Under the patronage of His Excellency the Minister of Commerce and Industry Saudi Arabia and supported by Saudi Organisation for Certified Public Accountants (SOCPA), the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) KSA Chapter held their 4th Saudi-Pak Accountancy Symposium recently at Ritz Carlton Hotel, Riyadh.
The theme of the event was "Technology - CFO's New Best Friend". Over 300 accountancy professionals with a large participation of Pakistani and Saudi nationals as well as selected female professionals attended the symposium. Business leaders, CEO's and CFO's of leading companies, senior partners of audit firms, and members of ICAPKSA chapter and SOCPA also attended the event.
Speaking on the occasion, His Excellency, The Ambassador of Pakistan to KSA, Manzoorul Haq said, "It is heartening to note that the ICAP KSA Chapter has been recently awarded the Best Overseas Chapter by ICAP Pakistan and is a tribute to its performance and makes me further proud of the Pakistan Embassy's patronage of ICAP KSA Chapter and its activities."
He also said, "I am confident that the ICAP KSA Chapter through its professional activities and engagement with the finance professionals in KSA would further help solidify the bridges between finance professionals of the two brotherly countries of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan". Other speakers on the occasion included Yacub Suttar, President ICAP and Muhammad Iqbal, President ICAP KSA Chapter. Mutlaq Al Morished, CEO of Tasnee, delivered a very interesting keynote address after HE Dr Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al Rabiah's address which was read out by Dr Ahmad Al Meghames, Secretary General of SOCPA.-PR