By a staff reporter
ACCOUNTING firms need to become key players in the growth and development of the Arab world, or face the prospect of becoming, mere spectators, warned the head of a public accountants firm in Dubai.
Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, chairman of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh International (TAGI), and president of the Arab Society of Certified Accountants (ASCA), said in a press release it was “about time that international accounting firms contributed to the process of development in the Arab world.”
TAGI, which operates through 46 offices (mostly in the Arab world), recently concluded a week-long audit training course for Arab accounting students from the UAE University, Al Ain. These students have been assigned to various TAGI offices in the UAE for a three-week session to undergo practical audit training.
“In keeping with TAGI’s longstanding commitment to professional development in the Arab world, this course was offered as a service to the Arab business community in response to a request from the UAE University,” the release quoted Ziad Ida, managing partner of TAGI’s Dubai office.
Abbas Ali Mirza, TAGI’s director of professional development, said “extensive floor participation, group presentations and other advanced teaching techniques were used in the practical auditing training course.”