Financial Risk Manager

The 14th Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Pakistan (ICAP) in its first meeting held on September 14th 2009 elected office bearers for the year 2009-10.

The Council unanimously elected Mr. Abdul Rahim Suriya as President of the Institute, Mr. Pervez Muslim as Vice President – South and Mr. Mohammad Abdullah Yusuf as Vice President – North.

Mr. Abdul Rahim Suriya is a fellow member of ICAP and a fellow member of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan. He has around 25 years post qualification experience in the field of Accounting, Auditing and Operational Management. He did his audit training with A.F.Ferguson & Co., Chartered Accountants and has served in various national and international reputed organizations on different senior positions including as an Executive Director in a reputed pharmaceutical company.

Mr. Suriya is serving at the Council for the last 12 years. He served the Southern Regional Committee from 1993 to 1996 and elected as its Chairman in the year 1995-96.

He has been the Chief Editor of ICAP’s Journal Pakistan Accountant, and Chairman sub-committee of ICAP and ICMAP for Evaluation of Best Annual Reports.

He represented Pakistan as a member of International Accounting Education Standards Board of International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) from 2002 to 2008. Recently, he has authored a book “A guide to Business Decision Making” for the students of management accounting.

At present he is running his firm under the name and style of A.R Suriya & Co, Chartered Accountants. He is also engaged in providing training in subjects relating to accounting and finance.

Mr. Pervez Muslim is a fellow member of ICAP, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, Canada. He remained member of the Southern Regional Committee from 2001 to 2009 and served as its Chairman.

He was admitted to the partnership in 1997 and is currently associated with the reconstituted firm, Ford Rhodes Sidat Hyder, as an Audit Partner, looking after a portfolio of audit clients, comprising local and multinational companies.

Mr. Mohammad Abdullah Yusuf is a member of ICAP and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales . He practiced for eight years in UK and Pakistan before joining the Government of Pakistan. He retired from the Government after having reached the highest position as Secretary General (Revenue Division) and Chairman Federal Board of Revenue. During his illustrious career, he held various senior positions like Secretary Petroleum, Planning, Investment, Privatization, MD Bait-ul-mal and Utility Stores Corporation.

He has been associated as a member of the Council as a nominee of the Government of Pakistan for more than 20 years. Moreover, he served as Technical Advisor on the Public Sector Committee of IFAC and presently he represents ICAP as a member of International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board of IFAC.

The Institute warmly welcomes its new President and Vice Presidents.