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AnnuAl ConferenCe SpeAker MeSSAge
Mr. Sriram H. Iyer
Head of International Banking Group
ICICI Bank Limited
Looking back at the year that 2020 was, the covid-19 As Winston S. Churchill said, “A pessimist sees the
pandemic forced us to change our outlook, reinvent difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees
business models, accommodate work at home culture, the opportunity in every difficulty”. It is indeed the
and redefine normal at a global level. As the digital zeal to make a difference and convert crisis into an
revolution unfolds at an unprecedented pace, and opportunity that differentiates great leaders from the
the world adjusts to the new normal, you, the leaders, rest.
have a pivotal role to play in helping the business
community emerge from the crisis stronger than ever Wishing ICAI Dubai chapter and its members the very
through innovative solutions, and leading from the best. Stay Safe...Stay Healthy..
front with passion and vision.
ICAI DubAI regIonAl DIreCtor MeSSAge
CA Prabhdeep Singh Baweja
Regional Director- Middle East and Africa
With immense happiness, I extend my greetings to taken by the chapter in encouraging improved
Dubai Chapter of ICAI, for organizing 38 Annual practices. The Chartered Accountants play a
th
Conference on very apt theme ‘Leading by Passion, significant role in contributing to the development
the best from the rest’ on Dec 26th, 2020. and I am confident that the deliberations which will
One of very interesting quote on Passion is ‘Passion be done during the course of the conference will help
is the thing that will help you create the highest significantly in the growth of the economy.
expression of your talent’. The existence of Dubai Chapter since thirty-eight
There’s no map. No map to be a leader. No map to be years’ talks about the commitment of Chartered
an artist. This is the truth we have to wrestle with, the Accountant’s fraternity in Dubai and the way chapter
reason that art (writing, reading, leading, all of it) is has grown over the last few years is exceptional.
valuable is precisely why no one can tell you how to do I extend my warm welcome to all the delegates to
it. If there were a map, there’d be no art, because the the conference and wish them very best in all their
art is the act of navigating without a map. endeavors.
To follow our passion is not bad advice. But what may I congratulate the board and members of the chapter
be even more useful is to understand how passions are and extend my best wishes for great success of the
fostered in the first place. conference.
The theme of the conference reflects on the efforts
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