Event Topic: Business Game Changers: Leadership in the 21st Century
Event Date and Time: Tuesday, 31 January 2023 from 6pm to 8pm
31 January 2023 session will be on Business Leadership and Savvas Leondas will be presenting to us on the day. Savvas has more than 33 years of experience in coaching and developing people and teams to provide value and help them in their professional development. He is a human behaviour specialist and helps businesses unlock the power of their people.
31st January 2023 session is also of special significance as we will be joined by the President of ICAI, CA (Dr.) Debashis Mitra who will be speaking to our members. We hope to have great insights from his experience and understand the new developments at ICAI.
About President of ICAI, CA (Dr.) Debashis Mitra:
CA (Dr.) Debashis Mitra is president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), as well as chairman ICAI Research wing, ICAI Accounting Research Foundation, and XBRL India. He is also on the board of the Indian Institute of Insolvency Professionals of ICAI and represents ICAI on key Indian government and regulatory committees.
Dr. Mitra is also on the board of the South Asian Federation of Accountants and Chartered Accountants Worldwide and has served as a member of the Confederation of Asian Pacific Accountants’ Audit Group. He is a council member of the Value Reporting Foundation and represents ICAI in the board meetings of the Pan African Federation of Accountants and Asian Federation of Accountants. In the past, he has served on various SAFA committees.
Dr. Mitra, a senior practising member, is also a Cost Accountant and Company Secretary; holds a master’s degree in Commerce; and is a Law graduate and a qualified Information Systems Auditor. With keen interest in academic research, he is a Ph.D on the topic "A Critical Study of Select Indian GAAP, US GAAP & IAS/IFRS".
About Savvas Leondas:
Savvas Leondas is a leading facilitator, coach and mentor who has invested over 33 years in the fields of organisational, professional and personal development.
He has sound commercial knowledge and broad business experience working with SME (Small-to-Medium Enterprise) businesses as well as individual units within larger organisations. This enables him to support the CXO, senior managers, professionals and entrepreneurs through the process of growth and change with insightful, practical, proven and often fun methodologies.
Savvas has been coaching Executives and Managers in developing their abilities in team building, aligning teams to business strategies, change management, succession planning, management and communication strategies to enhance negotiation and presentation skills that are quintessential at senior leadership.
Savvas business philosophy is simple, “Add value, create long term relationships, stay profitable and enjoy the journey”. At this session, Savvas will share his wide experience in developing high-performance people and teams that are engaged with the business, aligned with the culture and providing value to the organisation whilst achieving personal development.
