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Riemer Brouwer
ADCO
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
 

Riemer Brouwer has over 13 years of experience in IT audit and IT consultancy. Throughout his career, Riemer has specialized in IT reviews that incorporate not only technical viewpoints, but financial/administrative and organizational considerations as well.

A major part of Riemer’s work deals with improving the relationship between IT and business processes in order to optimize and ensure that IT investments are fully beneficial to the core processes of an organization.

Riemer, who is Dutch, worked in The Netherlands for the first six years of his career. This provided him with a solid foundation for, and experience in, IT audit. Currently, he works with Booz & Company in the Middle East in the information security field.

Riemer’s clients are mostly found in the financial industry, which has given him the opportunity to gain a thorough understanding of the underlying business processes, knowledge that enhances the quality and depth of IT audit activities. In addition, Riemer has been a leading IT auditor for telecom companies in Lebanon, Syria, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He has also worked with local and national governments, airlines, and institutions of higher education.

Riemer has an in-depth knowledge of the challenges surrounding implementation projects. Both in the Middle East and in The Netherlands, Riemer has demonstrated an excellent commitment to achieving solutions that are practical and secure.


     

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