Independent Director
Zakir Hussein Niamut is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK. He is also a Chartered Secretary from the Chartered Governance Institute UK and Ireland. He has more than 33 years of experience in the field of accounting and finance. Before joining SANNE in August 2000, he was the Financial Accountant of a textile manufacturing company where he worked for more than six years. He has also worked for a firm of chartered accountants. He previously led a team of 20 people responsible for a portfolio of more than 150 entities, including collective investment schemes, closed-end funds, investment holding companies, trusts, foundations and domestic companies before taking the role of Lead Client Director. He has been exposed to the main areas of the industry, including legal, tax, administration, accounting and corporate secretarial. He sits on the Board of several global businesses and domestic companies.