Akbar Ahmad leads our Audit & Assurance business across the Middle East and is a statutory Audit Partner for a number of large and complex clients. He has provided professional advisory services to a variety of private and public sector companies covering real estate and banking. He has over 25 years of experience providing audit, assurance and financial advisory services to clients in the U.A.E. and London. In addition, Akbar has experience in managing due diligence assignments through working with several private equity houses.
Akbar also supports clients on securitizations, business valuations and due diligence engagements in the Financial Services and Real Estate sectors. Akbar has been involved in transactions across asset classes and geographies across Europe and the Middle East with over 50 securitization transactions and over 20 corporate finance transactions.
Akbar is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and is a holder of ICAEW Practicing Certificate. He is a Graduate with B.Sc. joint honors in Accounting and Law from the University of Southampton.