Charles Batchelor

Partner, Accounting and Finance

KPMG Lower Gulf

Charles is an advisory Partner specializing in finance and corporate reporting services. He worked in KPMG UK for 15 years before joining KPMG Lower Gulf. He has been involved in consulting on financial reporting for over 30 years, initially focusing on transaction accounting and complex financial reporting projects, and more recently on broader corporate reporting, including sustainability reporting. Charles financial reporting experience includes accounting support and advisory on the IFRS implications of transactions and preparation of carve-out and special purpose financial statements various accounting regimes including IFRS and US GAAP requirements. Charles experience in sustainability reporting includes advising on the implications of ISSB standards, their connectivity to financial statements and their interoperability with other frameworks. Charles also has extensive experience in training and consulting with businesses on their finance and accounting policies. He has trained finance and non-finance professionals on all aspects of IFRS from a technical standpoint and a broader business perspective.

  • BA (Hons) Open

  • Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales

  • Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

  • Sustainability reporting

  • Transaction accounting

  • Financial reporting

  • Tax accounting

  • Structured transactions