George Albert is a Director in the Risk Advisory division of SBA – Grant Thornton. For over 15 years previously, Albert had worked with Deloitte and Arthur Anderson where he accumulated experience providing services related to various aspects of internal audit, external audit, fraud investigation, corporate governance, risk assessment, financial due diligence, policies and procedures, internal audit function evaluation, Foreign Corrupt Practice Act, Sarbanes–Oxley Act, compliance audits, Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (ICOFR) and system software implementation.
Albert has cultivated experience working with multinational and large local institutions in various industries, including manufacturing, oil and gas, banking and financial institutions, marketing and media, tourism and hospitality, telecommunications, food and beverage, as well as not-for-profit organizations across Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and North America.
He has managed several audit and compliance assignments for projects financed by the European Commission (EC), European Investment Bank (EIB), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), and Agence Française de Développement (AFD).
He received a BA in commerce from Ain Shams University and is a Governance, Risk management and Compliance Certified (GRC) Professional.
