ACCA , BoI to collaborate

By Our Correspondent
March 26, 2019

KARACHI: Board of Investment (BoI) chairman Haroon Sharif on Monday said that the government was focused on addressing the structural problems in the economy to ensure export-led development and achieve stabilisation through development of human resource in the country.

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Sharif said this during a meeting with Helen Brand OBE, Chief Executive, ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), who called on him.

“We are looking for tangible partnerships with private sector to bring in their knowledge and expertise to get the desired results,” the BoI chairman said.

Sharif said that the professional bodies such as ACCA had a significant role to play in the development of human resource in the fields of corporate management, particularly corporate finance.

Helen Brand highlighted that ACCA was training professionals on the line of fulfilling the requirements of digital age and is inculcating the highest standards of ethics and professionalism.

The ACCA team also shared some of the insights on ‘Ease of Doing Business’ and overall business environment in Pakistan.

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