BCICAI global meet on December 1-2

Manama : Bahrain Chapter of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (BCICAI)  will host its 9th Annual International Conference on December 1 and 2. The conference, which will be held under the patronage of Minister of Industry, Commerce & Tourism, Zayed Al Zayani, is expected to attract 400 delegates at the Diplomat Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa. Seventeen speakers and panellists will address the conference, which is built around the theme, “Transforming Possibilities into Reality” . 

“The conference is our annual milestone event and is meticulously planned to represent the professional updates in the careers of chartered accountants and also personal finance and happiness hacks from a fascinating array of speakers,” said BCICAI Chairperson Uday Shanbhag.

S. Sridhar pointed Vice-Chairperson of BCICAI further stated: “We are grateful to our sponsors for supporting the event. Chartered accountants are the backbone of the corporate world and the contribution of the BCICAI members to the Kingdom’s progress over the years has been commendable and significant. The conference shall be a great way to explore how CAs and finance professionals are facing the current economic scenario and how they transform possible progressive ideas into reality.”  

CA Richard Rekhy, former CEO, KPMG India and CA Suresh Senapaty, former CFO, Wipro Ltd will speak on different aspects of corporate leadership; Sreejith Bhaskaran (Senior Manager) & Rohit Srivatsava (Manager) of BDO Consulting, will speak on Information Security – Realities and NextGen Possibilities; CA Sandhya Sriram, Vice President - Finance, CBU, Wipro Ltd will talk about brand-building; Sarit Bose, Director of Digital Transformation Services will talk on fintech advances; CA Rajendra Kumar P, Member, Technical Advisory Group to WP 9 on Consumption Taxes, OECD, Paris will speak on ‘Cooperative Federalism - Lessons from India to the World’ and the CEO of AFS, Chandrasekhar will speak on joining the Digital Economy. 

In exploring entrepreneurship, the founder of the preventive healthcare and medical diagnostic chain, Thyrocare, A. Velumani will speak about the challenges of establishing a business and building its brand.