New partners at BDO Jawad Habib

With over 15 years experience in Business & Strategy Consulting; Nicolas Pougnet has worked with both the public and private sectors in Europe and internationally, and is a specialist in dealing with government organisations, health care and the finance sector.

His main responsibility includes planning and ensuring that high standards are maintained by the firm through value added services. He will be involved with Strategic Planning, Human Resource Business Process, Re-engineering, Compensation and Incentive Schemes. Nicolas received his Masters degree in Economics and Financial Analysis and Project Management Methodology from Geneva University in Switzerland.

Robert Brown who is responsible for BDO Jawad Habib's Risk Management practice in the region. He has a strong background in Audit, Risk Management and Consultancy together with extensive work experience gained in Europe, South Africa, the Americas and the Middle East in a number of industries, notably, Financial Services, Natural Resources, Infrastructure and FMCG.

His responsibilities will include leading the area of the firm that is devoted to Internal Audit, Risk Management and other related disciplines (such as BCP and Data Protection). Robert received his Masters degree in Commerce from Johannesburg University in South Africa, he is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Certified Information Systems Auditor.

'We are thrilled to promote Nicolas and Robert to these important positions', said Jawad Habib Jawad, Senior Partner BDO Jawad Habib 'both Partners will play an active role in ensuring that the Firm continues to maintain the highest levels of client service, quality and technical expertise and will liaise with and support clients of the Firm though appropriate forums. This will include interacting with senior personnel in the business community and making a positive contribution to business in the region' he added.

BDO Jawad Habib is a member of BDO International, one of the largest auditing and management consulting firms in the world. The global network has 625 offices in 111 countries providing Business Advisory services throughout the world.