Ihab has over 20 years’ tax experience across industries and broad Middle East experience, having worked in both Egypt and Kuwait. Ihab has been working with local tax authorities in Kuwait since 1997. He is a Chartered Accountant in Egypt and a member of Egyptian Society of Taxation. Ihab possesses and maintains knowledge of Deloitte methodologies and professional standards and applies that knowledge to enhance client service.

Nauman is the Business Tax leader in the UAE and is also the geo coordinator for KSA. He is a UK qualified chartered accountant carrying over 30 years of international experience. He advises some of the most prominent family businesses in the Kingdom on tax/Zakat efficient restructuring. He also provides counsel on withholding tax in related party transactions, Zakat on finance leases, Zakat implications on Ijara financing, and the application of treaties regarding license fees and IP.

Fernand is the Middle East Tax COO, delivering impact how and where it matters most for our Tax clients, talent, and community in the region. Fernand is also the Middle East Customs and Global Trade Advisory Leader and is based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Fernand has more than 30 years of experience in indirect tax, with a strong focus on Customs, excise taxes and global trade matters. In 2010, Fernand became the Global Leader for Global Trade Advisory at Deloitte, working with a group of over 800 subject matter experts around the globe serving clients in both the public and private sectors on customs and global trade matters. He regularly advises on projects relating to business model optimization, automation (customs and excise solutions), compliance, export controls, excise, litigation, valuation, origin, customs classification, data analytics and trade automation/technology. Before becoming a consultant, Fernand worked as a Customs Official with the Dutch Customs Authorities. He assisted several clients in a variety of cases including leading a PAN-European project on e-Customs and Authorized Economic Operator (AEO), excises and international trade matters and indirect tax IT solutions.

As the Growth Leader for our Tax Services practice, Mohamed is a key member of our leadership team, responsible for spearheading our growth strategy in the Middle East. This includes strategy to identify and pursue new market opportunities, creating and implementing business development initiatives, reflecting the latest industry trends, and collaborating with the wider tax leadership team to achieve revenue growth targets. As Growth tax Leader, Mohamed is also responsible for leading strategy on accelerating our growth platform, proposal management, driving and promoting client excellence, and promoting our capabilities and industry leadership through marketing and eminence efforts.  In addition to spearheading our growth initiatives, Mohamed leads our award-winning and market-leading regional Transfer Pricing team. The team’s transfer pricing services span three key areas: consulting, controversy and compliance, and supporting clients in all industries and sectors. As a Transfer Pricing specialist and a former regulator, Mohamed has more than 25 years’ experience in transfer pricing, international tax, strategic, economic and business consulting across a number of industry segments. These include the automotive, construction and materials, energy, financial services, pharmaceutical, telecommunications and media, technology and travel and leisure sectors. His experience includes leading and managing global documentation and planning studies, as well as drafting Advanced Pricing Agreements (APAs) for submission to tax authorities in jurisdictions worldwide. Mohamed presents widely on transfer pricing and tax issues at seminars across the world and has been extensively published in the area of transfer pricing and tax on different platforms. In 2020, Mohamed was awarded the International Tax Review (ITR) Editor’s Choice Award for progressive work throughout the Middle East in Transfer Pricing and was nominated for the EMEA Transfer Pricing Practice Leader of the Year award. Mohamed was awarded an MBA (with distinction) from Warwick Business School, where he won an award for the overall best MBA degree of the year. Mohamed also holds MSc Economics (with distinction) and BSC Economics (first class) degrees from the University of London.

Rabia is a Partner in the Transfer Pricing team covering the Middle East. She has been based in the region for the last 3 years, having moved here after 10 years in the UK with a Big 4 firm. Rabia is a UK Chartered Tax Advisor and financial economist. Rabia has extensive experience advising multinationals on complex TP planning, design and documentation projects as well as supporting clients on their operational, governance and implementation strategies. She has supported various multinationals, SWFs and family groups in respect of the transfer pricing and Country-by-Country Reporting requirements. Rabia has advised on multiple Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) and Mutual Agreement Procedures (MAP) in the UK and supports clients in the Middle East with TP audits and controversy.

With over twenty years of professional and consulting experience, Marjolein led the Indirect Tax team in Rotterdam, and is now leading the Tax Technology Consulting team in the Middle East. Prior to Deloitte, Marjolein worked for Shell International B.V. as Indirect Tax EMEA Leader and the Global Tax Lead Downstream. After over eleven years with Shell, she joined Deloitte Netherlands as an Indirect Tax Partner. She has a Tax Law degree from the University of Leiden, Netherlands, specialized in Indirect Taxation (VAT, Customs & Excise Duties) and a strong focus on the Energy, Resources and Industrials industry. As part of her non client focused professional activities, Marjolein was the President of the Women’s Network of Shell Netherlands, and a member of the Diversity and Inclusiveness working group of the Shell Tax Leadership team. She is currently a guest speaker at the University of Tilburg.