James Shawon

Co-founded Madhuboni, a Dhaka-based fashion-design and hand-dyed textiles studio, with two other partners. Built the business from a three-person operation to a six-person team at peak. Scale and traction: - 250-300 repeat customers - Annual turnover in the BDT 7–9 lakh range (€5–8k), bootstrapped - Hired, trained, and supervised 3 artisans on piece-rate payroll Owned the full business and finance function: - Monthly P&L and cash-flow statements, bookkeeping, and tax filings - Bank-account and bKash mobil

Promoted to Audit Associate on completion of the 3-year Chartered Accountant trainee programme, coinciding with the firm's transition from EY to Ecovis global affiliation. In this senior capacity: - Led audit teams of junior trainees on Q3 2021 engagements across manufacturing and financial services clients - Owned fieldwork supervision and review of trainees' working papers - Continued substantive testing under ISA / IFRS standards - Produced management letter analyses and supported partner review Left i

Three-year audit trainee programme at A. Qasem & Co., the EY member firm in Bangladesh the structural equivalent of a German Prüfungsassistent / Wirtschaftsprüfungsassistent role. Examined under the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB). Worked on year-end and interim engagements for 10+ clients with multi-billion BDT revenues, on 5–10 person teams. Sector mix: - Manufacturing & Industrials: Berger Paints Bangladesh, RAK Ceramics, Matin Spinning Mills, RSPL Bangladesh, Philips Electronic