Chartered accountant, IT practitioner, and public financial management expert with over 30 years of progressively responsible experience in business development, project management, consultancy, and capacity-building in PFM and IT. The expert has worked extensively on both local and international initiatives, providing technical advice and capacity building for implementing public sector fiscal reforms. These efforts include accounting, monitoring & evaluation, audit, debt, and cash management, as well as integrated financial management information systems (IFMIS). The expert has successfully collaborated with international funding organizations such as the World Bank, IMF, FCDO, EuropeAid, ADB, AfDB, and the Commonwealth Secretariat.

The expert possesses primary sectors of expertise in training, public administration, information & communication technology, programme & resource management, finance & accounting, audit, and decentralization & local development. In various leadership roles, the expert has managed and delivered technical assistance and capacity-building projects worldwide, providing high-level management support to governments and covering budget formulation and execution, monitoring & evaluation, audit, debt and cash management, decentralization, fiduciary risk assessment, and IFMIS.

Notable achievements include a proven track record in devising and delivering training courses in public financial management, audit, monitoring and evaluation, project management, and IFMIS to public officials across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. The expert played a key role in developing the Commonwealth Secretariat Debt Recording & Management System (CS-DRMS 2000+). The expert is highly skilled in IT systems integration processes, re-engineering and interfacing software, and developing computerized databases to support data collection, analysis, and reporting.

Technical skills encompass financial software analysis and development using a variety of tools (Delphi, C#, PHP, Python) and relational databases (Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, Interbase, MongoDB, Access). Additionally, the expert is well-versed in accounting and audit software, including Oracle Financials, Epicor, Hyperion, Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, Sage, Xero, and Audit Automation. The expert utilizes office productivity and networking tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio, Project, and Windows IIS. The expert's work and leadership have contributed to a successful history of designing and implementing charts of accounts for countries like Nepal, Sierra Leone, and Somalia, and integrating debt management software with accounting systems across multiple nations.