ICATT council appoints new president

She was elected president at the first council meeting following the ICATT annual general meeting (AGM) held at the Radisson Hotel, Port of Spain, last week.

Golding has served on the ICATT council since March 2014. Prior to her current appointment, she was first vice president (2016-2017) and second vice president for the 2015 -2016 term. She has also held the position of chair of the Auditing and Accounting Standards (A&AS) Committee for the past three terms.

In her over 25 years of professional experience in audits of both public and private sector clients, Golding has worked throughout the Caribbean.

She has served as lead audit partner of several regional clients and as an engagement quality review partner for many clients of KPMG. She is also the partner responsible for corporate social responsibility and risk management.

Golding congratulated outgoing president, Pria Narinesingh, on a successful three-year period at the helm of ICATT which culminated in the revision of the institute’s rules and regulations after 46 years.

Addressing members immediately after her presidency was announced she said, “I am especially looking forward to working with the council, the secretariat and the membership to continue the growth of the profession and working to implement the new rules which come into effect Jan 1, 2018.” At the first council meeting which followed the AGM, five newly elected council members joined the now 13-member council. Denise Chinpire- O’Reilly, a chartered accountant and managing director of KS Chinpire Contracting Services was elected first vice president for 2017-2018 and Dwayne Rodriguez- Seijas, an assurance partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, was elected second vice president. Also re-elected to council was Derek Mohammed, lead audit partner at Deloitte, and a former ICATT president.

Elected to the council for the first time were Dianne A. Mano, a certified chartered accountant, certified anti-money laundering specialist, attorney- at law and principal of D. Mano and Co, and Dinesh Bhola, a Fellow of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Internal Auditors.

He is also the principal of D.S. Bhola and Co. and the Managing Director of DSB Financial Solutions Ltd.

Other members who have been retained as members of Council are: Anthony Pierre, Ryan Nunes, Krishna Boodhai, Leslie Nelson, Nicole Joseph, and Kerri Maharaj.