Our Team
Syed Ziauddin & Co. Chartered Accountants also helps a diverse range of government institutions, public administrations and non-profit organizations with their management challenges.
Syed Ziauddin
Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP)
Member of the Karachi Bar Council (2009) (LLB)
After completing his mandatory articles required by the ICAP from KPMG Taseer Hadi & Co, one of the big 4 audit firm of the world. During my tenure at the firm, I was entrusted with the team leader role on various high profile engagements / assignments. His audit engagements of various companies belonging to different sectors / industries, particularly, investment companies, manufacturing & retail sector, oil & gas, IT industry. After completing the articles, he joined his family business and later on in the year 2013 incorporated an Audit and advisory firm registered through ICAP named as “Syed Ziauddin & Co. Chartered Accountants
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Accountants”. Advise on taxation, financial and corporate affairs, contract negotiations, and legal business strategy in the most advantageous manner for Firm. Coordinated with senior stakeholders to draft responses to institutions such as the SECP, FBR and SRB obligations. Draft and analyze agreements protecting the Firm’s intellectual property. Write
and approve requirements documents, product plans, and acceptance criteria for legal, regulatory, and technology builds. Draft formal value propositions emphasizing the legal and financial technological capabilities of Firm. Research and draft legal memorandum that analyze new or amended financial regulations, and advises on how Firm can capitalize monetarily with the regulatory change requirements. Other than my audit/assurance/consultancy expertise, my over-the-top communication, presentation and interpersonal skills have enabled me to inspire and develop good relationships with my peers, team mates, colleagues and clients which is widely demonstrated by the reputation I have mustered with the people I have worked with.
Also having a combo of business acumen with professional qualification distinguishes Syed Ziauddin amongst others. He opened eyes in the business pyramid of his grandfather’s establishment, which was started in 1956, involved in printing business till 1999 when, under the need of diversification, they entered into petrochemical business and styled it HTG Petrochemical Industries (Pvt) Ltd., Pakistan. In the year 2012, he joined Ceres Group of Companies as advisor to the BOD and his family as shareholder. In the same year 2012, the family also established a general trading company in U.A.E. under the name and style of HTG International, involved in the import and distribution of melamine crockery and other house hold items in the UAE markets Also engaged as advisor with the well known group of UAE, in the field of waste management and design, build, operate and manage integrated waste management
systems for the governments. The group has a significant presence in UAE and KSA and has so far done 5 cities in last 12 years in the gulf region which no other company did, Zia is based in Karachi as well as in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Naveed Sultan
LLB – Karachi
Master in criminology (Gold medalist) – Karachi
Certified Accountant
Graduate in Commerce and Business
Member of High Court Bar Association
Member of Sindh Bar Association
Member of Karachi Bar Association
Mr. Naveed Sultan has extensive experience in advising local and international companies for effective tax planning and management. He has more than 10 years’ experience in audit, financial advisory, treasury and accounting. He has worked for Ernst & Young Karachi and Abu-Dhabi office and as Head of Finance in Herbion
Pakistan. He has also worked as Group chief financial officer of Nueplex Cinemas, MJB Construction, Excellency films, JB films. Group chief financial officer of Unity foods and hence has direct knowledge of industry. His prime area of focus under direct taxation includes tax compliance, investment analysis, cross border transactions and transfer pricing.
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He also advice on matters related to sales tax, custom tax and TDAP. He has extensive knowledge of tax refunds specially sales tax and income tax. He is advocate High Court and Tribunal.
Role in Team :
Mr. Naveed looks after the overall operations of the firm. This wide spectrum keeps him in every segment. He will be responsible for all segments of our firm. Active participation in key decisions, maintaining day-to-day contact with client.
Mohsin Naeem
Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP)
Mohsin is Chartered Accountant from Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) with post qualification experience of almost 9 years & also completed mandatory articles required by the ICAP from Ernst & Young, one of the big 4 audit firms of the world. He has also performed audit engagements for a number of E&P companies, manufacturing, FMCGs, MNCs, commercial banks, corporate brokerage houses, mutual funds, etc. The knowledge and experience he gained, from his association with these clients about the working and operations of the companies and the nature of transactions being undertaken coupled with his experience of design and development of operating systems provides suitable mix.
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Mohsin Naeem is responsible for developing and expanding Income Tax, Sales Tax, Corporate Advisory and IT Advisory Services in the areas of ERP Practice, IS Governance & Performance, Project Risk Management, Security, Privacy & Continuity and IT Audit.
He has a wide range of experience of advising clients on tax planning, changes in tax regulations and assisting them in evaluating impact of changes, representations before the revenue and appellate authorities, advising to local and foreign investors on various incentives available for investment in different sectors, advising international business groups at planning and implementation stages. His advisory area includes power sector, non-resident contractors and manufacturing entities etc.
He has presented and advised on the automation of the core business processes and implementation of ERP packages to C-level executives of national and multinational organizations. He is well conversant with the corporate laws, foreign exchange regulations, regulatory environment and frame work, etc. He has also involved in advising on Foreign Exchange Regulations and assistance in obtaining requisite permissions and consents from the State Bank of Pakistan for repatriable investments and foreign currency loans from abroad, advising foreign investors on matters relating to setting up business in Pakistan and obtaining relevant permissions and approvals from the Board of Investments, State Bank of Pakistan, Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), Ministry of Finance, etc.