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Snehasish Barua is the Founding Partner at Snehasish Mahmud & Co. He has experience in audit, tax, advisory and training services for multinational companies, large manufacturers and banking and financial institutions including the Central Bank (Bangladesh Bank).

Mr. Barua completed his articleship from Rahman Rahman Huq. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant from ICAB in 2005. He also qualified as an ACA from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW) in 2013.

Prior to founding Snehasish Mahmud & Co., Mr. Barua was a partner at Syful Shamsul Alam & Co, a member firm of UHY International. Prior to that he served as a Senior Manager at Rahman Rahman Huq, a member of the KPMG International Cooperative. He had also worked as Manager Internal Audit at the telecom companies TMIB and Grameenphone. Mr. Barua had begun his career as an Assistant Manager at Rahman Rahman Huq.

Mr. Barua’s client portfolio during his association with Rahman Rahman Huq consisted of Manufacturing companies including BAT, Bata, Nestle, Bangladesh Lamps and Bangladesh Edible; Oil and Gas companies including Chevron, Halliburton, Weatherford, Schlumberger, BJ Services and Ipedex (Thailand) Ltd; Pharmaceuticals companies including Roche, GlaxoSmithKline, Nuvista, Syngenta and Pfizer; Foreign Buying houses including Tesco, Fast Retailing Banglatex (Teddy), Maidenform, Mondial (C&A) and Sportsmaster; Local banks including BRAC bank, Bank Asia and Southeast bank; and Foreign investment funds including Everest Capital LLC, Oppenheimer Funds, JF Asia Frontier Fund and Morgan Stanley.

Mr. Barua’s client portfolio during his association with Syful Shmasul Alam & Co consisted of manufacturing companies including Otobi, BSRM and Bengal Plastic; Oil and Gas companies including SPIE, Solar Turbine and LEC Ltd; Pharmaceuticals including Sanofi Aventis, Roche and Novo Nordisk; Banking and Financial institutions including Bangladesh Bank, UCBL, SIBL, BASIC and Sonali Bank.

At Snehasish Mahmud & Co., Mr. Barua is the engagement partner at Sanofi-aventis Bangladesh Limited, Roche Bangladesh Limited, Nippon Paints Limited, Bangladesh Edible Oil Limited, Seven Circle (BD) Limited, the City Bank Limited and Nordic Chamber of Commerce (NCCI) among others.

Mr. Barua is a member of the Faculty of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB). He tutors the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW) advanced stage classes in Bangladesh. He provides training services to professionals from different sectors on financial reporting and corporate governance including Bangladesh Bank Officials and NBR staff. He has also provided such training to ICAB members and students. In addition, he is also a trainer at the Dhaka Stock Exchange Training Academy.