Farhaj Khan
Farhaj Khan, partner at Maven Minds, is a member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK. He has broad accounting and finance background comprising 13 years that enables him to provide a holistic consulting approach for clients to establish large businesses.
Farhaj began his professional career in 2007, since then he has worked with Chartered Accountant firms including Deloitte Middle East, KSA and other national and multi-national companies specifically operating in metal, textile, petroleum and e-commerce industry in various managerial roles. He is actively leading clients in delivering finance and corporate solutions and business advisory.
In addition to his broad background, he has experience in due diligence assignments, internal and external auditing, corporate compliances, compliance audits, ERP implementations as well as the handling accounts and finance. He also leverages his strong knowledge of raising finances, business planning, team building, federal and provincial tax laws as part of his comprehensive personal and business advisory services.
He believes providing excellent client service is paramount. He actively works with clients to help them meet their goals through timely and accurate deliveries as well as serving as a trusted independent advisor for business. He is known for his creative thinking, problem solving, consulting and structuring.
Imran Lodhi
Imran Lodhi, a Certified Tax Practitioner, having qualified as a Public Finance Accountant from Pakistan Institute of Public Finance Accountant. He is a Member of Karachi Tax Bar Association and also served as a member in Advisory Committee of United Nation Affairs as constituted by Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce.
Imran, being a Partner of Maven Minds, is leading a direct tax division. He gained his professional experience from various law and tax firms including KPMG Taseer Hadi & Co. His accumulated experience in the field of direct tax practice is 7 years.
His expertise revolves around tax compliance management, tax planning, reporting of tax liabilities in financial statements, representation and appeal before the appellate forums. The sectors / industries, he has worked for, includes but not limited to services, distribution, manufacturing and non-resident investors
Being a trainer, he is also actively engaged in imparting understanding and knowledge of Income Tax laws to many of corporate entities and individuals having professional backgrounds. He also publishes taxation papers on significant issues in relation to income tax.
Murtaza Quaid
Murtaza Quaid, a gold medalist Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Pakistan, gained his professional experience with KPMG Taseer Hadi & Co. in Pakistan for 7 years.
Murtaza is leading direct tax segment of Maven Minds. He is considered as an expert on tax matters. He has handled taxation matters of various companies, individuals, association of persons, residents & non-residents, international taxation, along with double taxation treaties. His clientele spans from various sectors including electronics, distribution, manufacturing, service sector, importers, exporters and financial institutions etc.
He has also strong command over International Financial Reporting Standards as a whole, having worked with business conglomerates like Dawlance Group and Uber Pakistan in managing complex accounting assignments. He also extended his expertise in conducting due diligence of Daraz Group on behalf of Alibaba and statutory audit of Standard Chartered Bank and EFU Life Assurance
Apart from his professional disbursements, he also shares and imparts his knowledge as a leading faculty member at ICAP approved learning partner and provides training on Financial Reporting and Taxation to various company’s employees.
Adnan Ali
Adnan Ali, a Certified Tax Practitioner, is a Partner at Maven Minds with overall experience of 12 Years of managing complex indirect tax issues. He has served across a range of local and international clients, with a strong focus on helping businesses to fulfill compliance obligation and optimizing strategies with a view to create tax efficient system. He has also served as a Deputy Secretary for SZABIST Law Society in the Year of 2018-2019.
His specialty is in the area of indirect tax laws prevailing in Pakistan as he worked for 08 Years with a larger practice firm, Moore Shekha Mufti. He has also wide knowledge over GCC VAT laws as he had been involved in interpreting such laws since very first day of their enactments.
In addition, he is also actively engaged in corporate law practice where he looks after the matter relating to formation of entities, corporate advisory and compliances. His insight into the thinking and tactics of dealing statuary authorities is combined with a practical commercial approach valued by clients.
The industries or sectors, he has dealt with through out his drive, include but not limited to energy, sugar, cement, steel, automobile, oil, pharma, textile, food & consumer goods, information technology, banks, courier, shipping, aviation, insurance, advertisement and transportation.
Along with this practice, he remains involved in conducting training sessions and issuing notes on different topics of domestic tax laws.