Sibte Hasan Sheikh, Associate Director- Audit

Sibte Hasan Sheikh

Associate Director- Audit

Grant Thornton

Location
Kuwait - Hawali
Education
Master's degree, CIA
Experience
22 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :22 years, 8 Months

Associate Director- Audit at Grant Thornton
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since October 2008

Working as a Manager - in the external Audit Services department of GT - Kuwait on a portfolio of, Retail, Investments, Manufacturing and Funds clients. I am also managing various internal audit assignments for our firm.
Responsible for managing 14 staff assigned to my group to service portfolio of over 40 individual audit and review assignments.

Manager - Audit at KPMG - Kuwait
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • August 2007 to September 2008

Working as a Manager - in the external Audit Services department of KPMG - Kuwait on a portfolio of, Retail, Investment and Insurance companies, Banks and funds. Joined KPMG - Kuwait in August 2007 on a secondment from KPMG - Manchester.
I was servicing KPMG Kuwait flag ship client such as Kuwait Investment Authority and Investment Dar

Assistant Manager - Audit at KPMG - Manchester, England
  • United Kingdom
  • May 2005 to August 2007

Worked as an Assistant Manager in the Financial Services Department of KPMG - Manchester.
I was servicing KPMG Manchester listed clients, namely London Scottish Bank, Mark and Spencer Money, Co-operative Banck and Chesnara (life insurance)

Audit Senior at PM&M Chartered Accountants
  • United Kingdom
  • October 2003 to May 2005

Worked as an Audit Senior in the external audit services Department of PM & M - Blackburn office. PM&M is a firm of Chartered Accountants based in the North West of England, (14 partners and over 150 staff spread over 4 offices) offering accountancy and business development services to small and medium sized business. Client turnover range was approx 5m GBP to 60m GBP

Accountant at Egan Roberts Chartered Accountant
  • United Kingdom
  • September 2001 to October 2003

Worked as a trainee and than as an accountant in the accounts preparation and external audit services Department of Egan Roberts - Blackburn. Egan Roberts is a firm of Chartered Accountants based in the North West of England, (2 partners and 20 staff) offering accountancy and business development services to small and medium sized business. Client turnover range was approx 1m GBP to 35m GBP.

Education

Master's degree, CIA
  • at The Institute of Internal Auditors
  • November 2015
Master's degree, FCCA
  • at Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
  • January 2005

Fellow of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants

Bachelor's degree, Finance and Accounting
  • at University of Salford
  • July 2000

BA (Honors) Finance and Accounting

High school or equivalent, A Levels
  • at Blackburn College
  • July 1997

A Levels in Chemistry, Biology, Sociology & Urdu. 20 UCAS Points

Specialties & Skills

External Audit
Investment Companies
Manufacturing Companies
Service Companies
Internal Audit
International Standards on Auditing
UK GAAP
Microsoft office
International Financial Reporting Standards

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

ACCA
  • Fellow of Chartered Certified Accountants
  • September 2000
The Institute of Internal Auditor
  • CIA
  • November 2015