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Islamic Finance
Islamic banking establishment, Islamic windows, product development, Shariah audit and compliance, governance frameworks, Takaful, capital markets, and portfolio conversion.
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Advice That Is
Honest, Grounded
And Built To Last
SNP Consulting is a Muscat-based advisory firm working across Islamic finance, ESG, and financial and management consulting.
The Firm
Independent Advisory Across Three Disciplines
SNP Consulting advises banks, corporations, family businesses, and private clients across Oman and the GCC.
The firm’s work ranges from building Shariah-compliant banking frameworks for financial institutions to helping family-owned enterprises construct governance architecture designed to survive and grow beyond their founders.
The firm brings together partners whose careers span Islamic banking, risk management, accounting and taxation, and commercial strategy. That breadth is deliberate, because demanding client problems rarely arrive neatly packaged within one specialist boundary.
Vision
Trusted Counsel For Complex Decisions
To be the most trusted advisory firm in the GCC for clients seeking excellence across Islamic finance, responsible investment, and sound business management, delivering advice that is honest, grounded in real experience, and built to last.
Mission
Helping Clients Make Better Decisions
Our purpose is straightforward: we help clients make better decisions and build stronger organisations.
For financial institutions, that means developing Islamic finance frameworks that are genuinely Shariah-compliant, commercially sound, and operationally ready to perform.
For corporates, government-linked entities, family businesses, and private clients, it means providing advice that changes real outcomes rather than producing reports that satisfy a disclosure obligation and are then filed away.
Independence Statement
Advice That Remains Independent
SNP Consulting provides advisory and consulting services independently of product distribution, brokerage, or investment sales activity.
Our recommendations are based on professional assessment, client objectives, regulatory context, governance requirements, and the practical realities of implementation.
This independence allows the firm to provide objective counsel focused on the client’s circumstances rather than on a predetermined product or platform.
Our Practice
Three Integrated
Practice Areas
The firm works across Islamic finance, ESG advisory, and financial and management consulting, with each practice reinforcing the others where client mandates require a wider institutional view.
ESG
ESG Advisory
ESG assessment, reporting frameworks, sustainability integration, climate and transition risk, and alignment between ESG and Islamic finance principles.
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Financial & Management Consulting
Risk assessments, restructuring, business planning, governance design, commercial strategy, accounting, taxation, VAT, HR, and payroll policy.
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Training & Capacity Building
Practitioner-led training for boards, executives, management teams, and operational staff across Islamic finance, ESG, governance, and risk.
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Leadership
SNP Consulting was founded by partners who each bring a distinct discipline and the shared conviction that clients deserve advice grounded in experience rather than theory.
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Syed Nayyar Azam Saifi
Managing Partner — Islamic Finance
Leads the Islamic finance practice, bringing experience across Islamic banking establishment, strategy, Shariah compliance, Shariah audit, product development, policies, and capital markets structuring.IJ
Ismail Jama Ismail Bait Ishaq
Partner — Accounting & Taxation
Former senior banking executive with extensive experience in financial management, operations, corporate tax, income tax, VAT advisory, and accounting practice across Oman and the wider region.KM
Kanwar Muti Ur Rehman
Partner — Business & Commercial Advisory
Focuses on commercial strategy, business development, and governance advisory, with emphasis on corporate clients and family-owned businesses in Oman and the GCC.Management Consultants
Extended Specialist Capability
The firm’s extended team includes specialist consultants across fintech, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and machine learning, product development, Takaful, Re-Takaful, and corporate training.
Theodore Ipsen
Cybersecurity, AI and Machine Learning
More than 20 years of experience in high-tech crime investigation, information security, IT governance, compliance, business continuity, and risk management.
Muhammad Zeeshan Farrukh
Product Development
More than 19 years of experience in Islamic banking and finance, including product development, Shariah compliance, research, teaching, training, and advisory.
Azeem Iqbal Pirani
Takaful & Re-Takaful Advisory
Veteran Takaful and Re-Takaful professional with over two decades of industry experience.
Dr. Farrukh Habib
Fintech Advisory
Expert in Islamic law, finance, and fintech, with experience in Islamic fintech, halal digital economy, AI, blockchain, tokenisation, and Shariah compliance.
Advisory Board
Senior External Perspective
SNP Consulting’s Advisory Board brings senior external perspective to the firm’s strategic direction and practice.
Munir Ahmed Mansoori
Chairman. Brings more than thirty-four years of central banking and Islamic finance regulatory experience.
Dr. Muhammad Suleman Afzal
Member. Academic, researcher, and consultant specialising in Islamic banking and finance.
Amer Qureshi
Member. CFO and management consultant with more than 30 years of experience in strategy, governance, and organisational advisory.
Mufti Ehsan Waquar Ahmad
Member. Shariah scholar and Mufti with extensive Islamic finance, banking, operations, and governance experience.
Associates & Partner Firms
Selected Network
SNP Consulting works with associates and partner firms where specialist expertise adds genuine value to client engagements.
ESAAC
Ehsan Shariah Advisers and Consultants Private Limited — Shariah advisory and consultancy.
Hemani Basrawala & Co.
Accounting, taxation, audit, HR, payroll, compliance, and secretarial support.
BSA Law
Regional legal partner across Oman and the UAE.
Positroniq
Cybersecurity, cyber defence, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.
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For Islamic finance, ESG, financial and management consulting, training, or institutional advisory enquiries, please contact the firm.