Finance Monthly M&A Awards 2019 - Winners Edition

72 UAE www.colliers.com What makes Colliers Education and Healthcare Advisory & Valuation Services unique? How are you are different when compared to your peers? The Colliers Healthcare & Education Advisory & Valuation Services team is solely focused on healthcare and education-related business (OpCo) and real estate (PropCo), providing advisory valuation services. Our team has the expertise and knowledge required for providing forward-thinking solutions to any challenging healthcare and education-related decision, where success is measured in high-quality care delivered in a cost effective way. We provide strategic advice on new concepts, expansion strategies, market and financial feasibility studies, master planning, branding, space planning, operational performance benchmarking, business plan creation, development and operational cash flows, introduction of debt, equity and experienced operators to projects, appraisals and land, property and business valuations, PropCo / OpCo models and negotiation, management agreements and operative training and leasing and sales to property & asset management. Tell us a bit about your career path.What have been some of your biggest accomplishments to date? I started my career during the final years of my Master degree in Applied Economics. I was teaching economics to undergraduate and postgraduate students, before joining Andersen Consulting as a management consultant in Pakistan. In 2001 I moved to Ernst & Young, Abu Dhabi working in Transaction Advisory for over 8 years, focusing on feasibility studies, M&A, debt and equity advice, valuation and fund raising, before joining one of the leading real estate developer leading their strategy division. The biggest break in my career came in 2010, when I was asked to set-up Healthcare, Education and PPP at Colliers International across the MENA region, as part of Colliers MENA strategy to diversify into new sectors and provide both real estate and business advisory. Since then, there has been no turning back. With the support of the management, we are now ranked as one of the leading advisors in the healthcare, education and infrastructure sectors, not only in the MENA region, but also in Asia, with our strong team of over 15 qualified and experienced professionals. ASSET BASED VALUATIONS ADVISER OF THE YEAR Q Q