Bio

Kareem is a Partner in KPMG Canada's Risk Consulting practice. Kareem is the Canadian IT internal audit and Blockchain leader for Risk Consulting. Kareem brings over 20 years of professional services experience, and focuses in the areas of emerging technology risk, crisis management, internal audit, IT governance, internal controls and risk management services. Kareem is a graduate of Concordia University, John Molson School of Business with a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, majoring in Management Information Systems. In his role, Kareem’s services to our clients include assistance with emerging technology risk areas such as RPA, Blockchain, AI, Cloud, as well as developing programs and executing assessments in emerging IT risk areas such as Cyber Security maturity and risk assessments, Mobile Governance/ Security, Data Governance/ management, Cloud Governance, Software Asset Management and others. Kareem’s other services to our clients include assistance with developing and executing their CEO/CFO certification and SOX programs, scoping and delivering on third party reporting requirements as well as scoping, rationalizing and testing IT General Controls, IT Governance and IT risk assessments, Business Cycle Controls and Entity Level Controls. In his role Kareem has worked with many organizations, across various industries, bringing them relevant various insights and leading practices not just from Canada but around the world, and shared IT hot topics and how organizations are addressing them. Kareem is a frequent speaker at various conferences on the topics of Blockchain, AI in Control, Cyber Security, IT Emerging Risks, Role of Internal Audit in Cyber Security and Disruptive Technologies.