Farid Mattar. Cpa

Farid Mattar is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) with extensive work experience in finance and auditing. Farid began their career as an Auditor at Coopers & Lybrand in 1996, where they applied accounting and auditing standards and communicated audit issues to the team in-charge. Farid then joined PwC as an Assistant Manager in 1998, managing a portfolio of multinational and local clients and ensuring the quality of audit work.

In 2004, Farid joined Abu Dhabi Accountability Authority (ADAA) as an Audit Team Leader. Farid managed a team of professionals, prepared risk-based audit plans, conducted internal controls and compliance assessments, and provided audit opinions on the AD Government's combined financial statements.

From 2008 to 2011, Farid worked at the State Audit Institution - UAE as Deputy Executive Director. In this role, they were a member of various committees and contributed to restructuring the organization to provide assurance on corporate governance, internal controls, and safeguarding public funds.

Farid then served as Group CFO at Emirates College of Technology Group from 2012 to 2016. Farid'sresponsibilities included overseeing the finance function, ensuring efficiency and effectiveness of operations, and contributing to the development of the long-term strategic plan.

Currently, Farid is the Group CFO at Royal Group LLC, specifically for Sinyar Holding. In this role, they direct and oversees the finance function to ensure operational efficiency, internal controls, financial accounting and reporting, budgetary control, planning and forecasting, and financing and investing activities.

Farid Mattar obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting from Ain Shams University, where they studied from 1989 to 1993. Prior to that, they attended The English School - Cairo for their high school education. Farid also holds several certifications in the accounting and auditing fields. In 2006, they became a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) through the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). In 2007, they obtained the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) designation from The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). Most recently, in 2021, Farid became a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) through the AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants).