Bhavesh Gandhi

Risk Management Leader, KPMG Middle East, South Asia, Caucasus and Central Asia (MESAC) region and Head of Financial Services, KPMG in Kuwait

KPMG in Kuwait

Bhavesh is currently the Risk Management Leader (RML) for the MESAC region and also Head of Financial Services, KPMG in Kuwait. In his role as the MESAC RML, Bhavesh is responsible for the implementation of consistent and robust risk management processes across the MESAC member firms.

Experience

Bhavesh has over 20 years of Big 4 experience in providing assurance and related services to national, regional and international banks and other financial institutions.

Before joining KPMG in 2011, Bhavesh worked at another Big 4 firm in  Bahrain where he was part of the external audit practice. He was also  engaged in providing accounting advice to clients on range of International  Financial Reporting Standards (such as goodwill impairment, classification  and valuation of financial instruments), including hands on experience in  researching complex accounting and auditing issues.

Bhavesh led audits of several large banks with operations across various geographies. He also provided financial advisory to clients on a range of International Financial Reporting Standards (such as goodwill impairment, financial instruments classification and valuation), including hands on experience in researching complex accounting and auditing issues.