My Candidate For Upcoming ICAP Election
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
ATHER HUSSAIN ZAIDI
FCA, LLB, CFE
CREDENTIALS
- Admitted to ICAP membership in 1990
- Other qualifications include CFE, LLB, FCIS, B.Com (First position in the University) and excellent academic record throughout.
- Educator Member Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, USA in 2008.
- Past Memberships: MBIM UK, ACEA, MFT.Com UK, Member AGA, USA.
- Founded Pakistan Professional Forum in Iran.
INVOLVEMENT IN ICAP ACTIVITIES
Served on the following committees of ICAP
- Publications Committee
- Technical Advisory Committee
- Continuing Professional Development Committee
- International Affairs Committee
- Authored articles for ICAP Journal and wrote comments on IFAC Exposure Drafts
ACTIVITIES
- Currently in International Civil Service in the, Islamic Republic of Iran as Head Financial Administration in the Parliamentary Union of OIC Member States (2001 todate).
- Past appointments include:
- Director, Ford Rhodes Robson Morrow.
- Financial Controller, Royal Dutch Shell E&P Company, Islamabad.
- Controller, Southern Group of Companies.
WHAT HE VALUE
- I am not a businessman
- I do not deal in money, I deal in values, and these values are:
- Professional commitment
- Absolute honesty
- Full transparency
- Confidentiality unless it is against the public good
HIS AGENDA
- Admission on merit and growth on performance.
- Produce locally and export globally.
- Expanding the role of ICAP to bring public sector in its fold.
- Improve reputation and achieve Sustainability
- Recognition and de-recognition.
- Why big-4?
- Free ICAP from external pressures.
- Rationalization of ICAP Committees.
- Optimizing ICAP members’ role in market
- Improving Quality and risk management standards of ICAP.
- Merger of firms.
- Professional indemnity insurance.
ELECTION MANIFESTO
- Bring the system of education & training of ICAP at par with fully developed accounting bodies to get international recognition on the twin principles of reciprocity and quality matching.
- Opening up of opportunities for members in umpteen areas currently unexplored.
- Encourage members to play proactive role and exercise their right to get service from ICAP.
- Developing ICAP members as Pakistan’s most important intellectual capital for achieving the development and societal growth.
- Make CA profession globally recognized and make available more opportunities in Pakistan and abroad through a web-based portal of ICAP.
- Cleaning up of the society from personal culture (of baradari, sect, caste and creed) and moving to a strong professional and corporate culture.
- Establish a Research Centre in ICAP in collaboration with the leading universities, research centres and Higher Education Commission.
- Encourage academic research in Pakistan for award of PhD in major ICAP curriculum.
- Securing a quota of at least one technocrat seat in the Senate of Pakistan for ICAP members.
- Securing eligibility for ICAP members for appointment in various Public sector positions, including trade and commercial attaché in Pakistan Embassies, Director General Commercial Audit, Director General Performance Audit, and also for the highest slot of Accountant General and Auditor General of Pakistan.
- Bring a fine balance in the practice of Big-4 and SMPs.
- Enforcing more stringent principles of ethics and professional conduct that is needed to revamp our profession for greater public confidence.
- Ensuring representation of ICAP not only on the board and various committees of IFAC but also on the employment pool of IFAC, IASB, etc.
- De-recognising the qualifications and training of other institutes not following IFRS in Toto.
- Adoption of all IFRS immediately and preparing normative, industry based guidelines and procedures in furtherance to the implementation of IFRS.
- Looking into seriously the role of unrecognized bodies like Institute of Corporate Secretaries of Pakistan and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Pakistan and how they fit into Pakistan situation.
CONCLUDING STATEMENT
- Please do not misunderstand me
- I am not a hardliner
- I believe in Consultation and teamwork
- I do believe in sports and recreational activities, but I have my own way to please my superiors
- May God help me to serve my profession to the best
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