Global Office – Egypt
KEY PLAYERS
Sharkawy Elfar
Senior Partner – Head of Tax
Qualifications
- Bachelor of commerce, Cairo University
- Member of the Egyptian Society of Accountants and Auditors
- Master Degree in Accounting from the Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Science
Experience
Sharkawy have significant experiences with respect to the VAT and Excise Tax, and has over 5 years of working experience in the Egyptian tax authority – 9 of which were spent working in The Large Taxpayer Centre which is the largest Egyptian tax unit for the 1500 largest enterprises established in Egypt, as a Tax Auditor for Sales Tax and Excise Tax.
Sector Experience
Assist and advise clients on the introduction and implementation of VAT including (advising on the operation of VAT, Identifying issues that may impact the business, reviewing the supply chain and the operation process, Managing issues and provide remediation plan, recommending any amendments needed for VAT compliance, and Preparing VAT training presentations for client staff)
Hesham Elafandy, CPA
Managing Partner and Head of Audit
IFRSs accredited
Qualifications
- Bachelor of commerce, Cairo University
- Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Illinois)
- Fellow of the Egyptian Society of Accountants and Auditors
Experience
- Worked with KPMG – Egypt for 35 years till July 2016. He has over 20 years considerable experience in financial audit and Due Diligence Assistance for clients operating in Banking and Finance, and other financial institutions in addition to other industries.
- Head Of Financial Services at KPMG – Egypt AND Egyptian Cluster (Jordan, Libya, Syria, and Yemen) from 2002 till 2016
- Head Of Audit at KPMG – Egypt from 2009 till 2014
- Head of the committee established by Central Bank Of Egypt to set the Egyptian Banking Accounting Standards and Credit Risk Assessment Rules.
- Head of the committee established by the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (EFSA) and The Egyptian Stock Exchange to set the Egyptian Accounting Standards for Egyptian Insurance and re-insurance Companies
- Assigned by the World Bank to set the Accounting Standards and Risk Management rules for Commercial and Islamic Banks in Yemen.
Sector Experience
- Involved as an engagement partner in major Audit services, Advisory and Due Diligence Assistance Involved in many IFRSs Financial Statements conversion.
- Instructors for many accounting, auditing training course with many reputable Institutions
Mohamed Hawas, CPA
Senior Partner – Assurance, and Advisory
Risk Management Partner
Qualifications
- IFRS Accredited
- TS Accredited
- Bachelor of commerce, Cairo University
- Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Fellow of the Egyptian Society of Accountants and Auditors
Experience
- Worked with KPMG – Egypt for 27 years till July 2016. He has over 25 years considerable experience in financial audit and Due Diligence Assistance for clients operating in Hotels, Tourism, Development Banks, Constructions, Real estate developments, Pharmaceutical, and other institutions.
- Worked 10 Years as CFO for GlaxoSmith Kline (GSK) Saudi Arabia
Sector Experience
- Involved as an engagement partner in major Audit services, Advisory and Due Diligence Assistance Involved in many IFRS Financial Statements conversion.
Hisham Kadry Issa, CPA
Senior Partner – Assurance, and Advisory
Qualifications
- IFRS Accredited
- TS Accredited
- Bachelor of commerce, Cairo University
- Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Fellow of the Egyptian Society of Accountants and Auditors
Experience
- Worked for KPMG till April 2016 not July 2016
- He was selected as a Training Consultant for the Saudi Organization for Certified Public Accountants (SOCPA) in 1995.
- He worked for 3 years as the Executive Officer Finance for Ring Group (OTH).
Sector Experience
- Involved as an engagement partner in major Audit services, Advisory Involved in many IFRS Financial Statements conversion.
- Instructors for many accounting, auditing training course with many reputable Institutions
Mohamed Sharkawy
Position Senior Partner – Head of Training
Qualifications
- Researcher Master in Business Administration, Cairo University
- Bachelor of Accounting, Cairo University
- Arab Certified Public Accountant, # 2089
- Certified Public Accountant, Egypt, # 28,414
Experience
- Managing Director, Activity Group Egypt
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Activity Group UAE
- Chief Financial Controller, Ministry of Finance, UAE
- professional development consultant, EY Egypt
Sector Experience
- Sharkawy is considered as one of “Financial Education” leaders in the Arab world which focus on support entrepreneurs through providing consultations, training packages and workshops that help in the development of business and increase investment opportunities. Sharkawy is also the founder of the “Arab Accountants Community” website in 2005, that currently has more than 190k member and the founder of the electronic platform “Arab Governance Community”.
- Sharkawy is a certified board of director’s member by the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (EFSA), a managing director at “Activity Group” and a founder member at “Arabia for Business Development Co.”. He is also a member of the board of directors of several professional associations and institutions that support SMEs and spread the financial education.
HEAD OFFICE
Address:
Building 500 Abdelmoneam Ryad St.
Giza – Egypt
Managing Partner:
Mr. Hesham El Afandy, CPA
Partner-in-charge:
Mr. Sharkawy Elfar, MSC
Managing Director:
Mr. Mohamed Sharkawy, MBA
Mobile phone : +20 122 7007 8700 (Mr. Sharkawy)
Telephone: +20 12 8888 291
Facsimile: To be advised
Email: info@shacc.com
