Wissam Safwan

CEO

KPMG in Lebanon

  • Wissam Safwan is the CEO or KPMG Lebanon and Regional Managing Partner - Lebanon for KPMG Saudi Levant. Prior to his appointment, he was the Head of Audit. 
  • He has around 20 years of audit experience, and was part of the deployment team of the eAudit, the KPMG automated audit workflow. During his career, he has led audit teams and oversaw the efforts of multiple client engagements in a wide variety of industries. He planned and performed audits in accordance with International Standards on Auditing on global clients. He led special purpose financial statements audits on several clients. 
  • He maintains active communication with clients to manage expectations, ensure satisfaction, and lead change efforts effectively. He works with the client base to make recommendations on business improvement and process improvement and serves as a business advisor to client.
  • Wissam has several local and global clients with the primary responsibilities of leading the audit teams across different countries, dealing with clients, executive management groups and presenting the findings and recommendations to Board Members.