KPMG In Bahrain Appoints New Head Of Advisory

Jeyapriya Partiban has been appointed as the Head of Advisory for KPMG in Bahrain effective 1 April 2021 with responsibility for driving growth and performance across KPMG’s advisory business. Ms. Partiban, will continue her role as member of the Board of KPMG in Bahrain and as the firm’s Advisory Partner leading the Risk Consulting practice.
Ms. Partiban’s area of specialization includes governance (corporate and family), forensics, internal audit, compliance, operations consulting, people and change, and overall risk consulting, with a career journey spanning over 2 decades with KPMG in Malaysia and Bahrain. She holds the professional qualification of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in addition to being a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).
Ms. Partiban has over 26 years of experience providing advisory services to clients globally and regionally. She has served as a member of The Board of Governors of The Institute of Internal Auditors from 2007 to 2018.
In her career with KPMG, she has worked with regulators and private and public sector organizations in over 20 countries including Singapore, UK, US, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Qatar, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Iraq, Jordan and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In addition to providing advice, guidance and training for Board members on a range of topics/ issues, she leads the firm’s family governance services aimed at helping owner managed businesses in setting up governance structures and succession plans for sustainable growth for generations to come.
Background Information
Burgan Bank
Established in 1977, Burgan Bank is the youngest conventional Bank and second largest by assets in Kuwait, with a significant focus on the corporate and financial institutions sectors, as well as having a growing retail, and private bank customer base. Burgan Bank has majority owned subsidiaries in the MENAT region supported by one of the largest regional branch networks. which include Gulf Bank Algeria - AGB (Algeria), Bank of Baghdad - BOB (Iraq & Lebanon),Tunis International Bank – TIB (Tunisia), and fully owned Burgan Bank – Turkey, (collectively known as the “Burgan Bank Group”). Furthermore, Burgan Bank has a present in the UAE through its corporate office (“Burgan Financial Services Limited) which had helped the bank to participate in multiple financing opportunities in the UAE.