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MITESH PATEL
BCompt HONOURS, CA (SA)
MANAGING AND TECHNICAL PARTNER

ROLE AND EXPERIENCE

Mitesh Patel is currently a Partner of the External Audit Division. In addition to his Client Portfolio below, he is also in charge of Quality Control and Audit Methodology at Nkonki.  Mitesh current audit portfolio includes the following among others:

• Public Investment Corporation (PIC)
• Creditworx
• Indwe Risk Services
• Izingwe
• UNISA
• Safrican Insurance Company
• Newshelf 782

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Before joining NKONKI, Mitesh had worked with Ernst and Young, PKF (Pretoria) and as a sole practitioner under the name M. Patel & associates Partner (Ernst & Young Incorporated):

At Ernst & Young, Mitesh was also responsible for:

• Growth and expansion and other revenue sustainable strategies especially in the in public sector and related government agencies
• Ensuring that overall practice efficiency; time spent on audit assignments Vs the budget,
• Managing his client portfolio mainly multi-national and public sector clients:

These includes:

• Gau-train project
• Stryker
• Wurth & Munters
• Department of Defense
• AMSCOR Incorporated

Managing Director: PKF (Pretoria) Incorporated:                                                      
Among the major clients that he was responsible for are the following:

• Alania Building systems (Pty) Ltd
• Digicore  Ltd
• Begget Ltd
• Simeka BSG Ltd
• Housing Company of Tswhane
• Department of Health
• SAMSA
• Department of Foreign Affairs
• Department of Labour
• Department of Education

Sole Practitioner: M Patel & Associates:
Among the clients that Mitesh serviced as a sole practitioner are the following:

• Alania Building systems (Pty) Ltd
• Fag South Africa (Pty) Ltd
• LA Technology (Pty) Ltd
• Matomo Group (Pty) Ltd 
• Information, communication and technology achievers awards.
• Tiffendel Ski Resort Ltd

Mitesh is personally involved in community development projects like bursaries and other social/economic up lifting projects. He started a bursary fund specifically for disadvantaged students who would like to pursue a career in Chartered Accounting. To date Mitesh Patel has funded two students in his personal capacity to the value of R30 000 to pursue their careers in Accountancy.

Also in his personal capacity he has began funding students from the local informal settlement to ensure that they receive private tuition classes in subjects that they are weak in to ensure that they have access to the universities at the end of the schooling careers and provides food hampers on a monthly basis to the families of the students that he funds.