Bilal is a Seasoned Change enabler, Thought Leader and Startup Investor with strong experience of strategic and operational management in FMCF and Information Technology industries with a finance and technology background across GCC including Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Pakistan.

He has assumed various roles in Group Finance Controller, Corporate Finance, Reporting & Regulatory Compliance capacities and has proven his mettle. Bilal’s vast experience of working in multi geographical & multi-dimensional commodities based international conglomerates has contributed millions of dollars in terms of ROI and positive EBITDA. 15+ years in the corporate world, he has been leading ecommerce Startups and other business ventures for their digital transformation experience, compliance, investor and external consultant relations leading them to reach the summit with sustainable growth.

Tariq is a visionary business veteran with over 3 decades of entrepreneurship, enterprise & Strategy development, business enhancement & process optimization. He successfully ran his own textile buying house for more than a decade and worked with international retailers in challenging marketplaces such as US, UK, EU & Japan.

He has a vast experience of managing multimillion dollar business portfolios and has executed long and short term business strategies to improve industry best practices in his highly successful ventures. His invaluable network of global business leaders & industry professionals has given him an unparalleled edge in various industries and brings a lot of worth to any company he joins or starts.

During his career starting in year 2001, Tahir Akhtar has remained employed with several reputable international software development companies including Gameview Studios (Subsidiary of DeNA Japan), TimeXperts Pvt. Ltd (formerly Workforce Software), Sibisoft Pvt Ltd (Global Northstar) and Pivotal Black.

He is a full stack software developer and software architect with special interest in Java and cloud based platforms.

Tahir has recruited and trained over a dozen engineers, architected several cloud based systems, done java backend and web frontend development, led mobile development teams, delivered Oracle middleware integration project and provided business process consultancy to company’s e-commerce client.