Experience

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  American University in Dubai (Official)

  • Dubai

  • Assistant Professor of Accounting

    • Aug 2010 - Present
    • Dubai

    Professor in the School of Business Administration. Teach financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, auditing, fraud and forensic courses in the School of Business Administration.

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  Frederick H. Tesch & Associates (Management Consultants)

  • Boca Raton, FL and Kuwait

  • President

    • Sep 1998 - Present
    • Boca Raton, FL and Kuwait

    Provided management consulting services to client companies both in the US and Kuwait. Specialized in re-engineering internal audit departments to meet the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing. Implemented strategic planning using risk assessment methodology, established control framework using COSO and COBIT, conducted quality assessment reviews of internal audit departments and performed forensic investigations.

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  Butterfield Bank

  • Hamilton, Bermuda

  • Senior Vice President, Head of Group Internal Audit

    • Feb 2000 - Aug 2010
    • Hamilton, Bermuda

    Reported directly to the Group Audit Committee, managed Group Internal Audit professionally qualified staff of twelve, conducted internal audits of all bank operations including information technology. Responsibilities included auditing fund services, investment services and trust subsidiaries. Provided internal audit services and quality assurance over all internal operations in subsidiaries located in London, Guernsey, Cayman, Barbados and the Bahamas as well as fund services operations in Canada, Ireland and Switzerland.• Assisted Butterfield Bank Group in conversion to U.S. GAAP and compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act.• Served as an advisor to Butterfield Bank’s Group Audit Committee and five subsidiary Bank Audit Committees providing guidance on financial statements, internal audit, risk and corporate governance.

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  Kuwait Investment Authority

  • Kuwait

  • Head of Internal Audit

    • Aug 1992 - Aug 1998
    • Kuwait

    Re-engineered and developed international internal audit organization after the First Gulf War (1991) for Kuwait Investment Authority. Reported directly to the Minister of Finance managing sixteen internal audit professionals in Kuwait and six in London. Performed financial, operational and information technology audits of all of KIA’s investment, operations and subsidiaries worldwide. Conducted fraud investigations throughout the world including a $5 billion fraud discovered prior to joining the Kuwait Investment Authority which required interacting with Interpol and various European authorities.

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  Riyad Bank

  • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  • Chief Internal Auditor

    • Feb 1990 - Jul 1992
    • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Managed computer audit group of five professionals with responsibility for conducting audits of all new computer systems and existing computer applications and operations.

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  Pepperdine University

  • Los Angeles, CA

  • Adjunct Professor of Accounting in the MBA Program

    • 1982 - 1990
    • Los Angeles, CA

    Taught financial and managerial accounting to MBA candidates.