Meet the consultants shaping the agenda of the Audit, Anti-Fraud & IT Congress

The inaugural Audit, Anti-Fraud & IT Congress will take place next week, bringing together over 1,200 leaders and pioneers from across the landscape to discuss the latest trends and developments. Consulting firms and their experts will play an important role in shaping the agenda.

Held from November 11-13 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Dubai, the inaugural Audit, Anti-Fraud & IT Congress will convene a diverse group of professionals from across the globe, including auditors, fraud examiners, compliance officers, consultants, and industry experts. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage in high-level discussions, share best practices, and explore the latest advancements in the fields of audit and anti-fraud.

Organised by the UAE Internal Auditors Association (IAA UAE) and The Global Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the event is aimed to serve as a key driver of the internal audit profession within the region, elevating the practice and championing professional standards.

With 10 of the event’s 22 sponsors and knowledge partners coming from the consulting industry, consultancies and their experts will play a large role in shaping discussions and informing participants.

Deloitte, KPMG, Protiviti, and PwC will serve as Strategic partners, while BDO and Uniqus will serve as Platinum and Gold partners respectively. Beinex, and UHY are both Bronze partners, with Crowe and Procapita Group among the other partners.

The congress features a line-up of 50+ global industry leaders, around 40 sessions on audit, cybersecurity, anti-fraud, and IT topics, and specialized tracks. Among the line-up are top officials such as Abdulla Alsaleh (Undersecretary of the UAE Ministry of Economy) and Moza Suwaidan (CEO of Digital Applications & Platforms at Dubai Digital), and high-ranked members of the IIA, such as Terry Grafenstine (Global Chair) and Abdulqader Obaid Ali (Chairman of UAE IAA).

Notably, around two dozen speakers (half of the total) earn their bread and butter at a consulting firm – an overview of the sector’s line-up:

KPMG
Tejas Ajitkumar Mehta, Partner in the Governance, Risk and Compliance practice
Sudhir Arvind, Partner in the Governance, Risk and Compliance practice
Nicholas Cameron, Partner in the Forensics practice
Mahendra Khiani, Director in the Governance, Risk and Compliance practice
Ali Abedi, Director in the Governance, Risk and Compliance practice
Rahul Turki, Partner & Head of Business Excellence

PwC
Azzah Fawzi, Partner in the Risk Services practice
Dima Shatarah, Partner in the IT Risk practice
Wael El Assal, Partner in the Risk Assurance practice
Lara Elkhayat, Partner in the Governance, Risk and Compliance practice
Hashim Ashraf, Senior Manager in the Risk Assurance practice

Deloitte
Firas Haddad, Partner in the Risk Advisory practice
Dina Fakih, Partner in the Risk Advisory practice
Hemal Pandya, Director in the Risk Advisory practice

Procapita Group
Ala’ Abu Naba’a, Partner at Procapita Management Consulting

Protiviti
Karan Udasi, Director in the Internal Audit & Risk practice
Abdullah Basem, Associate Director in the IT Governance practice

Beinex
Indumon Das, Founder at Beinex and Chief Product Strategy at Aurex

BDO
Markus Brinkmann, Global Co-Head of Forensics and National Head of Forensic

UHY
Adil Buhariwalla, Senior Partner in the Internal Audit & Risk Consulting practice

Gartner
Marc Chamoun, Senior Executive Partner

Uniqus
Nagaraj Uchi, Partner in the Governance, Risk and Compliance practice

Crowe
Hassan Damerji, Director in the Risk Management practice

The Audit, Anti-Fraud & IT Congress 2024 is run under the Patronage of the UAE’s Ministry of Economy.