Chartered Secretary | 14 years Experience | Corporate Governance, Risk and Compliance Management

Dual-qualified governance professional - Fellow Company Secretary (FCS, ICSI) and Fellow Chartered Secretary (FCG, Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland) - with 14+ years of post-qualification experience advising boards of listed and privately held companies on corporate governance, secretarial compliance and corporate law. Currently Company Secretary of an IPO-bound engineering consultancy with UK and Australian subsidiaries. A common-law governance grounding that transfers directly to DIFC / ADGM and UAE mainland frameworks, supported by ongoing study of UAE company law and AML/CFT. Seeking a Company Secretary or Governance & Compliance Manager role in the UAE.

Key Acheivements:

• 1. Leading a c.₹250 crore (≈US$28 million) main-board IPO — fresh issue plus offer for sale — from DRHP filing to listing readiness on the BSE and NSE.
• 1. Built and ran an independent practice for eight years, advising 40+ companies and leading a team of seven.
• 1. Led due diligence and condition-precedent audits for 15+ companies, and forensic / SFIO engagements for 10+.
• 1. Managed foreign-investment (FEMA) compliance and reporting for 5+ companies with a clean regulatory record.