Managing Partner and Regional Leader-MENA
RSM
Dr Bassam is a CPA and Board Member of the International Arab Certifi ed Accountants Association. In UAE, he was the co-founder of RSM Dahman (previously known as Dahman & Co.) and its sister fi rm RSM Dahman Management Consultancy (previously known as Crescent Management Consultancy) in Dubai in 1996 and launched the RSM UAE IT Consultancy company in 2017. In 2010 he was elected as the Regional Leader for MENA (Middle East & North Africa) to oversee the growth and development of RSM within the region and in 2017 the sub-region of West Africa was added to MENA. Dr Bassam has been the Partner in Charge of several clients in Development projects funded by the World Bank, IDA, IBRD, UNHCR, the Royal Netherlands Government and the Embassy of Japan – Yemen.
He also managed and supervised several Finance and Accounting training courses in banks, private sector fi rms and governmental agencies. Also developed many training materials and presented training courses. As part of raising professional awareness, Dr Bassam has written and translated several articles on Audit, IAS that are published in a professional journal.