has served at the Ministry of finance and Treasury for four years and was actively involved in the formulation and compilation of the national budget and the National Procurement section at the Ministry, hence Mr. Aiman is well versed with the public financial management.
Mr. Aiman is also an IDI-PSC ISSAI accredited facilitator for Compliance Audit and has delivered various capacity development programs to the SAI’s of Asia and Pacific Region.
Aiman has completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce and has Master’s Degree in Finance.
Mr. Ahmed Hisham Fawzy
Assurance Partner, EY Maldives
Mr. Hisham Fawzy is a fellow Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants, Sri Lanka, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA-UK), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA-UK) and Institute for Management of Information Systems, UK.
He has over 39 years of assurance and related experience of which 32 years have been in the Maldives. He has experience in a number of industries including Banking, Financial Services, Hospitality, Construction, Telecommunications, Telecommunication, Health Care, Manufacturing, and FMCG.
As a resident partner, he has gained vast knowledge and experience towards the operational policies and procedures of Public Limited Companies, Large Privately Owned Companies including Multi-National Companies and State Owned Enterprises through his long stay in the country. This knowledge would certainly assist the firm in concluding on risk areas and designing audit procedures.
Mr. Hisham Fawzy has up to date knowledge of IFRS/IAS. He reports to local, regional and international clients on a regular basis. His in-depth and current knowledge will be brought to full use for this specific engagement.
Mr. Jatindra Kumar Bhattray
Resident Partner, PwC
Jatin is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India with over 28 years of experience in the field of assurance and business advisory.
Jatin has been with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Maldives since 2002 and has considerable experience in conducting audits of several corporates including Banks, Central bank and public limited listed companies in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (ISA) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Jatin has a sound knowledge on IFRS. He has provided implementation assistance on new accounting standards (IFRS - 9, IFRS - 15 and IFRS - 16) to several corporates in Maldives.
He is a trainer and speaker on new IFRSs.
Mr. Abdul Wahid Thowfeeq
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Dhivehi Insurance Company Pvt Ltd
A chartered Insurer by profession, Mr. Wahid has 24 years of experience in the insurance industry. He started his career at Allied Insurance Company of the Maldives and advanced through the ranks to manage the company for six years and after that, venturing out on his own to establish Dhivehi Insurance.
Widely travelled and well known in the regional insurance markets, Mr. Wahid is an established entrepreneur with extensive experience in conceptualizing new initiatives, strategic planning, and management.
Mr. Wahid is also the co-founder of and director of Ensis Fisheries and group companies
He is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute (UK).