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Embracing Our 16th Year Of Developing Middle East Internal Audit Intelligence
Abdulrahman Al Hareb Paul Shantz Osama H. Al Rahma Francois Delagrange Hamdy El Sayed Abdulrahman H. Al Ashwani Jhamb Abdul Hamid Seedat
Chief Group Head of Internal Audit Board Director Chief Internal Auditor Head of Internal Audit Sughayer General Manager, Audit Head of Internal Audit
Internal Auditor NCB Capital, Al Fardan Group, Banque Saudi Fransi, Gulf Investment Chief Audit Executive & Assurance Qatar Financial Centre
Dubai Holding, UAE Bahrain UAE KSA Corporation, Kuwait Bank Al Bilad, KSA Port of Salalah, Oman Authority, Qatar
5 Congress Highlights: 7 Reasons Why You MUST Attend: Who should attend?
1. Examine the complex relationships between heads of 1. Hear from over 25 regional and international audit leaders Heads of Internal Audit • Chief Internal Auditors
audit, the audit committee, senior management and • Internal Audit Managers • Senior Auditors •
2. F ind out why this is the longest running internal audit
external audit
event in the region Directors of Internal Audit • General Auditors
2. Strengthen your risk-based auditing technique and
3. J oin the Middle East internal audit community in • Senior Financial Auditors • Business Risk
strategy
solving tomorrow’s challenges with interactive voting Assurance Team Leaders • Managers of Internal
3. Identify changes to the internal audit role caused by and panel sessions
the new economic climate
Audit Departments and Senior Accountants •
4. G
ain practical, customised knowledge by joining our
Anybody whose role includes internal audit,
4. Proactively tackle common conflicts of interest that full-day post-congress workshops
arise from internal audits controls, assurance and risk
5. E
xperience a thoroughly researched and
5. Integrate the internal audit function into all areas of comprehensive congress programme
your business and through all departments
6. E
arn up to 35 CPE credits from the IIA for quantifiable, Media Partners Organised By
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njoy the perfect mix of strategic, practical and
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Dear Internal Audit Professional,
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Summit Day • Sunday, 1 November 2009
Facing The New Pressures On Internal Audit
8.30 Registration And Morning Coffee 11.15 Tackling Unexpected Challenges In Internal Audit 14.30 Examining Conflicts Of Interest In Internal Audit And
• Insight into the Deyaar Development’s internal How You Can Avoid Them
9.00 Opening Remarks From The Chairman auditing practices, challenges and solutions • Exploring conflict prevention strategies for internal
Phil Griffiths, Managing Director • Exploring the solutions to internal audit pressure in auditors while maintaining due diligence
Business Risk Management Ltd., UK a difficult market • Rooting out managerial conflict before it occurs
• How internal auditors in real estate are • Conflict management techniques to ensure both
9.15 The Changing Landscape Of Internal Audit weathering the storm professionalism and information exchange
• Ensuring complex governance, risk management Om Singh, Chief Audit Executive Francois Delagrange, Chief Internal Auditor
and control processes, increasingly in the trust of Deyaar Development PSC., UAE Banque Saudi Fransi, KSA
the IA department, are adequate, effective and
sustainable 12.00 IIR Majlis – Structured Networking Session 15.15 Networking And Refreshments Break
• Exploring fundamental change needed in the IA In this structured session you will have the
industry opportunity to meet a number of people you 15.30 How The Internal Audit Community Can Respond To
• Staff related change required in leading teams haven’t met before. You will be able to exchange The Global Economic Environment
through fundamental change basic information and your business cards, making • Drilling down: The global, regional and local
Paul Shantz it easier for you to start a conversation with these implications of the current environment for
Head of Internal Audit people during other networking opportunities internal auditors
NCB Capital, Bahrain provided by the conference. Remember to bring • Re-examining the role of the key players in
plenty of business cards! corporate governance
10.00 Examining And Strengthening Relationships With • Exploring the ramifications of today’s fair value
Regulators 12.30 Networking Lunch For Speakers And Delegates accounting standards
• Exploring home and host regulation and how • New solutions to the new challenges faced by
cross border relationships work 13.45 Identifying Changes To The IA Role In A Slowing internal auditors
• What are firms’ legal obligations in dealing with Economy Loutfi K. Echhade, Partner, Assurance and Advisory
regulators? Should they be timely, forthright and • Exploring the new definition of IA as organisations Business Services, Ernst & Young, KSA
cooperative? demand a wider range of focus for the IA
• Reviewing a case study of recent enforcement department 16.15 Have Your Say: Building Consensus On The
actions by the UK and Dubai regulators • Determining new value-adding areas for focus Roadmap To The Future
• Being actively involved in the regulatory and incorporating their benefits Play your part in setting the future of internal audit
examination process to give firms an opportunity • Governing the IA department during times of in the Gulf. Contribute your thoughts directly via
for corrections turmoil interactive voting and make your voice heard!
• Lobbying and feeding back to the regulators • Discussing the meaning of ‘approved’ in IA today John Barrett, Senior Associate
both formally and informally Waled Ibrahim Hussain, Chief Audit Executive John Barrett Consulting, UK
Carolyn Hanson, Regional Director National Petroleum Construction Co., UAE
ICT (Middle East) LLC, UAE 16.45 Chairperson’s Closing Remarks And End Of Summit
Day
10.45 Networking And Refreshments Break
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Congress Day One – Monday, 2 November 2009
8.30 Registration And Morning Coffee Sherif Nosseir, Head of Internal Audit Department 14.15 Auditing From A Risk-Based Perspective In All Areas
Coca Cola Bottling Company of Egypt, Egypt Of Business
9.00 Opening Remarks From The Chairman • Understanding risk based audit principles and
John Barrett, Senior Associate Abdul Hamid Seedat, Head of Internal Audit their application to our current environment
John Barrett Consulting, UK Qatar Financial Centre Authority, Qatar • Evaluating business risk in your own organisation
• Thoroughly planning and executing a risk based
Embedding The Internal Audit Function Into Francois Delagrange, Chief Internal Auditor audit
Banque Saudi Fransi, KSA Abdulrahman H. Al Sughayer, Chief Audit Executive
Organisational Operations And Culture
Bank Al Bilad, KSA
9.15 Enhancing Added Value By Embedding IA Tools 12.00 IIR Majlis – Structured Networking Session
In this structured session you will have the opportunity 15.00 Networking And Refreshments Break
Into Your Corporate Structure
• Accurately implementing IA policy to ensure it is to meet a number of people you haven’t met before.
You will be able to exchange basic information 15.15 Panel Session: How Can IA Do More To Anticipate
embedded into the core of your organisation
and your business cards, making it easier for you to Changes In Risk?
• Ensuring maximum IA value by enabling those
start a conversation with these people during other • How can IA enhance risk management?
outside of your department to implement critical
networking opportunities provided by the conference. • What are the biggest challenges IA faces in
IA functions
Remember to bring plenty of business cards! anticipating risk and what are the solutions?
• Creating a culture of support for the IA role and
• What is the best way to push enhanced risk
directives
12.30 Networking Lunch For Speakers And Delegates management from the IA department to the
Phil Griffiths, Managing Director
boardroom?
Business Risk Management Ltd., UK
Tackling Risk Through The Internal Paul Shantz, Head of Internal Audit
NCB Capital, Bahrain
10.00 Actuating The Audit Committee For Effective IA Audit Department
Management
Royston Armstrong, Head of Internal Audit
• Examining the role of the audit committee in the 13.30 Panel Session: What Are Organisations’
Abu Dhabi Investment Company, UAE
overall corporate environment Expectations Of Enterprise Risk Management And
• Identifying best practice structures and profiles for Are They Appropriate?
16.00 Establishing Risk Management In An Emerging
successful audit committees • Senior management perspectives on ERM in
Market
• Rolling out an effective agenda for your audit internal audit in the Gulf
• Outlining the practical implementation of risk
committee • Challenging the traditional lines of reporting for
management for a bank in an emerging market
Ashwani Jhamb, General Manager, Audit & internal audit
• Tackling challenges and obstacles in the
Assurance, Port of Salalah, Oman • How have expectations changed over the
implementation of risk management in emerging
past year and are these new expectations
markets
10.45 Networking And Refreshments Break reasonable?
• The role and function of the credit bureau in an
Osama H. Al Rahma, Board Director
emerging market
11.15 Panel Session: Defining The Roles Of Heads Of Audit, Al Fardan Group, UAE
Hesham Hamdy, GM, Head of Risk Management
The Audit Committee, Senior Management And
Bank of Alexandria, Egypt
External Audit Hamdy El Sayed, Head of Internal Audit
• Who has the final word on IA policy and Gulf Investment Corp., Kuwait
16.45 Chairperson’s Closing Remarks And End Of
directives, if anybody?
Congress Day One
• Where should the lines be drawn between each Abdulrahman Al Hareb, Chief Group Internal
of these four functions? Auditor, Dubai Holding, UAE
• How have these roles changed in the last year?
Phil Griffiths, Managing Director Ahmed Ebeid, Vice President, Group Internal Audit
Business Risk Management Ltd., UK Al Ghurair Investments Group, UAE
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Congress Day Two – Tuesday, 3 November 2009
8.30 Morning Coffee 11.45 Panel Session: Building Cooperative Ties Among 15.00 Networking And Refreshments Break
Heads Of Audit, The Audit Committee, Senior
9.00 Opening Remarks From The Chairman Management And External Audit 15.15 Implementing And Examining Best Practice In Basel
John Barrett, Senior Associate • How can you manage a complex intertwining of II In The Middle East
John Barrett Consulting, UK relationships to ensure a unified IA approach? • Examining the diverse interpretations of Basel II
• Can cooperation between these roles be reached? through the Middle East
Building Bridges With Integrated Transparency • How can you address conflicts of interest • Determining the effect of the current financial
between these roles? climate in the region on the implementation of
And Communication
Ashwani Jhamb, General Manager, Audit & Assurance Basel II
Port of Salalah, Oman • Exploring regional Basel II case studies and new
9.15 Creating A Blueprint For The Future Of Internal Audit
methodologies in the field
• Overcoming the strategic challenges of auditing
Peter J. Boland, Audit Consultant, UAE Anoop Sapra, Head of Internal Audit Division
in the new economy
Arab National Bank, KSA
• Developing a culture of openness in internal audit
• Plotting the way forward for progressive audit Avinash Totade, Senior Manager Internal Audit
Dubai Aluminium Company, UAE 16.00 Exploring New Initiatives That Enhance The Value
departments in the GCC
Added By The Audit Committee
John Garrett, Chief Audit Officer • Identifying legal developments with regard to
10.00 Utilising Corporate Governance Tools To Stabilise
National Bank of Abu Dhabi, UAE audit committee responsibilities
Your Environment
• Critical accounting judgments and estimates
• Managing Sarbanes-Oxley compliance in a
12.30 Networking Lunch For Speakers And Delegates • Examining risk management and internal controls
financial organisation
from the audit committee perspective
• Identifying the most effective governance
Creating New Standards Of Quality And • Communications and relationships with
options in the Middle East
management, auditors, and others
• Designing corporate governance tools and Efficiency
Abdul Hamid Seedat, Head of Internal Audit
paradigms to address your specific organisational
Qatar Financial Centre Authority, Qatar
challenges 13.30 Building A World-Class Internal Audit Department
Shagufta Farid Khan, Head of Internal Audit • Decreasing reticence in Middle East organisations
16.45 Chairperson’s Closing Remarks And End Of
Finance House PJSC., UAE to ensure quality communication
Congress Day Two
• Promoting transparency and information
10.45 Networking And Refreshments Break exchange using practical dissemination tools
• Positioning IA directives to ensure widespread
11.00 New Tools And Techniques To Strengthen The corporate embrace and implementation
Internal Audit Department’s Added Value
• Delegating tasks effectively, even as your ad-hoc
Avinash Totade, Senior Manager Internal Audit
Dubai Aluminium Company, UAE
“The health of a company’s
workload increases due to systemic corporate
change Executing Sound Stress Testing For Accurate Results
14.15
internal audit is now
• Exploring new technology and strategy in IA
efficiency
• Weaknesses in stress testing exposed by the
financial crisis
seen as an early warning
• Integrating new IA tasks into your existing
workload
• Forward-looking assessment of risk
• How to compile information from models and
indicator of the overall
Khaled Gamal Eldin, GM – Chief Internal Auditor
Al Rajhi Bank Group, KSA
historical data
• Exploring relationships between stress testing and
health of a company.”
capital and liquidity planning
Hassan Nasser, Compliance and Inspection Director
Erik Mather, Managing Director
Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, UAE Regnan, UAE
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