Mukhtar Hasan FCA CF – Managing Partner

Mukhtar M. Hasan was born in 1950.  He graduated from the University of Karachi as a Bachelor of Commerce in 1970.  He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales in 1974, and was awarded the Corporate Finance Qualification in 2006. 

He joined Habib Bank A.G. Zurich in London where he became responsible for its financial operations in the UK in 1974.   During this time he was seconded to the offices of the bank in both Switzerland and the UAE.   In 1979 he joined the National Bank of Ras-al-Khaimah then managed by Hill Samuel.   In 1980 Mr. Hasan returned to London as finance director of Intermarine Shipping Limited, a company that owned and operated dry bulk cargo vessels.

In 1983 together with two other partners, Mr Hasan helped to establish the Tawoos Group in Oman.   This company has subsequently grown into a large and diversified group, comprising about 30 companies and employing approximately 3,000 people.  He was the finance director for the group and its subsidiaries and played a key role in managing the expansion of the group and its activities.

In 1995 he was significantly involved in the setting up of Renaissance Services SAOG.  This was the first private family owned company in the Gulf to go public. Mr Hasan was appointed chief executive of Renaissance.  He is experienced in regional and international investments as well as company start-ups, mergers, acquisitions, and flotation, the latest of which was Topaz Energy and Marine SAOG on the Muscat Securities Market.   Mr Hasan has been a board director of a number of public companies including manufacturing, financial and service companies.   He has managed institutional and private individual funds invested in various international financial instruments, in real estate, and in private companies.   He was involved in the establishment of United Power Company SAOG, the first private sector independent power plant in the Gulf.   Mr Hasan stepped down as chief executive of Renaissance in June 1998.

Mr. Hasan established Redwood Partners in June 1998 together with two other partners.  Redwood was a corporate finance firm, which focused exclusively on the GCC markets.  At Redwood, Mr. Hasan and his partners have been responsible for handling a number of advisory assignments in the region including the listing of BP Oman SAOG, advice to various clients on corporate restructurings, disposals and mergers, as well as structuring and arranging private equity opportunities.  Redwood was acquired by HSBC in August 2001.

Mr. Hasan established Barij International LLC in May 2002.  ABM is a corporate finance boutique specializing in private equity, corporate finance, corporate turn around new projects, mergers & acquisition, project management, investments and investment advice.        

Mr Hasan is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and holds the Corporate Finance Qualification jointly issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales, Securities Investment Institute and Chartered Accountants of Canada.   He has served on the Board of several companies including Omani public companies United Power, Renaissance Services, Renaissance Hospitality, National Hospitality, Muscat Finance and Oman Textiles as well as the Gulf Commercial Bank in Pakistan.  He is currently a Director and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Gulf Investment Services, the Chairman of the Investment Committee of the First Mazoon Fund, Managing Director of Gulf Mushroom Products Company SAOG, Chairman of Muscat Thread Mills SAOG and Vice Chairman of Oman Dental College SAOC.  Mr. Hasan is also the Chairman of the American British Academy, an IB World School in Muscat.