Our Key Team Members
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Manzar Sanpal, ACA (ICAP)
Managing Partner
Manzar is a Chartered Accountant & GCC VAT Professional. He started his career working with KPMG. He has over 14 years’ experience, of which 8 years had been spent working in the Middle East region. A skilled financial analyst, possesses extensive grasp of corporate financial planning, taxation, reporting and budgeting, treasury , cash management, financial drivers, risk management and corporate governance. He has also expertise in auditing, internal control, corporate compliance, financial & management reporting, financial analysis, treasury management and process change management. His tax and advisory experience includes accounting and transaction advisory services including due diligence reviews, feasibility studies, valuations, financial and operational consulting assignments, IFRS technical assistance, dealing with complex accounting and special audits

Mahmood Arsalan
Executive Director
Mahmood started his career in 1993 working with EY. He has over 21 years of experience, of which 11 have been spent working in the Middle East region. His consulting experience includes corporate finance, organizational re-structuring, feasibility studies, M&A assignments, due diligence, business valuations and system development and implementation.
During his career, he worked for various industries like oil & gas, IT, real estate, F&B and hospitality, construction and fit-outs, financial institutions, etc.
He has also raised funding various companies in the filed of real estate, construction hospitality, etc. and performed multiple assignments of feasibility studies, due diligence, business valuations and designing of policies, procedures and practices

Idrees Javed
Director
Idrees started his career in 2003 with PwC and has got 17 years of work experience. While in PwC, he worked for various functions such as Audit, Risk advisory, Transaction advisory and Taxation where he served clients in various sectors such as Banking, Oil and Gas, Pharmaceuticals, Power plants, Asset management and also worked with Regulators.
He then joined Schlumberger Group one of top tier oilfiled services company and has a prestigious Oilfield equipment working in more than 80 countries where he served various management positions in Pakistan and Malaysia. In 2014 Idrees joined Oilserv as BU Financial analyst and serve as FP&A manager in UAE head office since 2016
This was a rich experience where he delivered various assignments in Business planning & management strategy, management reporting, internal controls, compliance, claims and litigation, risk assessment and inland operations. Many projects were assigned to him worth thousand of dollars that he successfully delivered through his strong focus and leadership skills.

Saqib Ashfaq, ACA (ICAP)
Director Consulting
Saqib is a Chartered Accountant, he started his career in 2005 with PwC and has got 15 years of work experience. While in PwC, he worked for various functions such as Audit, Risk advisory, Transaction advisory and Taxation where he served clients in various sectors such as Banking, Manufacturing, Mutual Funds, Asset management and also worked with Regulators.
He then joined Maersk Group which runs the largest shipping company and has a prestigious freight forwarding platform where he served various senior management positions and rotated between Finance, Customer services, Operations and Value added services.
This was a rich experience where he delivered various assignments in international trade, demand & supply planning, international Finance, compliance, claims and litigation, fraud investigation and inland operations. Many projects were assigned to him worth thousand of dollars that he successfully delivered through his strong focus and leadership skills.

Habib ur Rehman, FCA (ICAP)
Director Technology and Public Sector Practice
Mr. Habib has brought an extensive public and private sector experience. He is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Public Finance Accountant. He completed his mid-career master’s in Public Financial Management from Sanford School of Public Policy as World Bank Scholar. He is also alumni of executive education of Georgia State University and Harvard University. He is also serving on the roasters of UNDP and IMF and has been honoured with several recognitions including Honor Award, Eagle Award, and Meritorious Honor Award (One of the biggest civil awards of U.S Government).
He started his career with PriceWaterhouseCoopers in assurance, risk management and consulting services. He provided transaction advisory on complex tax and restructuring issues to MNCs. Later, he joined U.S Government and worked there as Sr. Financial Advisor for several years. He worked with Ministries of Finance on restructuring strategic financial planning and budgeting, established internal audit functions, built capacity of public procurement regulatory authorities, strengthened operations of Supreme Audit Institutions, and worked on improving government accounting and controls. He conducted several country risk tax assessments and designed risk mitigation frameworks for governments and private sector. He also served as Subject Matter Expert on ICT and business automation for various projects. Habib has provided these contributions in more than 7 countries in South Asia, Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, and North America regions. He also served as Public Financial Management consultant in D.C. He has conducted an extensive research in the area of Public Financial Management, Tax Policy, and Public Private Partnerships during his academics at Sanford School of Public Policy. He has also contributed, through his research papers, to renowned international journals on Economics and Finance.

Imran Razaq, ACA(ICAP)
Director Taxation, UAE
Imran is a Director Taxation Services in our United Arab Emirates office. He is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan. He has over 10 years of professional experience in multicultural environment including five years in taxation, financial and risk advisory domain during his association with KPMG.
A skilled financial analyst; possesses extensive grasp of corporate financial planning, reporting and budgeting, treasury & cash management, financial drivers, risk management and corporate governance.
He has also expertise in auditing, taxation, internal control, corporate compliance, financial & management reporting, financial analysis, treasury management and process change management.

Maryam Tahir, ACA(ICAP)
Director Advisory Services, UAE
Maryam is a Director Advisory Services in our United Arab Emirates office. She is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan. She has over 9 years of professional experience with proven track record in the areas of financial modelling, internal auditing, planning & monitoring, commercial finance, financial reporting, accounting and advisory services.
She has an exposure of multicultural environment including five year experience with KMPG. She served various positions in different multinational companies which covered the areas of corporate finance, management accounting and auditing.
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Manzar Sanpal, ACA (ICAP)
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