08-06-2005, 05:58 AM
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<br />AOA TariqLodhi
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial" id="quote">quote<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">ABBAS ALI MIRZA - profile
Abbas Ali Mirza is the chairman of UNCTADâs Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting & Reporting (âISARâ), to which position he was elected at the 21st session of the âISARâ held in October 2004 at the United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (âUNCTADâ) in Geneva.
He is an author of globally renowned books on International Financial Reporting Standards (âIFRSâ) published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in the United States of America and distributed worldwide (currently entitled âWILEY IFRS 2005â and âWILEY IFRS Workbookâ).
He is in the forefront of the International Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards movement in South Asia and is a well-known public speaker and commentator on âIFRSâ, international auditing and various contemporary finance issues and is widely published in accounting and
business journals and interviewed by the media on these issues and is well known for a business column (entitled âBOTTOMLINEâ) he wrote for over two years for a leading English newspaper in the Middle East.
He is a partner at Deloitte & Touche (M.E.) based in Dubai and handles audits of major international and local clients for the firm. He is also responsible for regional functions such as technical consultation on complex accounting and auditing issues and heads the Learning function for Deloitte, Middle East and is a member of the Global firmsâ EMEA Learning Executive. He has had a distinguished career in accounting, auditing, taxation and business consulting and has worked for international audit and consulting firms while in the United States of America.
He currently holds many positions of repute in the accounting profession globally including
· Member of the Developing Nations Permanent Task of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC);
· Member of the Accounting Standards Committee, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI);
· Vice-Chairman of Auditorsâ Group, Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI);
· Technical Adviser to the Gulf Co-operation Council Accounting and Auditing Organization (GCCAAO);
· Chairman, UNCTADâs Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards on Accounting & Reporting (ISAR);
· Member of the Consultative Group of Experts on Corporate Governance Disclosures, United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD); and
· Member of the Consultative Group of Experts on Corporate Social Responsibility,
United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD).<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Regards
Mahtab
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Sorry to disspoint you Mahtb, But Abbas Ali Mirza, is not a Pakistani by any stretch. He is an Indian-American (must be by now). I have worked with him for around three years during my stay at Deloitte's in Dubai, so can vouch for that !!
<br />AOA TariqLodhi
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial" id="quote">quote<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">ABBAS ALI MIRZA - profile
Abbas Ali Mirza is the chairman of UNCTADâs Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting & Reporting (âISARâ), to which position he was elected at the 21st session of the âISARâ held in October 2004 at the United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (âUNCTADâ) in Geneva.
He is an author of globally renowned books on International Financial Reporting Standards (âIFRSâ) published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in the United States of America and distributed worldwide (currently entitled âWILEY IFRS 2005â and âWILEY IFRS Workbookâ).
He is in the forefront of the International Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards movement in South Asia and is a well-known public speaker and commentator on âIFRSâ, international auditing and various contemporary finance issues and is widely published in accounting and
business journals and interviewed by the media on these issues and is well known for a business column (entitled âBOTTOMLINEâ) he wrote for over two years for a leading English newspaper in the Middle East.
He is a partner at Deloitte & Touche (M.E.) based in Dubai and handles audits of major international and local clients for the firm. He is also responsible for regional functions such as technical consultation on complex accounting and auditing issues and heads the Learning function for Deloitte, Middle East and is a member of the Global firmsâ EMEA Learning Executive. He has had a distinguished career in accounting, auditing, taxation and business consulting and has worked for international audit and consulting firms while in the United States of America.
He currently holds many positions of repute in the accounting profession globally including
· Member of the Developing Nations Permanent Task of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC);
· Member of the Accounting Standards Committee, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI);
· Vice-Chairman of Auditorsâ Group, Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI);
· Technical Adviser to the Gulf Co-operation Council Accounting and Auditing Organization (GCCAAO);
· Chairman, UNCTADâs Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards on Accounting & Reporting (ISAR);
· Member of the Consultative Group of Experts on Corporate Governance Disclosures, United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD); and
· Member of the Consultative Group of Experts on Corporate Social Responsibility,
United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD).<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Regards
Mahtab
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Sorry to disspoint you Mahtb, But Abbas Ali Mirza, is not a Pakistani by any stretch. He is an Indian-American (must be by now). I have worked with him for around three years during my stay at Deloitte's in Dubai, so can vouch for that !!