MUHAMMAD AWAIS

Title: Council Member

Mr. Awais is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP). He qualified in 1998 and currently working as the Office Managing Partner (Lahore Office) and Tax Market Segment Leader (North) of EY Ford Rhodes, Chartered Accountants.

He has been serving as an elected Council Member since 2017. He has previously served as Chairman of Fiscal Law Committee of ICAP and has been playing a vibrant role in several ICAP Committees including Executive Committee, Examination Committee, Benevolent Fund Management Committee, ICAP Building Committee, Members Affairs Committee and Overseas Coordination Committee. He was the Chairman of Northern Regional Committee of ICAP. He has served as President of Lahore Tax Bar Association for the term of 2009-10. He was also the member of Arbitration Committee of Lahore Stock Exchange.

He has been providing training to directors under Director Training Program (DTP) of ICAP. He was the Chairman of Publication Committee of ICAP, and led the publication of ICAP magazine, ‘The Pakistan Accountant’. He has regularly been appointed as speaker of ICAP seminars on topics related to tax.

He is a seasoned tax practitioner and has been providing professional services to several national and multinational businesses for more than 25 years. He closely worked with different stakeholders, including government authorities and donor agencies like IFC/World bank, GIZ etc, for tax reforms within and outside Pakistan.