EMA Squared is born

March 2017

Experience from working for Multi-national Chartered Accountancy firm

Decision to establish own chartered accountancy practice specialising in Restaurant chains, Hotels and SPV Property companies after leaving the Outsourcing department of RSM (formerly Baker Tilly), a chartered accountancy firm with offices in 121 countries.

Join RSM

November 2015

Managed the full back office finance-function for a portfolio of clients.

The most notable being:

Restaurants

A chain of 18 Thai restaurants based in London;

A chain of Thai and Indian restaurants around the Globe, headquartered in London.

Hotels

A franchisee’s City of London Hotel operations;

A European Hotel chain’s full UK back office finance-function operation.

Special Purpose Vehicle Property Companies

A group of SPV companies owning dozens of central London properties with mixed commercial and residential revenue.

As well as the finance-function for Soft-Skills trainers, Brand managers, Distributors etc.

Return to UK

May 2013

Join Lambert Chapman LLP a regional firm of Chartered Accountants.

Overseeing Bookkeeping;

Preparation of: Management accounts; VAT returns; EC sales lists; Statutory accounts; Corporation tax returns; P11d returns; PAYE settlement agreements; Self assessment tax returns; Cash flow and working capital statements; Transition to FRS102; HMRC VAT Inspections; HMRC Corporation tax enquiry; and KPI commentary.

Travel to Bangladesh

November 2011

Engage with ancestral roots

Join S F Ahmed Chartered Accounts and Auditors, a partner firm of Ernst & Young.

Direct Statutory audit of: Scheduled banks; Non-Governmental Organisations; and Mining Companies.

Liaise with Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms and National Board of Revenue.

Direct Assurance engagements for: United Kingdom Department for International Development; the Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh; Forum Syd of Sweden; Asian Development Bank; and the Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation.

Direct Consultancy engagements on foreign companies setting-up permanent establishments in Bangladesh.

Admitted as an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ACA Bangla’h).

Join Shanta Denims Ltd a clothes manufacturer and a wholly owned entity of the Dewhirst Group, Mr I Dewhirst introduced Mr Marks to Mr Spencer in 1880.
Senior management trainee – production.

ACA England & Wales

October 2010

Admitted as an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

MSc

April 2005

Awarded Master of Science in Biotechnology from University of Essex, Colchester, UK.

BSc(Hons)

August 2003

Awarded Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science (Developmental)from Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Schools of Medicine & Dentistry.

King’s College, University of London.

Parents buy first House

January 1986

Begin their residential property portfolio in London followed by eight others in Battersea, London and Braintree, Essex.

Father establishes first Tandoori – Indian restaurant in Upper Tooting Road, London

January 1977

Followed by:

2nd in Lavender Hill, Battersea, London;

3rd in Station Road, Belmont, Sutton; and

4th in Earls Colne, Nr. Colchester, Essex

Grandfather immigrates to UK

January 1955

Learns trade with his nephew who established one of the 1st Tandoori – Indian restaurants in the UK, Kismet Tandoori, Bold Street, Liverpool.