Debebe & Mekonnen Audit and Consulting Firm

Background of the Firm

Debebe & Mekonnen Audit and Consulting Service Partnership is an Ethiopian professional Firm of Chartered Certified Accountants established by Debebe Yilma and Mekonnen Muluneh. The firm was formed by merging two firms namely Mekonnen Muluneh & Co. and Debebe Yilma & Co. Chartered Certified Accountants.

Our firm is empowered to carry out audits, accounting and consulting service in accordance with the necessary licenses obtained from Accounting and Auditing Board of Ethiopia and Practicing Certificates obtained from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK.

Founding Partners

Mr. Debebe Yilma

Partner & General Manager

Debebe Yilma is a Chartered Certified Accountant and a graduate from Addis Ababa University in Accounting. He has more than fifteen years of experience practicing on internal audit, external audit, consulting cost accounting, financial accounting, financial management, system design, Training and risk management. He was served in different capacity at different financial sectors and business organization in the capacity of Junior Auditor to Division Manager. On top of this he was working in the capacity of Audit manager in Getachew Kassaye & Co. and Mekonnen Muluneh & Co.

He has good exposure of different sectors including financial institutions, commercial enterprises, manufacturing companies, and non-governmental and international organizations. As Audit Manager of audit firms and team leader, he undertakes his duties with integrity, competence and due care. Mr. Debebe was practicing his own external audit firm for the last one year having Practicing certificate from AABE. Currently Mr. Debebe Working in capacity of General Manager in Debebe and Mekonnen Audit Service partnership.

To brief about his employment History, Mr, Debebe was working in Development bank of Ethiopia, Dashen Bank S.C, United Bank S.C, Bunna International Bank, Getachew Kassay & Co and Mekonnen Muluneh & Co. as a permanent employee and Working as Internal audit and Risk Management consultant under DAI Project for the objective technical assistance in 12 microfinance in Ethiopia.

Mr. Mekonnen Muluneh

Partner

Mekonnen Muluneh is a Chartered Certified Accountants, a graduate from Addis Ababa Commercial College in Accounting (Diploma) and a graduate from Addis Ababa University in Business Administration and Information System. He is also a graduate in International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Certificate in International Public Sector Accounting Standard from The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

He is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK) and Association of External Auditors of Ethiopia. He has over 16 years extensive experience in Accounting, Finance and auditing of government entities, private companies, NGOs, and various programs and projects funded by government and non-government organizations.