Syed is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has been working in the UAE since 2003. He has an immense experience working with corporate clients varying in size and across a variety of sectors.

He is having strong background across consolidation, external/internal audit, forensic audit and financial management projects like financial and management reporting, budgeting, and financial modeling.

In addition to the audit experience, Syed has to his credit extensive experience in assisting Private Equity houses and multinational corporations in due diligence projects, particularly in manufacturing, retail, construction and real estate management services.

He has accumulated experience of over 20 years in advising numerous clients on due diligence and valuation exercise for Merger & Acquisition transactions, confidential memorandums used to sell a business or obtain financing. He is having strong understanding of the client's industry practices and regulations of the market served.

His role at Astute includes bringing experience together with local knowledge for the benefit of clients.

In addition to the above, he frequently writes blogs on various technical matters. Example of this includes: Transaction risks and how to mitigate them, IFRS 15 Affects your company, IFRS Vs IFRS for SMEs, Audit efficiency and effectiveness and Cash flow management techniques.