Grant Thornton UAE is delighted to welcome ten new Partners, strengthening our leadership and reinforcing our commitment to delivering exceptional service to our clients. We remain focused on raising the bar to meet your evolving needs.
Sameer Abdi
Sameer Abdi is Partner and Head of Advisory at Grant Thornton UAE, with global experience across M&A, financial services, technology, and real estate. He reflects on leadership shaped by crisis, resilience, and long‑term growth through people.
Chris Quinn
Audit Partner with experience across audit, tax, assurance and regulatory compliance as well as the implementation of International Standards on Quality Management (ISQM1).
Ahmad Chit
Advisory Partner specialising in forensic accounting, fraud investigations, expert witness testimony, and litigation support.
Veronica Fox
People Partner with experience in cross-border HR strategies, talent development programs, diversity and inclusion initiatives, and large-scale organisational design.
Ahmed Afify
Audit Partner with experience in IFRS, ISA, special agreed upon procedures, internal audit and fraud and dispute investigations.
Richard Hills
Advisory Partner specialising in analytics, fraud prevention, and advanced data-driven and technology-enabled compliance strategies.
Anand Balasubramanian
Advisory Partner specialising in risk analytics and strategy, climate stress testing, regulatory inspections, and AI-ML driven digital transformation of risk functions.
Rajeev Patel
Advisory Partner specialising in M&A, due diligence, capital markets, restructuring, and performance improvement, with a strong focus in financial services and real estate.
Isabel Strassburger
Isabel Strassburger is a Tax Partner with over 19 years of international experience advising executive teams on corporate tax strategy, cross‑border structuring, and governance across the Middle East, Europe, and Latin America. She discusses her perspective on how embedding tax into governance frameworks can support long‑term value creation, beyond compliance requirements.

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