Executive in Residence

Mr. Anoop Natwar Mehta, CPA, CGMA, is the Past Chairman of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and Past Chairman of the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (Association). Mehta was the first person of Indian origin to Chair the AICPA and only the second person of color, in its 135-year history.

Over his career, Mr. Mehta has served in several volunteer roles for AICPA&CIMA: the AICPA Board of Directors, the Association Board of Directors, the AICPA Business and Industry Executive Committee, the AICPA Political Action Committee and AICPA Council. As of June 1, 2024 Mr. Mehta is the Chair of the AICPA National Commission on Diversity and Inclusion.

Currently he is the Chief Strategist for Analytical Mechanical Associates, Inc. (AMA). AMA has worked with government and commercial organizations solving the toughest engineering, science and business problems. Mr. Mehta provides expertise in key areas of business development, strategic planning, and operational improvements across AMA.

Mr. Mehta stepped down as the president of Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI) in June 2021. In his role, he led the executive management team and oversaw the overall performance of the company. He had the day-to-day responsibility for managing, planning, and implementing strategic goals of the company. With more than 40 years of experience in government contracting, he actively supported NASA and NOAA programs in an executive management capacity for SSAI. Mr. Mehta joined SSAI in 1980 and helped the company to grow from a two-person company to more than 1,000. The company achieved profitability above target levels each year during his tenure.

Mr. Mehta was the Chair (2012-2013) of the Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants (MACPA). He serves on the Government Contractors Committee for the MACPA and chaired the committee for two years (2001-2003).

Mr. Mehta is a former board member and past president of the Maryland Space Business Roundtable (MSBR) and recipient of the MSBRs Lifetime Achievement Award. He is also a seventh-degree Master Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and has been teaching martial arts and operating a karate school for over 35 years.

Mr. Mehta has a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Maryland, College Park. He also serves on the Board of Advisors for the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business and Accounting and Information Assurance Department. He also serves as the Executive in Residence for the Robert H. Smith School of Business.

Sandeep has more than 40 years of international auditing and accounting experience, including 20 years at Deloitte. Before retiring from Deloitte, he served as their Global Risk Advisory leader in Mining and Metals sector working with Fortune 200 companies. At Deloitte, his responsibilities included providing oversight to global outsourced internal audit functions, communications with senior management and Board of Director’s Audit Committees, coordination with external audit leadership and providing overall direction and advice to the global project teams.

He specialized in Business Controls, Process Re-engineering, Financial, Operational, and Compliance Audits, Forensic Investigations, Anti-fraud Programs and Controls, Fraud Risk Assessments, Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance, Internal Audit Risk Assessments and Internal Audit Management.

While at Deloitte, Sandeep has also provided specialized internal audit services to clients in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, financial services, telecommunications and real estate. Prior to joining Deloitte, he acquired a broad and diverse background in commercial finance as a Principal with a regional public accounting firm, specializing in providing due diligence and fraud investigation services to major banks and financial institutions serving clients in various industries.

Mr. Verma holds a Bachelor of Laws from University of Delhi Law School. He is also a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, and Certified Fraud Examiner.