5th Annual Audit, Risk & Governance Africa Conference

Achieving Accountability, Transparency & Governance

The Riverside Hotel Durban, South Africa, 9th – 13th August 2010

"MIS Training's Audit, Risk & Governance Conference is remarkable - inspiring, empowering, exciting & equipping. An excellent package with practical tools/skills that empower beyond imagination" - Board Member, CDF Kenya

Agenda at a glance

Back for its 5^th year, the Audit, Risk & Governance Africa Conference will provide you with the ultimate forum to:

• Share 'best practice' in audit and risk management to develop professional skills, ethics and strong governance frameworks
• Combat fraud and corruption to improve accountability and transparency
• Bring out the strategic advantages of audit to form international co-operations and trusted networks between business and government

All of this will help you take back new skills to your workplace and boost the profile of audit and governance across Africa. Ensure you are a part of it!

The Prestigious International Speaker Panel for Durban Already Includes:

Keynote Insights by:

• Mr. Terence Nombembe, Auditor-General, Office of the Auditor-General South Africa (& Chairman, AFROSAI & First Vice Chairman, INTOSAI Governing Board) – Republic of South Africa
• Mr. Freeman Nomvalo, Accountant General, Office of the Accountant-General, National Treasury – Republic of South Africa
• Professor Mervyn E. King SC, Chairman, King Committee on Corporate Governance in South Africa
• Honourable Thokozani Khuphe MP, Deputy Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
• Mr. Anthony Oyedele Amoman, Director of the Criminal Investigation Department, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) of Nigeria
• Mr. Eddie R. Ouko, Auditor General, African Development Bank
• Dr. Kingsley Moghalu, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria
• Mr. Mark Carawan, Group Internal Audit Director, Barclays Bank PLC – UK
• Mr. Ludovick S.L. Utouh, Controller and Auditor General, National Audit Office - The United Republic of Tanzania

An International Keynote Speaker Panel Includes

• Honourable Mary. R. Mugyenyi , MP, Second Vice President, Africa Union- Pan Africa Parliament - Republic of South Africa
• Mr. Ivor Beazley, Head of Projects on Governance and Anti-Corruption (GAC) & Chair of GAC Committee, World Bank –U.S.
• Mr. Livhuwani Ronald Phume, Head of Internal Audit, Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) – Republic of South Africa
• Mr. Jim D. Best, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Kalahari Energy – Botswana
• Ms. Suzanne Orr, Head of Internal Audit, Home Office - UK
• Mr. Andrew Smuts, Director, Global PBB Audit - Group Internal Audit, Standard Bank Group – Republic of South Africa
• Mr. BSD Sanga, Principal Staff Officer to the Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission – Nigeria
• Mr. Patrick E. O. Obath, Chairman, Federation of Kenya Employers & Chairman, Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) – Kenya
• Mr. Murray Michell, Director, Financial Intelligence Centre - Republic of South Africa
• Mr. Matt Allen, Head of Secretariat- Counter Fraud Strategy, National Fraud Authority – UK
• Mr. Graham Joscelyne, Specialist in Oversight and Assurance (& Immediate Past Chairman, Audit Committee for the UN World Food Programme, Former Auditor General, World Bank)
• Mr. Ross Fraser, Senior Consultant Internal Audit & Integrity, Angolan Customs Service (Alfandegas) – Angola
• Mr. James Paterson, Recently Chief Internal Auditor, Astra Zeneca – UK
• Dr. B. E. Ndungu, Group Security and Risk Manager, RIOZIM LIMITED – Zimbabwe
• Lady Olga Maitland, CEO, Money Transfer International & Founder, Defence & Security Forum – UK
• Dr Sally Leivesley, Newrisk Limited London, Advisors to Governments and Companies on Catastrophic Risk, Continuity and Security – UK
• Dr. Eduardo Gelbstein, Adjunct Professor, Webster University, Geneva, Former Advisor, UN Board of Auditors & Former Director, UN International Computing Centre – Switzerland
• Mr. Floris Van Den Dool, Security Practice Leader, Europe, Africa and Latin America; Accenture
• Mr. Danie du Plessis, Director: Unit for Forensic Accounting in the Department of Accounting, University of Pretoria - Republic of South Africa
• Ms. Valerie Jenkins, CIO, Zurich Insurance Company - South Africa
• Mr. Mwenya P. Chitalu, CIA, Head of Procurement, Zanaco Bank plc – Zambia
• Mr. Roar Frøystad, Leading Auditor, Statoil ASA – Norway
• Dr. Swatantra A. Goolsarran, FCCA, Executive Secretary, United Nations Board of Auditors and Panel of External Auditors (& Former Auditor General, Audit Office of Guyana)
• Mr. Graham J. Ayre, Internal Audit Manager, Fortis Audit Services - UK
• Mr. Renaud Seligmann, Senior Financial Management Specialist, World Bank

The 2010 conference takes place in the beautiful setting of Durban, South Africa on 9th – 13th August. Over 200 pioneers from across business and government will convene to discuss how organisations can achieve greater accountability and transparency by unlocking the full value of audit, effective risk management and strong governance.

• Traditionally opened by the Honourable Minister for Finance of the host country and supported by Auditor Generals and Central Bank Governors from across Africa, this event is now well-established as the place to convene. The sea front of Durban South Africa will make the ideal new setting for this high profile event, following the success of previous venues in Mombasa, Zanzibar, Accra and Uganda. Don't miss:
• A dedicated international networking forum for like-minded peers from over 25 different countries
• Participation in important dialogue around the key challenges in the fields of best practice audit strategy, robust risk management techniques, governance and ethics, fraud prevention, detection and investigation and anti-corruption strategy, audit of information security & technology
• An established forum to meet typically inaccessible keynote speakers to expand your professional reach – CEOs, central bank governors, auditor generals, audit directors, chief risk officers and senior representatives from the inter-governmental bodies
• International speaker panel –keynotes, case studies, panel debates and interactive workshops from Africa, Europe, Asia, U.S.

Recommended by last year's participants:

"MIS is the leader training institution for strategies for the fight against corruption in the African continents, encouraging Africans to find African solutions to corruption" - Auditor General (State), Office of the Auditor-General, Kano State, Nigeria

"The conference is among the best conferences in the world, not worthy missing it" - Chief Internal Auditor, Parastatal Pensions Fund, Tanzania

"Having attended all the 4 yearly conferences, my knowledge of audit, risk & governance issues has remained fresh and relevant to my work. Highly recommended to my friends and colleagues" - Head of Internal Audit, African Reinsurance Corporation, Nigeria

"The conference was an eye opener, it highlighted critical areas which otherwise are taken for granted" - Internal Auditor, National Pension School Authority, Zambia

For further information on this years' programme please contact shook@misitieurope.com.

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