Zaheer Iqbal

Zaheer comes with a rich and lengthy background spanning over 25 years in his professional career. He started off his career with a “Big Four” Audit Firm. He later worked for global fortune 500 companies in the Middle Eastern insurance sector. Prior to joining UIB in the Emirates, he was the group CFO at the largest Takaful insurer in the UAE, with multiple offices in the region. He has been associated with the insurance sector for 21 years.

Zaheer currently heads the finance department of UIB in the Emirates, providing strategic support to stakeholders, in addition to managing the preparation of financial statements and related regulatory reporting.

Zaheer was a team member in the operational review of insurance sector reforms on behalf of the Asian Development Bank. He has managed multi-billion-dirham investments on behalf of policy holders and shareholder’s funds and has a keen interest in risk and solvency management for companies. He has also been a team member in a few corporate M&A deals.