Ghazanfar (Ghaz) Shah is a senior managing director heading K2 Integrity’s Investigations and Disputes practice in the UAE. With more than 20 years of experience performing complex investigations across the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, Europe, and the United States, Ghaz is a trusted advisor to government entities, sovereign wealth funds, major real estate developers, and multinational companies based in the region.
Ghaz is an experienced fraud investigator and forensic accountant who assists clients with forensic accounting investigations, financial and forensic reviews, and disputes across multijurisdictional borders. He has routinely been involved in helping multinational companies deal with Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and UK Bribery Act violations by their subsidiaries, partners, and/or their distributor/agents within the Middle East, Asia, and Africa region.
Prior to joining K2 Integrity, Ghaz was a senior director at Alvarez & Marsal, leading complex fraud investigations for the healthcare, life sciences, oil and gas, and real estate sectors. Prior to that, Ghaz worked in the forensic investigations division of a Big Four accounting firm in the Middle East where he headed their KSA and Qatar forensic expansion and was co-lead for their Anti-Bribery & Corruption (ABAC) practise. During that time, Ghaz headed numerous high-profile fraud and ABAC investigations spanning the globe, including in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and the United States.
Ghaz earned an M.Sc. in accounting with an emphasis in finance from Oklahoma State University. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensed in the U.S. state of Colorado and a Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA) in the U.K. Ghaz is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS). He is fluent in English and Urdu and has working knowledge of Hindi and Punjabi.
