Ex-Big 4 leadership, UK practice experience

Mohammed Ariful Hoque

Founder Partner, H&A Consulting Limited and Hanif & Arif, Chartered Accountants

Chartered Accountant (ICAEW and ICAB) with 19+ years in statutory audit, accounting, tax compliance, statutory reporting and payroll. At EY Bangladesh he led the Accounting and Business Consulting service line, covering IFRS financial statements, outsourced and co-sourced internal audit, and SOP design. At A. Qasem & Co. (then an EY member firm) he led statutory audit for leading multinationals and local conglomerates.

• Partner, H&A Consulting Limited (H&A BPO) and Hanif & Arif, since Oct 2023
• Partner, Consulting Services, Ernst & Young Advisory Services Bangladesh Ltd, 2021–2023
• Partner, Audit & Consulting, A. Qasem & Co., 2016–2021
• Senior Manager & Director, A. Qasem & Co., 2011–2016

Notable clients: Unilever Bangladesh, Bata Bangladesh, Cisco, F5 Networks, Nokia, Microsoft, Honeywell, Mondelez, ABB, BBC, Roche, Robi Axiata, Sinohydro, UPS.

Education: BBA & MBA in Finance, University of Chittagong. Examiner for professional exams and trainer in industry forums.

Muhammad Abu Hanif Meah

Founder Partner, H&A Consulting Limited, and Managing Partner, Hanif & Arif, Chartered Accountants

Chartered Accountant (ICAEW and ICAB) and ACCA Fellow with 23+ years across professional practice and the corporate sector, in audit, corporate tax, transfer pricing, cross-border tax and regulatory advisory. He led the tax and transfer pricing service lines at EY Bangladesh and A. Qasem & Co., and works closely with the NBR, Bangladesh Bank, BIDA, BEZA, BEPZA and RJSC.

• Managing Partner, Hanif & Arif, Chartered Accountants, since Oct 2023
• Partner, Tax Services, Ernst & Young Advisory Services Bangladesh Ltd, 2021–2023
• Partner, Tax Services, A. Qasem & Co., 2017–2021
• Manager & Director, A. Qasem & Co., 2011–2017

Notable clients: Nokia, Novo Nordisk, Unilever, CCCC, Marubeni, Jotun, Honda, Roche, Axiata, Crystal Martin, Sumitomo, POSCO, PUMA, Samsung, Sinohydro.

Education: BBA & MBA in Accounting & Information Systems, University of Dhaka. Examiner for professional exams and trainer in industry forums.

Twsif Tanvir Tanoy

Partner, Tax, VAT & Advisory

Over a decade in tax, VAT, accounting, statutory reporting and financial advisory, specialising in tax and VAT advisory, regulatory compliance and tax planning. Formerly Director, Audit, Tax & Consulting at Hanif & Arif, and Manager, Tax Services at EY Bangladesh.

BBS & MBS in Management, National University, Bangladesh.

Sanjeev Gupta

Consultant, Transfer Pricing & BEPS

15+ years of transfer pricing compliance and litigation built at PwC, KPMG and EY, including growing EY’s transfer pricing practice in Bangladesh (2015–2018). Formerly Director, Tax Services at Ernst & Young Associates LLP and Senior Manager at KPMG India. Has negotiated Advance Pricing Agreements and represented clients in India–US MAP proceedings.

Bachelor’s in Law, Lucknow University. Diploma in Business Finance, ICFAI.

Muhammad Asadul Haque

Director, Technology Consulting

19+ years of post-qualification experience in information technology. Leads IT-driven projects, complex infrastructure and network security across the full IT lifecycle, and oversees the secure delivery platform used for UK client work.