An IIA official receiving the licence from QFC Authority officials.
The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Authority has issued a licence to The Institute of Internal Auditors Qatar to provide professional services. Raed Al Emadi, Chief Commercial Officer at the authority, issued the licence to IIA President, IIA said in a statement yesterday.
“As per the agreement, the IIA chapter is expected to perform relevant activities to serve members and foster the development of internal audit in Qatar. The licence will facilitate accelerating training and learning activities” stated Sundaresan Rajeswar, IIA spokesperson. The new entity with QFC is named “The Institute of Internal Auditors Doha Chapter LLC (G).”
The chapter is set to launch various trainings in the coming months starting with a full day training on Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and an evening session on “Innovation” in November, a full day event with President & CEO of the IIA Global Richard Chambers in December. There will also be session on soft skills and coaching for Certified Internal Audit Examinations planned during this period.The IIA, an international professional association established in 1941 is based in Florida, US. With its global network of 180,000 individual members in nearly 170 countries from all industries and sectors.
The IIA is recognised throughout the world as the internal audit profession’s global voice, chief advocate, recognized authority, acknowledged leader, and principal educator, the internal audit profession's leader in certification, education, research, and technical guidance.
IIA Qatar has been the official and exclusive representative of The Institute of Internal Auditors in Qatar since June 2003, said official.
