Fahad Zia

Holding three concurrent remote CFO mandates for owner-managed businesses in Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States: • Pak National Foods Ltd, Ireland — food manufacturing (EUR 20m revenue, 100+ staff) • How Solutions Ltd, United Kingdom — MEP contracting (GBP 16m revenue, 100+ staff) • Luminate Systems LLC, United States — IT services and digital (USD 7m revenue, 30+ staff)

Led internal audit for a consumer electronics and lifestyle technology group — with USD 13.2m revenue and 700+ employees. • Reviewed and strengthened the group's financial control environment across procurement, finance and operations, escalating priority exposures to the executive team • Assessed the effectiveness of FP&A, management reporting and KPI frameworks, and directed remedial improvements • Issued risk-based audit recommendations that tightened financial controls, strengthened governance

CFO of a management consultancy (USD 11m revenue, 120+ staff) delivering contracted finance transformation, restructuring and business optimisation to client organisations across Europe, North America, the Gulf and Australasia — all delivered remotely. • Held the CFO mandate for the firm while leading client-facing finance transformation and turnaround engagements across four regions • Client engagements spanned energy, construction and infrastructure, manufacturing, healthcare, technology etc.

14+ Years of diversified experience as an Internal and External Auditor, Finance, and Accounts professional with a demonstrated history of working at C-Level Positions and expertise in Turnaround Strategies.

Directed the finance function for a diversified logistics and workforce services group deploying 2,200+ personnel to major FMCG clients. • Owned group consolidation, statutory reporting and the banking relationship • Implemented KPI-driven management reporting, forecasting and internal control processes across the group • Partnered with operational leadership to align finance, risk and commercial strategy, improving profitability and cash flow

Group internal audit lead for a diversified holding group of 17 operating companies and 10,000+ employees across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain — spanning industrial, construction, energy, retail and ready-mix concrete businesses. • Identified USD 12.5 million in group exposure across 112 audits — USD 7.4 million in operational findings and USD 5.2 million in cost and revenue leakage — each escalated to management for recovery and disciplinary action