Team

Board of Directors

Imraan Lockhat

Director

Designation: CA (SA) RA CISA

Registered bodies: SAICA, IRBA, ISACA

Over the last two decades, Imraan has successfully managed various roles across a broad range of sectors including: insurance, taxation, wholesale and retail trade, leisure and luxury, infrastructure and technology. During this period, he has gained extensive knowledge and experience in audit, accounting, financial management and ICT.

He is the lead partner of our public sector portfolio and personally manages key relationships in this sector.

Ismail Lockhat

Director

Designation: CA (SA) RA CISA

Registered bodies: SAICA, IRBA, ISACA

Ismail has over 15 years of experience in the assurance industry and a strong understanding of IFRS. He has acquired a broad portfolio of clients across diverse industries including aviation, enterprise retail and property management and serves as the engagement partner for some of our largest clients.

Ismail has conducted various pre-issuance engagements for the AGSA and public sector assurance engagements.

Muhammad Lockhat

Director

Designation: CA (SA) RA CISA

Registered bodies: SAICA, IRBA, ISACA

During the 19 years that he has served the assurance industry, Muhammad has built up a diverse portfolio of clients nationally with a focus on ICT-based clients in the private sector.

Muhammad has conducted numerous assurance engagements and Information Systems Audits, helping countless clients, in diverse industries across the public and private sectors with his value-added approach

Priya Singh

Director

Designation: CA (SA) RA

Registered bodies: SAICA, IRBA

With her own portfolio of high-profile clients and a technical expert in her own right, Priya regularly assists our team and clients with accounting and assurance aspects.

Priya has a strong working knowledge of IT audits, practical knowledge of audit assertions, financial audit risks and accounting internal controls allowing her to provide valuable insight to the audit team.

Rohith Ramsarup

Associate

Designation: Tax Practitioner

Registered bodies: SAIT

With more than 3 decades in the financial sector, Rohith has gained a wealth of knowledge and experience in accounting and Statutory returns and registrations including preparation of annual financial statements, Income Tax Returns, VAT, PAYE, UIF and SDL, WCA, Company registrations and amendments to Close Corporations to name a few.

Management committee

Ahmed Paruk

Director

Designation: CA (SA) RA CISA

Registered bodies: SAICA, IRBA, ISACA

Ahmed possesses specialist skills including data analytics, database and network security skills. He has assisted the firm on numerous public sector ICT assurance engagements nationally.

Ahmed has conducted general control reviews for the AGSA across all focus areas and in accordance with the AGSA training methodology. He possesses significant experience working with the AGSA on regularity audit assurance engagements.

Dawood Abukader

Key Audit Manager

Designation: AGA (SA)

Registered bodies: SAICA, ISACA

Dawood has accumulated extensive experience in IT Assurance. In his role as manager, he works with IT audit trainees to assist the financial audit team during their audits. His practical knowledge of audit assertions, financial audit risks and accounting internal controls allow him to provide valuable insight to the audit team.

Yashiren Naidoo

Key Audit Manager

Designation: CA (SA) RA

Registered bodies: SAICA, IRBA

With close to a decade of industry experience, Yashiren has conducted various assurance engagements for public entities including national, provincial and local government entities.

He has been part of the audit team in a few JSE Listed entities predominantly in the medical, petroleum, mining and construction industries with a lead role in their subsidiary audits.

Roshan Ramjeawon

Key Audit Manager

Designation: CA (NDip in Cost and Management Accounting) RA

Roshan worked for the KZN Provincial Treasury as Internal Audit Manager from 2007 until 2015. Prior to this, he served as the Internal Audit Manager at the Municipality. He has extensive knowledge in Internal audit and public-sector audits.

Shireen Variawa (Desai)

Tax Director

Designation: Tax Practitioner

Registered bodies: SAIT

Shireen specialises in developing tax strategies and policies that help individuals and businesses maintain compliance with local tax laws and regulations.

Shireen delivers a full range of tax services in compliance with laws and regulations within specified timeframes.