INTERVIEW MOHAMED IRSHAD, HEAD OF GLOBAL INTERNAL AUDIT AMERICAS FOR SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC

Diversity - a theme very close to Mohamed Irshad's heart - could not be embodied by a more appropriate person than the affable, youthful-looking 34-year-old head of global internal audit - the Americas, at French multinational Schneider Electric. Irshad is an Indian national who was born and raised in Dubai, studied in India, has lived in Paris and is now based in Canada. He works in a team, spread out in Singapore, Paris and Calgary, Alberta, comprising 16 nationalities and with a gender balance that is approaching parity. His Canada-based office alone employs a ...


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