Baraka Kabemba

Working and developping the Advisory line of services in Francophone Africa, and reporting directly to the Partner.

Advisory assignement and Business Recovery Services for major players in the following sectors :
- Supply Chain Management (Maersk Line and Safmarine / Container Inland Services)
- Logistics (Portek Group / Singapour)
- Telco and Infocomm (Celtel and MTN)
- NGOs (Care International)
Manager for various assignements including maninly :
- Best practices review
- Risk Mapping
- Procedures manual

External / statutory / Group audit of International Groups and Local clients in Gabon, and in Africa(French GAAP / US GAAP / IFRS / OHADA).
- Audit assignement in both the financial and industry sector
- Oil & Gas audit assignement (upstream and downstream)
- Telco sector in Africa (MTN, Zain / ex-Celtel etc.)

Due diligences in the US, Gabon, Tanzania, Liberia, Zambia, Angola, Ouganda, Rwanda :
- Company assessement and valuation, restructuring et liquidation ;
- Internal control assessement, Procedures manual ;
- SOX Compliance assignements;
- OMB Compliance assignements (A-133).
- Assistance to obtain Banking Licence in Gabon

As an Manager I am in charge of assignements (from A to Z for both technical and administrative aspects) and direct reporting to Partners. Main tasks include :
- Budgets and fees negotiations
- Planning, Scoping and coaching
- Review and reporting (Audit Opinion)
- Trainings and soft skills
- Etc.

Main client in the Oil & Gas Sector :
- ENI CONGO SA
- SHELL Gabon
- ADDAX Gabon
- TOTAL Gabon
- ExxonMobil Gabon

Main client in the Telco and Infocomm Sector :
- Celtel (Gabon, Congo B)
- MTN Group (Benin, Ivory Coast, Congo B)

Main Non for profit :
- GLOBAL FUND (Acting as the Local Fund Agent)
- AFRICARE
- CARE
- Conservation International

Main client in the Financial Sector :
- BNP PARIBAS
- Credit Agricole
- BGFI BANK
- Banque Gabonaise de Developpement
- JP Morgan (Belgium)
- Banque Privée Edmond de Rotschild (Luxembourg)
- Lombard Odier Drier Hientsch (Belgium)

Due diligences :
- Review of the real estate credit portfolio a Bank in Gabon in the context of its transfer to a newly created branch
- Assistance in the file setting of a new factoring company in Gabon in order to acquire the related license from the prudential authority (COBAC).
- SOX review and testing for an Oil & Gas company

- Audit assignments in both the financial sector (banking, insurance et pension funds) and industry in Belgium, France and Switzerland.
- Various professional trainings in accounting and finance matters (Including Corporate Finance.)

As the lead Senior Auditor I was in charge of the field management of the assignement.

Main clients in Financial Sector :
BANKS
- Lombard Odier Darier & Heintsch
- Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild Europe
- JP Morgan Chase Bank and JP Morgan International Bank
- Banque Commerciale du Maroc
- Banque Chaabi du Maroc
- Fortis Investment Management (GIPS project)
INSURANCE
- AXA Belgium (including USGAAP, FRGAAP, IFRS and SOX projects)
- Sirius International
- Zurich Assurance,
PENSION FUNDS
- Baxter Pension Funds
- Honeywell Pension Funds
- Fortis Pension Funds.

Main client in Industry Sector:
- Glaxo Smith Kline SA
- Novartis Pharma SA
- Boeringher Ingelheim SA
- Wauters Aciers
- Dade Behring
- Fidexis SA
- TradeGo SA.

Due diligences :
- Review, evaluation and testing by mean of walkthroughs of the business and process cycles of an insurance group in Belgium (AXA Belgium) in view of the SOX 404 certification.
- Assistance in the implementation program of the GIPS (Global Investments Portfolio Standards) within and investment bank in Belgium (Fortis Investments Management).

Telemarketing company hold by Vivendi - selling advert space to local firms and companies.

As a Management Trainee I was in charge of the day to day management of the call center (65 people):
- planning
- logistics
- crisis