Ashaad is a qualified Accountant and a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) with over two decades of experience in the financial services sector. His extensive career spans across three countries, beginning at Deloitte in Mauritius where he served as an auditor. He has since held various accounting roles, including Accounts Analyst at Quality Beverages Limited and Accountant at International Management Mauritius Ltd. In Guernsey, he worked as a Senior Fund Accountant specialising in offshore funds at Ipes before moving to London in 2010 to join Langham Hall as a Manager, where he specialised in private equity and real estate funds. At 3i plc, a FTSE 100 company, Ashaad was a Financial Reporting Accountant responsible for the preparation of accounts and various reporting to sophisticated investors and high-net-worth individuals. He is currently the Fund Controller at Cinven Limited, where he oversees the merger and acquisition of major businesses and produces accounts and reporting documents for investors. Ashaad's areas of expertise include accounting, audit, and tax, as well as financing major acquisitions, reviewing business plans, and preparing financial forecasts and budgets.