Oracle & ICAI Bahrain Webinar: Changing role of Finance – Pivoting towards Business Resilience
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CA Krishnan Kavasseri
Chief Financial Officer at Ebrahim Khalil Kanoo B.S.C (c)
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CA Krishnan Kavasseri
Chief Financial Officer at Ebrahim Khalil Kanoo B.S.C (c)
Chartered Accountant and Management Accountant with 24+ years of financial reporting experience in India and GCC markets. Multidisciplinary experience across industry, including automotive, telecom, insurance, and others.
Since 2017, Group CFO of Ebrahim Khalil Kanoo group in Bahrain heading a team of professionals covering key disciplines of budgeting and financial reporting, VAT, treasury and forex management, and finance ops. A key member of C suite reporting to Executive Committee and Board of Directors
Lead successful implementation of VAT and updates in IFRS across the group, covering reporting, regulatory compliance, IT and process changes, and training.
Prior to joining the EKK group, worked with several multinational, government, and private businesses for IFRS reporting and advisory services in professional services firms in India and the Middle East.
Since 2017, Group CFO of Ebrahim Khalil Kanoo group in Bahrain heading a team of professionals covering key disciplines of budgeting and financial reporting, VAT, treasury and forex management, and finance ops. A key member of C suite reporting to Executive Committee and Board of Directors
Lead successful implementation of VAT and updates in IFRS across the group, covering reporting, regulatory compliance, IT and process changes, and training.
Prior to joining the EKK group, worked with several multinational, government, and private businesses for IFRS reporting and advisory services in professional services firms in India and the Middle East.
CA Alok Gupta
Chief Executive Officer at Y K Almoayyed & Sons (B.S.C)
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CA Alok Gupta
Chief Executive Officer at Y K Almoayyed & Sons (B.S.C)
Alok Gupta is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Y. K. Almoayyed & Sons (YKA), one the largest diversified business conglomerates based in the Kingdom of Bahrain which has been established since 1940. He oversees the company’s operations which has presence in several key sectors such as, automotive, heavy equipment, electronics & home appliances, HVAC and industrial & building systems and represents more than 75 global brands such as Nissan, Ford, Renault, Infiniti, Lincoln, Komatsu, Toyo Tires, Toshiba, Honeywell among others. YKA is also the No. 1 ranked family owned businesses in Bahrain among the top 30 in Middle East as per Forbes Middle East in 2020.
He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has more than 22 years of work experience in various industries, viz. oil & gas, dairy, building materials, construction, retail and automotive in some of the major organizations in Bahrain and India such as Amul and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Which is a Fortune 500 company. He joined YKA in 2006 as the Finance Manager and later was elevated as the Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) prior to taking over the CEO’s role.
Alok Gupta has immense expertise in Finance and his key focus areas include treasury, credit, and internal audit. He was the Chairman of Bahrain Chapter of The Indian Institute of Chartered Accountants from the year 2009-10 and President of college student union in year 1993-94. He is a member of American Chamber of Commerce, Bahrain chapter and ICAB (Indian Chartered Accountants in Bahrain) Toastmasters club. He strongly believes in personal social responsibility (PSR) and is actively involved with major social organizations namely Indian Community Relief Fund and Lions Club. He has also organized numerous cultural events to showcase Indian culture in Bahrain.
He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has more than 22 years of work experience in various industries, viz. oil & gas, dairy, building materials, construction, retail and automotive in some of the major organizations in Bahrain and India such as Amul and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Which is a Fortune 500 company. He joined YKA in 2006 as the Finance Manager and later was elevated as the Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) prior to taking over the CEO’s role.
Alok Gupta has immense expertise in Finance and his key focus areas include treasury, credit, and internal audit. He was the Chairman of Bahrain Chapter of The Indian Institute of Chartered Accountants from the year 2009-10 and President of college student union in year 1993-94. He is a member of American Chamber of Commerce, Bahrain chapter and ICAB (Indian Chartered Accountants in Bahrain) Toastmasters club. He strongly believes in personal social responsibility (PSR) and is actively involved with major social organizations namely Indian Community Relief Fund and Lions Club. He has also organized numerous cultural events to showcase Indian culture in Bahrain.
CA Jatin Karia
Senior Partner and Executive Officer, Grant Thornton Bahrain
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CA Jatin Karia
Senior Partner and Executive Officer, Grant Thornton Bahrain
CA Jatin Karia an experienced leader with over 18 years’ experience in the professional services industry, 11 years of this as a partner. At the same time, holding a senior leadership position at Grant Thornton Bahrain also acting as lead partner for some of our major clients, where CA Jatin Karia endeavor to provide insightful advice to help my clients realize their growth ambitions.
CA Jatin Karia has worked cross service lines with the Build Manage & Transfer (BMT) model with a broad range of clients across diverse industry sectors. In recent years, in addition to leading advisory practice, his focus has been driving horizontal and vertical profitable growth through developing market, service line/service type by ensuring an exceptional client experience and people experience.
CA Jatin Karia has worked cross service lines with the Build Manage & Transfer (BMT) model with a broad range of clients across diverse industry sectors. In recent years, in addition to leading advisory practice, his focus has been driving horizontal and vertical profitable growth through developing market, service line/service type by ensuring an exceptional client experience and people experience.
Hani Diya
Senior Regional Manager, Oracle
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Hani Diya
Senior Regional Manager, Oracle
Hani is the ERPM Senior Regional Manager for Kuwait and Bahrain. In his role, he leads a team to support the countries’ strategic plans and drive key initiatives and partnerships with clients for a cloud-led digital transformation.
Hani is a seasoned business and technology professional with over 20 years of IT solutions, entrepreneurship, and business transformation experience. He spent the last twenty years in the Middle East and Africa region, helping customers address their top IT challenges. He worked at multinational tech companies, including Cisco and SAP, system integrators, service providers, and IT startups.
Hani holds a BE in Computer and Communication Engineering from the American University of Beirut.
Hani is a seasoned business and technology professional with over 20 years of IT solutions, entrepreneurship, and business transformation experience. He spent the last twenty years in the Middle East and Africa region, helping customers address their top IT challenges. He worked at multinational tech companies, including Cisco and SAP, system integrators, service providers, and IT startups.
Hani holds a BE in Computer and Communication Engineering from the American University of Beirut.
Lokendra Rawat
Strategic Accounts Leader for ECEMEA, Oracle
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Lokendra Rawat
Strategic Accounts Leader for ECEMEA, Oracle
Lokendra is the Strategic Accounts Leader for ECEMEA, a program that focuses on the top 75 Oracle customers in Eastern Europe, Middle East, And Africa.
The main focus of the Strategic Customer engagement is to create a Cloud Digital Transformational journey for identified customers that personalizes content and provides specialized business services to customers. Before the current role, Lokendra was the Consulting Director for Middle East GCC & Levant Regions. He was responsible for the delivery of all the projects in this region. He has been with Oracle Middle East since 2001 and has an overall Finance and IT industry experience of around 22 years. By profession, a qualified Certified Chartered Accountant, Lokendra has worked on projects with most big customer names in the Middle East.
Delivered projects at more than 75 customer sites in the Middle East.
Winner of Multiple Awards at Oracle for consistent success in project delivery activities.
Working in Oracle Consulting Middle East since 2001. Before that worked with Global Pharmaceutical company Pfizer as Finance Manager
The main focus of the Strategic Customer engagement is to create a Cloud Digital Transformational journey for identified customers that personalizes content and provides specialized business services to customers. Before the current role, Lokendra was the Consulting Director for Middle East GCC & Levant Regions. He was responsible for the delivery of all the projects in this region. He has been with Oracle Middle East since 2001 and has an overall Finance and IT industry experience of around 22 years. By profession, a qualified Certified Chartered Accountant, Lokendra has worked on projects with most big customer names in the Middle East.
Delivered projects at more than 75 customer sites in the Middle East.
Winner of Multiple Awards at Oracle for consistent success in project delivery activities.
Working in Oracle Consulting Middle East since 2001. Before that worked with Global Pharmaceutical company Pfizer as Finance Manager
Shobha Singh
Business Development Director, Oracle
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Shobha Singh
Business Development Director, Oracle
Shobha Singh is working with Oracle for 4 years in Business Development Director's capacity based in Dubai.
Shobha’s key responsibility in Oracle is to help build a transformational journey for large customers by understanding Visions and business challenges. She closely works with the customer on their overall transformation to the cloud by orchestrating with the organization's rest. She & her team also drives awareness for Software-as-a-Service in the market for large customers via targeted, closed group engagements to help business stakeholders understand and appreciate SaaS's value.
Prior to Oracle, she was Key Account Director with Microsoft India for 4 years, managing India's largest bank, i.e., State bank of India, globally, and was key in the SBI transformation journey to Cloud. She has also worked with Hewlett Packard for 6 years leading the Enterprise Business team with large customers, i.e., TATA group, Birla, Reliance, etc. along with large global customers, i.e., RBS, Siemens, BNP, etc. She started her career with Canon as a Management trainee and grew as Sr Territory Manager in a span of 5 + years
Shobha has been various awards & recognition in all the four large MNC she has worked, i.e., Oracle, Microsoft, HP, and Canon India, for her efforts, out of box thinking contributing to significant revenue increase & Leadership awards.
Shobha’s key responsibility in Oracle is to help build a transformational journey for large customers by understanding Visions and business challenges. She closely works with the customer on their overall transformation to the cloud by orchestrating with the organization's rest. She & her team also drives awareness for Software-as-a-Service in the market for large customers via targeted, closed group engagements to help business stakeholders understand and appreciate SaaS's value.
Prior to Oracle, she was Key Account Director with Microsoft India for 4 years, managing India's largest bank, i.e., State bank of India, globally, and was key in the SBI transformation journey to Cloud. She has also worked with Hewlett Packard for 6 years leading the Enterprise Business team with large customers, i.e., TATA group, Birla, Reliance, etc. along with large global customers, i.e., RBS, Siemens, BNP, etc. She started her career with Canon as a Management trainee and grew as Sr Territory Manager in a span of 5 + years
Shobha has been various awards & recognition in all the four large MNC she has worked, i.e., Oracle, Microsoft, HP, and Canon India, for her efforts, out of box thinking contributing to significant revenue increase & Leadership awards.
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