Pan-African Audit Risk & Governance Africa Conference to be hosted in Mozambique

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MIS Training Institute

Jul 16, 2013, 03:00 ET


Maputo, Mozambique (PRWEB UK) 16 July 2013 -- Mozambique will be the host country for the 8th Annual Audit Risk & Governance Africa Conference, which will take place at the Hotel Polana, Maputo, on 13-16 August.

The main theme of this year's programme is ‘Driving Leadership, Transparency & Accountability in Government & Industry’. The 4-day programme will open with keynote addresses from senior government representatives and will address strategies for providing assurance, robust risk management, effective corporate governance and reporting.

This year’s international speaker panel comprises senior representatives including:

  • Honourable Minister of Finance, Republic of Mozambique (invited)
  • Mr. Machatine Munguambe, President: Tribunal Administrativo Tribunal Administrative (TA), Republic of Mozambique (invited)
  • Mr. Tarek Rouchdy, Auditor General, Office of the Auditor General, African Development Bank
  • Mr. Ivor Beazley, Head of Governance and Anti-Corruption (Operations Policy and Country Services), World Bank
  • Mr. Edward R. Ouko, Auditor General, Kenya National Audit Office
  • Mr. Ludovick S.L. Utouh, Controller and Auditor General, National Audit Office, Tanzania
  • Mr. Anthony R. P. Williams, Non Executive Director, FBN Bank (UK) Ltd., UK
  • Mr. Andrew Smuts, Head: Internal Audit Personal and Business Banking, Standard Bank Group, South Africa

The 8th Audit, Risk & Governance Africa Conference will have over 15 case studies on audit, assurance, fraud, governance & risk management best practice allowing attendees to take best-practice techniques back to the office for immediate implementation.

The conference will end with a closed-door Audit Directors' Roundtable, offering opportunities to benchmark, troubleshoot and draw up resolutions to create a solid action plan for implementation.

Sara Hook, Director of Conferences at MIS Training Institute EMEA, said:

“We are delighted to bring this well-established conference to Mozambique in 2013, following requests from regular participants of this event. The conference is hosted in a different country every year and is the recognised place for Auditor Generals, Chief Audit Executives and senior professionals from government and industry to convene."

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Tony McPartlan, MIS Training Institute, +44 (0)20 7779 7295, [email protected]