Partners Profile

Girma Tesfaye Abebe - Founder and General Manager

He is a Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant and has been engaged in the field of auditing, taxation and accounting for more than 40 years. He started his career with Price Water House Peat and Company in 1974 as a junior auditor following his graduation in diploma in accounting from the Commercial School of Addis Ababa.  During this long service period he had gained intensive experience in auditing working with Audit Services Corporation and A.W. Thomas and Co. attaining the post of audit manager until he finally managed to secure the privilege of setting up his own sole practice in August 2002. His employment with the Inland Revenue Authority (Now Ethiopian Revenue and Customs Authority) in the capacity of Assessment Division Head for five and half years had given him the opportunity for direct involvement with the tax legislation and tax administration of Ethiopia.  In accounting and finance he was engaged in designing and successfully implementing accounting systems for various companies in different industries including NGOs.

His sole practice audit firm registered with the Office of the Federal Auditor General and Ministry of Trade under the name Girma Tesfaye and Co.was restructured into a partnership; Girma and Fasil Audit Service Partnership (GAFASP) with effect from August 2013. The firm is recognized by the Office of the Federal Auditor General (OFAG) as one of the 8 grade “A” audit firms in Ethiopia. 

He is currently a member and chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of External Auditors in Ethiopia and a member of the Board of Directors of the Commercial Graduates Association.

He is a Chartered Certified Accountant and was the key staff within the founder’s sole practice – Girma Tesfaye and Company during the eleven years preceding the reorganization of the firm into partnership. He started his career with a post of a Junior Auditor and progressed to the post of Senior Audit Manager. During his long service he had been exposed to the audit of various clients engaged in different industries. He was also responsible for the supervision and monitoring of developing accounting systems, financial and tax consultancy services rendered to clients of the firm.