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28th Annual International Seminar
17th and 18th November 2016
Rosewood Hotel, ADGM Square
Abu Dhabi
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India -Abu Dhabi Chapter Ltd.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
(ICAI) is a statutory body established under the Chartered
Accountants Act, 1949 (Act No. XXXVIII of 1949) for the
regulation of the profession of Chartered Accountants in
India.
ICAI has achieved recognition as a premier accounting
body not only in India but also globally, for its contribution in
the fields of education, professional development,
maintenance of high accounting, auditing and ethical
standards. ICAI now is the second largest accounting body
in the whole world with a network of more than 250,000
members globally throughout the country and different parts
of the world.
Our Mission
The Indian Accountancy Profession will be the Valued Trustee of World Class Financial competencies, Good
Governance and Competitiveness
ICAI is raising the profile and increasing demand for the
accountancy profession amongst key stakeholders nationally and
globally. ICAI role mainly includes the following:
• Regulation of the profession of Accountancy
• Education & Examination of Chartered Accountancy Course
• Input on Policy matters to Government
• Ensuring Standards of performance of Members
• Formulation of Accounting Standards
• Prescription of Engagement and Quality Control Standards
• Laying down Ethical Standards
• Continuing Professional Education
• Financial Report Review
• Monitoring Quality through Peer Review
• Conducting Post Qualification Courses
The Abu Dhabi Chapter of ICAI was set up in 1984 to
further the technical competency and knowledge of its
members. With a strength of around 700 members, the
Chapter has been hosting seminars and events that are
addressed by eminent speakers and experts. The keen
interest shown by the members in participating in the
Chapter’s activities over the years is a tribute to the
thirst for knowledge and the desire of the Indian
professionals to be at the leading edge of managerial
advancements.
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28th Annual International Seminar
The key event in the Chapter's professional
activities calendar is the Annual International
Seminar (“Seminar”), which has been a regular
feature on the Chapter's calendar since the first
such Seminar in October 1988.
The Chapter is organising its 28th Annual
International Seminar on 17th and 18th November
2016 on the theme “Prism of Opportunities”at Rosewood Hotel, ADGM Square, Abu Dhabi.
The seminar brings together a galaxy of
visionaries, experts and leaders who will
brainstorm for one and half days.
The Seminar provides networking opportunity
while gaining insight into new approaches for
availing “Prism of Opportunities” within
your organization in challenging times.
“Life is like a prism. What you
see depends on how you turn
the glass”
- Jonathan Kellerman
You will Benefit From
❑ The experience and expertise
of the eminent speakers from
across the globe
❑ Quality sessions with a focus
on making you better at what
you do
❑ 10 CPE Hours to ICAI
members – To be approved
❑ Networking opportunity with
fellow Chartered Accountants
and other business leaders
SevenPower packed Sessions
FourteenProminent Speakers
OneExtraordinary Event
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Line Up of Esteemed Guests
and Prominent Speakers
1 Mrs. Neeta Bhushan, Charge d’Affaires, Indian Embassy
CA Anand Rathi, Founder & Chairman – Anand Rathi Group
Ms. Arunima Sinha, First female amputee to climb Mount Everest
CA Sridhar Iyengar, Executive Director Finance, Mubadala
Mr. Shafi Mathar, Founder & CEO, Murgency Inc.
Mr. Prashant Jain, ED & CIO HDFC Mutual Fund
Mr. Rahul Kapoor Jain, India’s leading motivational speaker
Annual Seminar will be Followed by
Gala Dinner and Live Musical Concert
on 18th November 2016
Pritam - Live In Concert
Feedback from previous
Annual Seminars
“At the outset, congrats
to Rajiv and the entire
team for organizing an
excellent annual seminar
and gala dinner. The
hard work that the
Committee Members put
in was clearly visible.”
“Great event! The
location, speakers,
networking,
organization, and
brochure were all
excellent.”
“Overall, an excellent
event and many
congrats to the ICAI -
Abu Dhabi Chapter
management and sub
committee for
making it happen.”
“The ICAI Abu Dhabi
Chapter’s Annual
Seminar has been a
very useful
opportunity for
accounting and
finance professional
seeking to improve
the functioning,
efficiency, and
effectiveness of his/her
office to the best interest
of the stakeholders of
his/her organization.”
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CA Nilesh Vikamsey, Vice President, ICAI
Mr. Vivek Abraham, Assistant Vice President, Invest India
Mr. Martin Tidestrom, Director of Business Development, ADGM
Mr. Harvesh Seegolam, Chief Executive, FSPA, Mauritius
Mr. Deepak Mehra, Head of Advisory – Treasury and Asset Management,
Commercial Bank of Dubai
14 Ms. Sally Sfeir-Tait, Partner, Clyde & Co.
Mr. Abhijit Choudhury Acting Group Chief Executive Officer, National Bank of
Abu Dhabi
5Speakers - Technical Sessions
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CA Anand Rathi, the founder and torch-bearer of the Anand Rathi Group, is one of the leading financial
and investment experts in India and South-East Asia. The gold medalist Chartered Accountant is an
esteemed member of the ICAI and has over 40 years diverse experience.
Before establishing his own enterprise, Mr. Rathi had a long and illustrious career as a core member of
Birla Group — the business group of legendary late Mr. Aditya Birla. He was the youngest president of
Indian Rayon (now known as Aditya Birla Nuvo). He was instrumental in shaping the group’s cement
business and spearheading its foray into diverse businesses in manufacturing and services.
In 1999, Mr. Rathi became the president of BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange). He was the driving force
behind the expansion of BOLT - the BSE Online Trading System. He also set up the Trade Guarantee Fund and played a vital
role in setting up the Central Depository Services (CDS).
CA Anand Rathi
CA Nilesh Vikamsey is the Vice President of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for the
term 2016-17.
CA Nilesh is member of the ICAI since 1985 with more than 30 years of professional standing. He has
served the ICAI as a Central Council Member since 2010. He is widely commended and credited for his
key role in conceptualization and devising of a new futuristic CA Curriculum. He is Vice-Chairman of
all the Standing Committees of the ICAI, the Member ex-officio in all Non-Standing Committees of the
ICAI and Joint Editor of The Chartered Accountant journal.
CA Nilesh Vikramsey
Mr. Vivek Abraham
Vivek Abraham is Assistant Vice President at Invest India, and is responsible for global investor
targeting in US, Europe, Middle East and Africa to bring in foreign direct investment into India.
Before joining Invest India in 2016, Vivek was heading the European sales desk in London for SBI
Capital Markets (SBICAP), the investment banking arm of State Bank of India. In this role, he marketed
nearly $20 billion worth of capital markets products to large investors across the Europe.
Earlier, he was part of the Equity Capital Markets team at SBICAP, where he led and managed more
than $3 billion worth of equity transactions, including some market-leading mandates in India, ranging
across sectors and sizes. Prior to SBICAP, Vivek also worked at Lehman Brothers, UK in the Capital
Markets Division.
Vivek graduated as a computer engineer from the prestigious Delhi College of Engineering and obtained his MBA from Indian
Institute of Management Bangalore.
CA Sridhar Iyengar
CA Sridhar is the Executive Director of Group Finance, responsible for financial control, statutory audit
and reporting, financial planning and budgeting, management and business performance reporting, and
transaction processing at Mubadala.
Sridhar has over 26 years of experience in a wide-range of financial disciplines and is a fellow member
of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India
& the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
Prior to joining Mubadala, Sridhar was CFO for Waha Capital and Mubadala GE Capital.
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Mr. Abhijit Choudhury
Mr. Choudhury joined NBAD as Chief Risk Officer in December 2006 and appointed as Acting Group
Chief Executive Officer in August 2016.
Mr. Choudhury’s banking career spans nearly 40 years, starting with ANZ Grindlays Bank in India. He
continued to develop a comprehensive knowledge of Mideast markets after 17 years at the Arab
Banking Corporation in Bahrain.
He also serves as a member of the Institute of International Finance’s (IIF) Steering Committee on
Regulatory Capital.
Mr. Choudhury holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi, India.
Ms. Arunima Sinha
Ms. Arunima Sinha is the world’s first female amputee to climb Mount Everest.
She has also been a national level volleyball player. She was victim of tragic accident where she was
pushed from a running train while resisting thieves in 2011. As a result, one of her legs had to be
amputated below the knee.
She was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India, in 2015. She wrote the book
"Born again on the mountain", launched by Prime minister of India Narendra Modi in December 2014.
Her aim is to climb the highest peaks of all the continents and put the national flag of India. Arunima is now dedicated towards
social welfare and she wants to open a free sports academy for the poor and differently-abled people.
Mr. Rahul Kapoor Jain
Mr. Rahul Kapoor is an Entrepreneur, Speaker, Presenter and an Author. He has founded three
Companies and two Charitable Trusts. As an inspirational speaker he has inspired over 1.5 lakh people
from various backgrounds. He has spoken in eleven countries like Australia, Dubai, India, Malaysia,
Singapore and USA among others.
Rahul has authored two books: Work Wise – Lessons in Excellence for Young Professionals published
by the Times Group Books and Dad & I – Inspiring Stories for Teens.
He is a Guest Faculty at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He has been conferred with
‘Outstanding Young Person of India 2010’ by Junior Chamber International and ‘Young Achievers
Award’ in the category of Social Entrepreneurship at Young India Conclave 2016.
Mr. Martin Tideström is Director of Business Development at Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). He
is responsible for developing ADGM as a leading commercial platform, facilitating local and
international expansion of companies in a broad range of industries, and as a hub for professional
services, family offices, and trade / industry / professional organizations.
Prior to joining ADGM, Martin led BD for DIFC and Qatar Financial Centre.
Martin began his career as lawyer with EY and Skandia, focused on funding and building new business.
He holds an LL.M. from Uppsala, Sweden and MBA from IMD, Switzerland.
Mr. Martin Tideström
Speakers - Technical Sessions
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Mr. Harvesh Seegolam is the Chief Executive of the Financial Services Promotion Agency (FSPA). The
FSPA operates under the aegis of the Ministry of Financial Services and is mandated to promote and
develop Mauritius as an International Financial Centre (IFC) of excellence.
Prior to joining the FSPA, Harvesh was Director of the Innovation, Technology & Services cluster at the
Board of Investment (BOI), the Investment Promotion Agency of Mauritius.
He has successfully advised a number of global players on setting up operations in Mauritius in the
fields of banking, private equity, investment funds, legal services and wealth management,
manufacturing and ICT amongst others.
Harvesh holds a BSc (Hon) in Economics and an MSc in International Finance, in addition to several other qualifications in
accountancy and finance
Mr. Harvesh Seegolam
Mr. Shafi Mathar
Mr. Shafi Mathar is Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Murgency Inc. Shaffi leads MUrgency - UN
RESEAU GLOBAL DE REPONSE D'URGENCE (One Global Emergency Response Network) on
mobile phones.
Shaffi Mather is a Serial Entrepreneur, Lawyer & Public Policy Analyst.
Mr. Prashant Jain is the Chief Investment Officer, Executive Director, and Fund Manager at HDFC
Asset Management Company Ltd. Prior to this, Mr. Jain was the Chief Investment Officer, Head of
Funds Management, and Fund Manager at Zurich Asset Management Company (India) Private Limited
from July 1993 till June 2003 and worked at SBI Mutual Fund as Fund In-Charge from 1991 to 1993.
Mr. Jain is a Chartered Financial Analyst from AIMR. He earned a PGDM from the Indian Institute of
Management Bangalore. Mr. Jain also received a B. Tech degree from the Indian Institute of
Technology, Kanpur.
Mr. Prashant Jain
Speakers - Technical Sessions
Deepak Mehra is the Head of Advisory – Treasury and Asset Management at Commercial Bank of
Dubai. Starting in Mar 2007, he has been instrumental in developing the bank's product capabilities
across different asset classes. In his banking career spanning 25 years, he has worked for organizations
like Citibank, Credit Suisse and Dubai Bank.
Deepak secured an engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in 1989 and an MBA
from IMT in 1991. He is a regular speaker on Dubai Eye FM radio and is the author of critically
acclaimed, professional self-help book “Ready, Steady, Go!”
Mr. Deepak Mehra
Sally is a Partner based in Clyde & Co's Abu Dhabi office specializing in Financial Services and has held
various senior in-house roles including GC and Chief Compliance Officer. She has in-depth knowledge of
UAE regulation as well as operational and compliance systems, procedures and industry practices.
She has advised on the legal, regulatory and policy matters relating to all aspects of setting up a
comprehensive body of legislation of a financial free zone in Abu Dhabi and was also the first Arabic
speaking lawyer to join the Policy and Legal team of the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA).
Ms. Sally Sfeir-Tait
DAY 1 : 17th November 2016
28th Annual Seminar Agenda
Time Particulars
03:00 PM to 04:30 PM Registration & Networking
04:30 PM to 05:30 PM Inaugural Session
Chief Guest, Vice President ICAI, Chairman ICAI Abu Dhabi Chapter
05:30 PM to 06:30 PM Technical Session 1: India Story in the context of Global Economy
CA Anand Rathi
06:30 PM to 08:00 PM Technical Session 2: Panel Discussion on Invest India
CA Sridhar Iyengar
Mr. Abhijit Choudhury
Mr. Vivek Sonny Abraham
Moderator: CA Nilesh Vikamsey
08:00 PM to 09.15 PM Dinner and Networking
DAY 2 : 18th November 2016
Time Particulars
08:00 AM to 09:00 AM Registration & Networking
09:00 AM to 10:00 AM Technical Session 3: Ordinary is Extraordinary
Ms. Arunima Sinha
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Technical Session 4 : The Level 10 Game : Excellence
Mr. Rahul Kapoor Jain
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Technical Session 5: Social Entrepreneurship - Prism of Opportunity
Mr. Shafi Mather
12:00 PM to 01:30 PM Prayer and Lunch Break
01:30 PM to 02:30 PM Technical Session 6 : Panel Discussion – Role of Financial Centres in Development of an
Economy
Mr. Martin Tidestrom
Mr. Harvesh Seegolam
Ms. Sally Sfeir-Tait
Moderator: Mr. Deepak Mehra
02:30 PM to 03:30 PM Technical Session 7 : Indian Equities – Whether Prism of Opportunity?
Mr. Prashant Jain
03:30 PM to 04:00 PM Valedictory Session
Valedictory Remarks by CA Suresh Panwar and Raffle Draw
Time Particulars
06:30 PM to 08:00 PM Gala Dinner
08:00 PM Gates Open for Concert Seating
08.30 PM to 09:00 PM Felicitation of Sponsors
09:00 PM onwards Pritam - Live in Concert
DAY 2 : 18th November 2016 – Evening Program at Al Ghazal Golf Club
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“Prism of Opportunities”
28th Annual International Seminar
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