Shahab Haider

Managing Partner at Sajjad Haider Group (UAE)

Speaker

Shahab Haider is the Managing Partner of the Sajjad Haider Group, one of the first Chartered Accountancy firms to be set up in the UAE in 1976.

Shahab specialises in corporate restructuring, insolvency, investigative and forensic accounting and has over 34 years’ experience both locally and internationally. He is a registered auditor with the UAE Ministry of Economy and official Liquidator registered with the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), licensed to take appointments all over the UAE. Shahab is also an approved Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy Expert registered with the Financial Restructuring Committee (FRC).

Shahab has been involved with many complex bankruptcy matters and has played a leading role in the development of the insolvency law and best practices in the local jurisdiction, setting precedence on several occasions with landmark judgements being issued by the DIFC Courts for interpretation of DIFC Insolvency laws. He is regularly invited to participate as an expert on panels, in the fields of turnaround, insolvency & liquidation. Shahab is also recognised as being appointed as the provisional liquidator for the first reported provisional liquidation in the DIFC

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (“ICAEW”). Member of the ICAEW Middle East Members Advisory Board.