About Befiler

SYED ASAD ALI SHAH

Asad Ali Shah (FCA), is the Chairman and an Advisor at Befiler. He is one of the leading professionals in the country who is very well known & respected in all key business & govt circles. With more than 35 years' experience in advisory, tax, assurance, governance and related services, remained Managing Partner/ Senior Partner of Deloitte Pakistan for 18 years. Has remained President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan, Member of International Federal of Accountants (global body that represents world's accounting profession) and Advisor to Chief Minister Sindh, with status of Provincial Finance Minister for 3 yrs. Also, as member of Thar Coal Board, was instrumental in establishing Pakistan's largest public private partnership projects in coal & power at Thar between Govt. of Sindh & Engro/ other groups that has already resulted in over $ 4 billion investment, but aggregate investment in these projects is likely to be over $ 10 billion.

Mr. Shah has been advising most of the top companies of Pakistan, both private & public sector, and continues to serve most distinguished clients. Other engagements include:

• Member of Prime Minister's Task Force on Government Restructuring
• Member Policy Board of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan
• Member of Board of Directors of Karachi Electric

AKBAR TEJANI

Akbar is the Co-Founder & CEO of Befiler (Pvt.) Ltd. He started his professional career with Deloitte Pakistan in 2001, and excelled with diversified experience in advisory, risk management and assurance services. He later joined IGI Financial Services in 2007 as Vice President and CFO. Before founding InvestoMate in 2014, he was GM Finance and a member of Executive Management at PIA Investments, overseeing strategic and financial affairs of Company's hospitality investments in USA and France, which were collectively valued at more than US$600 million. Akbar is a Fellow Chartered Accountant and holds a Master's degree in Economics from University of Karachi. He has also served as a member of ICAP's Financial Sector Committee in 2006-07.

MUDASSIR ALI

Mudassir Ali is a Co-Founder and CIO & COO of Befiler (Pvt.) Ltds. He is also the founder of Arittek Solution acting as a chairman. He has diversified experience and proven record as a lead, he has worked with UNCHR, BWM, Daewoo Motors, and Spectrum Systems. Mudassir holds a MBA in Strategic Planning from the Charles Sturt University of Australia and a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from College Aman Malaysia, additionally he is CCNA certified and completed Java certification from Informatic Beacon House.

ZEESHAN BHATTI

A software consultant by profession, having more than 15 years of experience mostly in the banking industry around the globe. He has been associated with TEMENOS for 10 years and has implemented more than 10 banks during his tenure. Apart of consultation he has been busy training banking professionals in various countries on TEMENOS Core Banking System. He is a Gold Certified TEMENOS Consultant.

FARRUKH RASHEED

Farrukh Rasheed is an Associated Chartered Accountant. Mr. Rasheed is a Director at Befiler (Pvt.) Ltd, and leads Taxation and Advisory Services. He is also the Founding Partner of RA Chartered Accountants (RA). Mr. Rasheed started his career with EY and went on to work there as an Assurance Manager principally specializing in the financial services sector. His professional experience spans multiple countries as he has worked extensively for EY office in Bahrain and managed a substantial portion of EY's client portfolio in Tajikistan. He was also involved in a multi-location assignments in Afghanistan.