ISLEM RIDANE
Tunis,Tunisia
Summary
Talented professional with several years of experience and successful career in planning, developing, and executing events and initiatives to achieve maximum potential. Creative and highly strategic with excellent leadership and client relations abilities. Professional and outgoing with success in building relationships and attracting new clients.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Managing Partner
Fidunion Tunisia
06.2006 - Current
- Company Overview: independent member of PrimeGlobal International (Merger between IGAF & POLARIS & FIDUNION)
- Advisory engagements: ECORYS Nederland BV (Local Expert) - Project for the European Union- Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment of Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement between the EU & Tunisia
- ECORYS Nederland BV (Local Expert) - Project for the European Union- Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment of Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement between the EU & Morocco
- ECORYS Nederland BV (Local Expert) - European Commission request: portal for SME support services
- EUROMONITOR International (In-country Analyst) - Retail landscape assessment project study for Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco
- EUROMONITOR International (In-country Analyst) - Trade Project for Brazil Apex Trade - Conducting 30 trade interviews with food and beverage companies to be able to identify best importers to invite to Brazil in SIAL
- EUROMONITOR International (In-country Analyst) - Research on English language in Tunisia for British Council
- EUROMONITOR International (In-country Analyst) - Project for a major sweets and confectionary manufacturer market study
- L'Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Appliquées et de Management (SESAME) - Manual of procedures and Information Systems terms of reference redaction
- PROCHIMAT (chemical company) - ISO Quality Certification
- Société Tunisienne de Presse (SOTUPRESSE) - Organizational diagnosis and development of a bailout
- Tunisie Engineering et Construction Industrielle (TECI) - Project Management advisory project
- Société Tunisienne des Industries de Raffinage (STIR) - Engagement of flow chart revision study and function cards elaboration
- Compagnie Tunisienne de Forage (CTF) - Manual of procedures update engagement
- Centre de Formation et d'Appui à la Décentralisation (CFAD) - cost accounting system implementation engagement
- EUROPCAR - Invitation to tenders preparation engagement
- Société des Ciments d'Oum El Kélil (CIOK) - cost accounting system implementation engagement
- Independent member of PrimeGlobal International (Merger between IGAF & POLARIS & FIDUNION)
- Projects Audit engagements (Signing Partner): Project of Ministry of Development & International Cooperation: Audit of support program of performing the association agreement (P3A) between the European Union and Tunisia for the Tunisian Agency of Technical Cooperation - Funded by: the European Union (EU).
- Project of Ministry of Development & International Cooperation: Audit of support program of performing the association agreement and the neighborhood action plan (P3A II) between the European Union and Tunisia for the Tunisian Agency of Technical Cooperation - Funded by: the European Union (EU)
- Projects of the African Water Facility: Inter Governmental Authority for Development (IGAD) - Funded by: the African Development Bank (ADB).
- Projects of the African Water Facility: Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel (OSS) - Funded by: the African Development Bank (ADB).
- Legal Audit engagements (Signing Partner): Institut National de la Normalisation et de la Propriété Industrielle (INNORPI), Consortium Tuniso-Koweitien de Développement (CTKD), Bureau d'Etudes Arabe Tuniso-Libyen (BEATL), Société Anonyme des conserves alimentaires (SADCA), Ateliers Mecaniques Industriels - AMI, AMI Commerciale, Dream In International, Seven Communications, KELIPRO, Offshore Success
Senior Manager, Audit & Advisory
KPMG Qatar
11.2005 - 05.2006
- Audit engagements: Supreme Education Council (Independent Schools), Qatar General Insurance & Reinsurance, Al Koot Insurance, Al Ahli Hospital, Aramex, Al Dana Club, Al Manhal (Nestle), Qatar Flour Mills, Genco, Blue Diamond, Byrne Equipment, Plazza Universal, Techno Q
Senior Manager
Ernst & Young Tunisia
07.2002 - 10.2005
- In charge of: Audit Department: Assurance & Advisory Business Services Department (A.A.B.S.), People Director (Technical Human Resources Manager: Learning & Development, Career Management, Recruiting and Performance Measurement), TSRS (Technology and Security Risk Services), Member of E&Y JBS Global Network (Japan Business Services), JBS Coordinator of region Africa and Middle East and Member of E&Y Japan ODA team (Official Development Assistance) for the African region.
- Audit engagements: Nimir Petroleum, Schneider Electric Tunisie, ABB Maghreb Services, Lear Corporation, Leonishce Tunisia, Société Tunisienne de Lunetterie, Groupe Bacou-Dalloz, Office National de l'Assainissement (ONAS), Société Nationale d'Exploitation et de Distribution des Eaux (SONEDE), BEZEMA TUNISIA, Saudi Tunisian Company for Edible Oils (SATUCO), EL MAZRAA, Groupe POULINA, ARTES (Renault Tunisia), L'Affiche Tunisie, Société Tunisienne du Gazoduc Transtunisien (SOTUGAT), SNAM Gaz & Power, ENI Group, Milan (Italy), ENEL s.p.a., Rome (Italy), GEOPLIN d.o.o., Ljubjana (Slovenia)
- Sarbanes Oxley engagements: UNILEVER Tunisia, UNILEVER Algeria (Oran)
- Technology and Security Risk Services engagements: TOTAL Tunisie, Beit Ettamouil Saoudi Tounsi (BEST BANK), Banque de Tunisie et des Emirats d'Investissement (BTEI), Banque Tuniso-Qatari d'Investissement (BTQI)
- Consolidation engagements: Groupe Poulina
- JBS engagements (Japan Business Services): Projects study - ODA Department of E&Y Japan (Official Development Assistance), YKK Trading Tunisia (Audit), YKK Tunisia (Audit), Nissan Motors Egypt (International Tax), Participation in the European JBS Meeting 2003 in Amsterdam
- Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) engagements: Tunisie TradeNet: Intangible assets valuation and business plan establishment
Assistant, Senior Assistant, then Supervisor
Ernst & Young Tunisia
11.1996 - 07.1998
- Audit engagements: Tunisian Company of Refining Industries (STIR), National Company of Distribution of Petrol (SNDP), Club Med, Landed Agency of Habitation (AFH), EL MAZRAA Company, POULINA Holding, Agricultural Development of Dates (SODAD), Abou Nawas Boujaafar Hotel, Parapharm SA Company, Parapharm Distribution Company, Argania Company
- Accounting, taxation and financial consulting engagements: Premier Oil, PFIZER Tunisia, Sousse Center Company
- Corporate Finance engagements: FUBA Tunisia of Printed Circuits
- Publication: Participation in writing the booklet: 'Doing Business in Tunisia'
Education
Master Business Administration (M.B.A.) - Accounting Systems, Information Systems Auditing
Business Administration School of Kobe University
Japan03.2002
High Studies Certificate of Accounting - Trainee Chartered Accountant Diploma
High Accounting and Business Administration Institute of Tunis
11.1996
Bachelor's Degree - Accounting
High Management Institute of Tunis
06.1995
Diploma of High Technician - Accounting
High Management Institute of Tunis
06.1993
Other Diplomas
- 03/01/99, Language Proficiency Degree in Japanese, Cross Cultural Studies Faculty of Kobe University (Japan)
- 06/01/98, Language Proficiency Degree in Business English, British Council
Research And Publications
- 04/01/02, Chartered Accountant Diploma final thesis titled: 'Audit in a high-tech continuous information environment', High Accounting and Business Administration Institute of Tunis
- 03/01/02, Master thesis titled: 'Contribution of IT systems in providing real-time reporting and auditing', Business Administration School of Kobe University (Japan)
- 12/01/00, Research titled: 'Conceptual framework of continuous auditing', Tunisian Institute of Chartered Accountants
- 08/01/00, Research titled: 'Basic principles of auditor independence: analyzing threats and safeguards', Tunisian Institute of Chartered Accountants
- 01/01/00, Research titled: 'Auditing implications of electronic information management and exchange', Tunisian Institute of Chartered Accountants
- 10/01/98, 03/31/00, Research Student, Japanese Government Scholarship (MONBUSHO Program), researches in Information Systems Auditing area, Business Administration School of Kobe University
- 08/01/98, Research titled: 'Computer auditing', Tunisian Institute of Chartered Accountants
- 01/01/98, Research titled: 'Limited review of accounts', Tunisian Institute of Chartered Accountants
- 07/01/97, Research titled: 'Analytical review', Tunisian Institute of Chartered Accountants
- 07/01/95, Thesis titled: 'The role of the bank as stock exchange intermediary', High Management Institute of Tunis
Special Skills
Arabic, French, English, Japanese, Studying languages, Sports, Windsurfing, Scuba-diving
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 07/20/73
Awards
- 10/01/98, 03/31/02, Monbusho Scholarship, Japanese Government, Ministry of Education
- 03/01/01, Bunzaburo Suzuki Scholarship, Bunzaburo Suzuki fund, Japan-Tunisia Association
Training And Internship
- 09/01/07, Italian Institute for Foreign Trade (ICE) - Tunis, Training seminar certifying on the innovation and the technologies transfer (Italian Expert)
- 07/01/03, Ernst & Young Japan (Shin Nihon & Co - Tokyo Office), JBS training (Japan Business Services) STTP (Short Term Training Program)
- 10/01/00, 03/31/02, Arthur Andersen Japan (Asahi & Co - Osaka Office), Internship at Technology Risk Consulting (TRC) Department
- 08/01/94, 09/30/94, Mohamed Karray Chartered Accounting Office, Training
Others
01/01/05, Member of the Quality Control Committee of the Tunisian Institute of Chartered Accountants
Timeline
Managing Partner
Fidunion Tunisia
06.2006 - Current
Senior Manager, Audit & Advisory
KPMG Qatar
11.2005 - 05.2006
Senior Manager
Ernst & Young Tunisia
07.2002 - 10.2005
Assistant, Senior Assistant, then Supervisor
Ernst & Young Tunisia
11.1996 - 07.1998
Master Business Administration (M.B.A.) - Accounting Systems, Information Systems Auditing
Business Administration School of Kobe University
High Studies Certificate of Accounting - Trainee Chartered Accountant Diploma
High Accounting and Business Administration Institute of Tunis
Bachelor's Degree - Accounting
High Management Institute of Tunis
Diploma of High Technician - Accounting
High Management Institute of Tunis
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