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Leadership
Strategic leadership across legal, financial, regulatory and sovereign advisory mandates.
Ali Siddiqui — Managing Director
Ali Siddiqui is a seasoned senior executive, international counsel, and strategic advisor with nearly three decades of experience guiding multinational corporations, sovereign entities, and private investors across complex legal, regulatory, and commercial environments. His work spans FMCG, energy, utilities, infrastructure, and industrial sectors — integrating executive leadership with cross-border legal and government relations expertise across Europe, the GCC, Central Asia, and wider emerging markets.
Ali has held senior executive and advisory positions across leading multinational groups including Unilever, Royal Dutch Shell, Engro Group, K-Electric (Al-Jomaih Group), and Philip Morris International — delivering market entry structures, regulatory outcomes, privatization mandates, and multi-billion-dollar investment, restructuring, and transformation programs.
Key Highlights
- Mergers & Acquisitions: Led landmark transactions, including a $350 million FMCG acquisition and multiple sector integrations.
- Energy & Infrastructure: Played a central role in securing nearly $1 billion in project financing through multilateral development institutions and international banking consortia. Served as Lead General Counsel in negotiating and implementing turnkey EPC and O&M arrangements for a 220MW GE power plant.
- Corporate Restructuring: Regional GC and senior executive leading a $3 billion restructuring programme, including the establishment of new private equity structures, manufacturing units, distribution networks, offshore trading hubs, and regulatory-aligned revenue models across the GCC, Central Asia, the Middle East, and select frontier markets.
- Divestment & Integration: Led a $25 million downstream divestment and subsequent acquisition and operational integration of a consumer foods business.
- Strategic Growth: Spearheaded new ventures in food, energy, and logistics while delivering over $10 million in recurring annual savings through contract renegotiations and operational optimisation.
- Government Engagement: Extensive direct engagement with sovereign authorities, regulators, and international institutions.
- Global Compliance: Secured OFAC licences for operations in complex jurisdictions and successfully defended clients in competition law, trade, and customs-related investigations.
Proven Institutional Credentials
- Formally recognised by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) as Chief Legal Advisor and Company Secretary to a major regional utility during post-privatisation rehabilitation, expansion, and governance stabilisation programmes.
- Appeared as Senior Counsel in public regulatory proceedings on competition and pricing policy, contributing to published determinations referenced by regional regulators and industry stakeholders.
Areas of Focus
Cross-Border Advisory
Government & Regulatory Affairs
Mergers & Acquisitions
Energy & Infrastructure
Corporate Restructuring
ESG & Governance
Patron
Distinguished leadership guiding institutional integrity & sovereign-aligned capability
MAG Siddiqui — Patron
MAG Siddiqui is a senior international legal practitioner and maritime specialist with extensive experience across maritime, environmental, corporate, and contract law. As an advocate admitted before senior appellate courts and international arbitration forums, he brings over two decades of distinguished legal practice and technical maritime expertise to AAMSID International's leadership.
With specialised expertise in maritime codes, environmental regulation, ports, and LNG terminal operations, he has led and advised on over 200 major industry cases for sovereign authorities, port operators, national carriers, and global P&I Clubs. His strategic contributions span LNG terminal development, carrier safety protocols, and maritime legislative and regulatory reform initiatives.
Key Highlights
- 200+ maritime & environmental matters — domestic and international courts and tribunals
- Legal advisor to sovereign authorities, port operators, national carriers, and global P&I Clubs
- Contributor to maritime law reform, port governance frameworks, and LNG safety regimes
- Published author of leading Admiralty & Maritime legal texts
- Former Chief Engineer on oil and LNG tankers — rare dual legal–technical expertise
- Trainer on IMO and maritime compliance conventions (ISPS, IOPP, ISM)
Areas of Contribution
Maritime & Admiralty Law
Ports & LNG Infrastructure
Environmental Regulation
Policy & Legislative Reform
Maritime Compliance & Training
Senior Advisor — Finance & Strategic Capital Programs
Global expertise in sovereign finance, privatization and institution-building
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Mohammed Akhtar Zaidi — Senior Advisor, Finance & Strategic Capital Programs
Mohammed Akhtar Zaidi is a globally respected finance and corporate strategy leader with over three decades of experience executing national-scale economic transformation, landmark privatizations, and foreign investment programs. As Founder & CEO of Mousa & Akhtar Co., he directs bespoke advisory mandates across sovereign and private markets.
Mr. Zaidi has led and advised transactions exceeding $3 billion, including one of the region's most complex utility privatizations and the design of an unprecedented $680 million multilateral/private lending consortium with IFC, ADB, and leading regional banks. He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant and former Partner at Coopers & Lybrand (PwC) and Clarmond House, UK.
Landmark Achievements
- $720M Utility Privatization: Led the historic acquisition and restructuring of K-Electric — securing major foreign investment and transforming operations.
- $680M Financing Innovation: Created Pakistan's first private-sector lending consortium with IFC, ADB, and top local banks — a regional project-finance milestone.
- Global M&A Leadership: Executed $3B+ in cross-border mergers, acquisitions, divestments, and corporate restructurings.
- Capital Market Development: Pioneered new financing structures for national-scale infrastructure and utility expansion.
- KASB–Merrill Lynch JV: Led multiple financial entities — Bank, Securities House, Mutual Funds — driving institutional growth with a global partner.
- Al-Dabbagh Group Expansion: Transformed a domestic Saudi group into an internationally diversified conglomerate across multiple regions.
- Technology Pioneer: Co-founded a SoftBank-aligned tech venture and launched PC Magazine in the MENA region.
- Strategic International Counsel: Provided advisory input in AT&T divestiture proceedings and international petroleum restructuring initiatives.
Core Competencies
Privatization & PPP Programs
Sovereign Capital Strategy
Infrastructure & Utility Finance
Cross-Border M&A
Public–Private Partnerships
Technology & Innovation
Senior Supply Chain Consultant
Strategic supply chain, industrial operations & global commercial execution
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Wajahat Athar — Senior Supply Chain Consultant
Wajahat Athar is a senior industrial and supply chain specialist with over 22 years of leadership experience across multinational and large-scale industrial organisations. A graduate of a leading international business school, he has developed and led transformational programmes spanning manufacturing, logistics, commercial operations, and international business expansion.
His global career spans roles with multinational manufacturers and consumer goods groups in Europe and emerging markets, followed by senior executive leadership positions overseeing supply chain, commercial operations, and international business portfolios within large-scale energy, utilities, and industrial enterprises.
Key Expertise & Achievements
- End-to-End Supply Chain Leadership: Managed complex supply chain, procurement, and logistics ecosystems across multiple heavy-industry sectors.
- Industrial Efficiency & Operations: Built and optimised manufacturing and plant operations infrastructures for large-scale enterprises.
- Commercial Execution: Led pricing, sourcing, distribution, vendor development, and strategic procurement programmes.
- Multinational & Cross-Regional Experience: Execution experience across Europe, the Middle East, and high-growth emerging markets.
- International Expansion: Instrumental in scaling industrial and manufacturing platforms across multiple jurisdictions.
- Energy & Utilities Transformation: Key executive contributor during major supply chain modernisation and operational turnaround phases.
Core Competencies
Supply Chain Strategy & Optimisation
Industrial & Plant Operations
Procurement & Strategic Sourcing
Global Logistics & Distribution
Commercial & Operational Strategy
Cross-Border Industrial Execution