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About Business Navigators: your finance & advisory partner in Dubai

A finance and advisory firm in Meydan Freezone, Dubai, offering fractional CFO, transaction advisory, accounting and tax, and company formation to businesses across the UAE & GCC.

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Who we are

One firm, from setup to exit

Business Navigators LLC-FZ brings company formation, accounting, tax, CFO, financing and transaction advisory under one roof, so the team that sets you up is the team that keeps you compliant and helps you grow. You deal directly with senior decision-makers on every engagement.

Expert advisors, not agents

Your setup, books and filings are designed with tax, audit and banking in mind from day one.

Founder-led

Engagements are led by the founders, with our senior team.

Banking relationships

We work with UAE banks for our clients, from account opening to credit facilities.

Strategic guidance

CFO, valuation and transaction expertise at the table when key decisions are made.

Leadership

Senior people, personally involved

Portrait of Zahid Hussain FCA FCCA, Co-founder and CEO

Zahid Hussain FCA FCCA

Co-founder & CEO

FCA · ICAPFCCA · ACCA UK

Dual-qualified (FCA, ICAP · FCCA, ACCA UK) C-suite executive with 22+ years of senior finance experience as CEO and Group CFO.

CFO leadership across financing, project finance, M&A and complex project-based businesses. He has led finance across energy, infrastructure and industrial groups, and today advises boards and financial institutions on corporate strategy, capital structuring, transactions and business transformation.

Expertise: Corporate strategy & growth · capital structuring & raising · transaction advisory · tax optimisation · board advisory & governance · business transformation

Portrait of Tahir Hussain, Co-founder and COO

Tahir Hussain

Co-founder & COO

CFO in real estate development and group startup ventures who builds finance functions from the ground up for real estate, startup and SME businesses, with deep corporate finance, FP&A and project finance expertise.

He leads sell-side mandates, business valuations and transaction support for UAE SMEs, from teasers, information memoranda and investor outreach to DCF and revenue-multiple models. He also oversees project finance, development budgets, construction drawdowns, lender reporting, and the controls and SOPs that stand up to due diligence.

Expertise: Financial strategy · FP&A · project finance · business valuation · sell-side M&A · treasury · banking · board advisory

Where we serve

The UAE directly. The wider GCC through affiliates.

Serving clients across the UAE from Dubai, with an office in Ajman and affiliates across the GCC.

Map of the GCC: the UAE highlighted, with Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait in a lighter tone
UAE: served directlyGCC: through our affiliates

Served directly

United Arab Emirates

DubaiHead office · Meydan Freezone
AjmanOffice · Al Rumailah

Serving businesses across the UAE

  • Dubai
  • Abu Dhabi
  • Sharjah
  • Ajman
  • Ras Al Khaimah
  • Fujairah
  • Umm Al Quwain

Through our affiliates

Across the GCC

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Oman
  • Bahrain
  • Qatar
  • Kuwait

Discuss Your Finance Needs

Speak directly with our founders about your books, tax, finance or next transaction.

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