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Our approach to the market
Within Deloitte Private we recognise, and specialise, in four distinct market segments. This enables us to focus our services, communications and programmes across a market that is both large and varied.
Deloitte Private Leader
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David Stark David joined Deloitte in 1993, and in 2011 transferred from the UK to Dubai to lead Deloitte’s Restructuring Services practice in the Middle East. He also leads the Deloitte Private practice in the Middle East and is a member of the NSE Deloitte Private Executive – established to drive collaboration across all regions in this key market. |
How we approach the market
Family Businesses & HNWI and their Family Offices
We advise ambitious families and individuals, and the businesses they own and run, working with early‑stage entrepreneurs through to long‑established, multi‑generational family companies to manage the three elements that comprise a family business ecosystem – The Family, The Business and The Private Wealth. We help high‑net‑worth individuals (HNWI) and family offices manage their investments and regulatory and compliance affairs.
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Walid Chiniara |
Private Companies
We work with private and small listed companies who face a range of challenges that affect not only the success of the business enterprise, but also the professional and personal goals of their owners. Characteristics: Private businesses (non-family run), professionally managed; CEO/COO are normally not the founder(s).
Private Equity
Through wide‑ranging, integrated propositions, we support Private Equity houses and their portfolio companies throughout the transaction lifecycle. Characteristics: either the parent (i.e., the ‘house’) or subsidiaries (i.e., the ‘portfolio companies’) of private equity firms.
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Sam Surrey |
Small, high growth enterprises
These are the fastest growing, innovative private businesses in the region, established to address disruption within their sector. Characteristics: attractive startups, small companies with strong future potential, innovative private businesses, scale-ups and unicorns.
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Basit Hussain |
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Kyriacos Charalambides |
Business areas
Deloitte Private also has specialists in the following business areas:
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Sunder Nurani Sunder Nurani is specialized in the Audit function of the Insurance industry and has more than 20 years of experience in Audit. He is a strong advocate of continuous learning and is a Partner in Audit & Assurance, including Audit Learning in the United Arab Emirates. |
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Georges Najem |
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Richard Hurley Rich is a Consulting Partner and the Leader of the Clients & Industries & Salesforce Middle East. He has been with Deloitte for over 25 years and has spent time working in the UK, Europe and Africa. Rich's client work purely focuses on Financial Services and Digital Transformation space. |
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Hani M. Khoury |
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Scott Whalan |
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Basit Hussain |
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Yiannis Sophianos Yiannis is a Partner at Deloitte in Cyprus with extensive experience in the audits of large local and international groups including public listed entities. |
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Nader Farid Nader is a Partner in Risk Advisory covering the Cyber and Technology Risk practice in KSA. |
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Tamer Charife Tamer is a Partner in Deloitte’s Risk Advisory (RA) Practice Middle East and is the Risk Advisory Leader in Kuwait and the Cyber & Technology Risk Leader in Qatar. |
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Midhat Salha Midhat has more than 25 years of professional experience in Audit and Assurance in the GCC and the United States. He has been a partner within Deloitte since 2008 and currently leads the Audit and Assurance practice of Deloitte in Qatar. |
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Hisham Zeitouny Hisham is the partner in charge of the Business Risk Service line in the UAE and Qatar, with 18+ years’ experience in the ME, he has assisted various clients in the region with corporate governance assignments, assessing internal audit departments/ partnering, risk consultancy & reviewing internal control environments of entities like commercial/ investment banks. |
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Nader Farid Nader is a Partner in Risk Advisory covering the Cyber and Technology Risk practice in KSA. |
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Stephen Rees Stephen has 20 years experience working with elite families from Europe, Asia and the Middle East. |