Amjad Choudhury
FCA · CISA · ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor · ACCA Registered PES
Senior finance and IT governance professional with over 25 years of progressive experience across public practice, IT advisory, capital markets, and cross-border advisory. A rare trifecta of credentials — FCA, CISA, and ISO 27001 Lead Auditor — held simultaneously at a senior level.
Who he is
A finance leader built for the digital age
Ali Amjad Choudhury is a senior finance and IT governance professional with over 25 years of progressive experience across public practice, capital markets, and cross-border advisory. He holds three of the most respected credentials in his field simultaneously — Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), and ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor — a combination that positions him at the intersection of financial leadership and technology governance, and one that very few professionals at senior level can claim.
25+
Years of professional experience
3
Major professional certifications
6
PMS modules built & deployed
4
Free audit tools published
Career
From practice to partner — a 25-year track record
Dec 2022 — Present
J U Ahmed & Co., Chartered Accountants
Equity Partner — Audit, Risk & IT Advisory
Established three new service lines (Risk, IT Advisory, SOC Certification), designed and deployed a full-stack Practice Management System, and leads statutory audits of banks and listed entities.
Jul 2015 — Nov 2022
Howladar Yunus & Co. — Grant Thornton Bangladesh
Partner & Head of IT · Director · Senior Manager
Rose from Senior Manager to Partner and firm-wide Head of IT at a GTI member firm. Led cross-border GCCR mandate in Philippines, implemented Pathfinder, and delivered IT reviews of Bangladesh Bank.
Jun 2009 — Jun 2015
Southeast Bank Capital Services Ltd.
Head of Finance & Company Secretary (AVP)
Established the financial reporting infrastructure of a newly licensed merchant bank from the ground up. First and only full deployment of mBank financial software among Bangladesh merchant banks.
2000 — 2009
Earlier career
Rahman Mostafa Alam & Co. · MAK Group · AISD
CA professional training, deputy manager accounts in telecoms, and fund accounts at the American International School Dhaka.
Selected work
Notable engagements
Central Bank · IT Audit
Bangladesh Bank information systems review
IT General Controls review of the central bank of Bangladesh as part of the annual statutory audit team.
2020 – 2021 · Grant Thornton
Global Network · Cybersecurity
Grant Thornton Philippines — GCCR
Cybersecurity compliance review under GTI’s Global Cybersecurity Compliance Review programme — cross-border mandate.
Grant Thornton International
Financial Services · SOC
SOC 1 Type 2 — ReCom Consulting
ISAE 3402 attestation evaluating internal controls over services provided to user entities for the full calendar year 2023.
Jan – Mar 2024 · J U Ahmed & Co.
What sets this profile apart
Credentials, tools, and a system — all built and verified
01
The credentials
FCA, CISA, and ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor — three certifications that most professionals hold individually, rarely together at senior level.
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02
The tools
Free professional audit calculators — materiality, sampling, fee, PIE — published for ICAB members. Evidence of applied technical thinking.
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03
The system
A full-stack Practice Management System built on React and Supabase — six integrated modules, live deployment. Not advised. Built.
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Giving back
Committed to the profession and the next generation
ICAB faculty — Audit Methodology & IS Audit
Faculty member and former coordinator of the Certificate Course on IS Audit at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh.
ACCA Registered Practical Experience Supervisor
Formally registered PES with ACCA, having mentored ACCA trainees through their practical experience requirements.
ISACA Dhaka Chapter — Joint Secretary
Joint Secretary (2016–17) and active member of ISACA since 2012. Member of ICAB’s IT Committee and ERP Sub-committee.
Grant Thornton Assurance Academy — Kuala Lumpur
Presenter at the GTI Assurance Academy in Malaysia, representing Bangladesh on audit methodology at the international level.