Akif Farooq is Partner & Country Director
DAMSON Group United Arab Emirates (UAE). He is a senior management
consultant with a 20 years track record of maximizing operational
efficiency and productivity of businesses within retail, FMCG, trade,
real estate, oil, banking & finance, and professional services.
Akif worked with Horwath MAK as Business Consultant & Senior Auditor in
Dubai, where he developed client analysis maps based on the ASIS
processes, and also worked on productivity enhancing strategies. He also
advised clients on the Dubai Escrow Account Law 2007 (RERA Law) as well
as similar laws promulgated in other UAE Emirates. Akif has also been
Senior Consultant with Virtus Consultancy, where his focus areas in
consulting were finance and HR. Akif also worked in Dubai Government at
Dubai Engineers Office. Later he joined Dubai Islamic Bank and led the
Policies & Procedures Management at DIB from 2014 to 2020. Akif has
consulted many prestigious clients including Aujan Industries, Noor
Persia, Noor Asia, Cyrus Group, Universal Greenfield, Al-Masa Real
Estate, Emirates Greenfield Properties, Modec International, Amsua
Trading, Defense Trading, Linscan, Emirates Marine, and Dubai Islamic
Bank.
Akif, in addition to his MBA in Project Management, also studied for
Certified Management Accountant qualification from IMA, USA. He is also
Certified Enterprise Risk Manager (from George Washington University,
USA), Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (IQF, USA) and Certified Lead
Auditor ISO:9001 (IRCA). He is also well versed with multiple ERP
systems and technologies including SAP, Sun, Microsoft Dynamics and eGRC
(NASDAQ BWise governance system).
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