SAJID IQBAL

Sajid Iqbal: Corporate trainer, Business coach, Instructor, ACCA, CPA, CMA and MSc.

Mr. Sajid Iqbal has been teaching diligently for over 12 years, reaching out to students across the globe. He comes with an enriched experience in the field of accounting, finance and management, starting with his article ship in KPMG, a renowned accounting firm. He then went on to work as a CFO at Turkish Airlines before choosing academia as his career path. His passion for imparting knowledge makes him a motivated, determined and a thoughtful teacher. His innovative and creative lesson plans add to his appeal as an educator.

After working at Turkish Airlines for 4 years, Mr. Iqbal switched his career path to work at Dunya University, a Swiss university. He continued to teach subjects related to ACCA, CAT, FIA, AFD, CFE, CIA, CPA qualifications for ten years at the university. He also worked there in the capacity of a CFO where he remodeled their accounts department from the ground up, in order to keep abreast of the digitized modern world. He also worked towards setting up their accounting department and got them their APL approved learning partner status.

He also served at the Swiss Dunya Consultancy Service for ten years as a professional corporate trainer. His list of clients included Azizi Bank, Etisalat, Ministry of Finance, Supreme Audit, Bakhtar Bank just to name a few. He has also been engaged as a corporate trainer in many banks.

He also worked as a ‘Lecturer Distant learning’ for Peshgam Television Network, to help further the network’s cause to promote education amongst their youth. To actualize their quest, “University in every home”, Mr. Iqbal recorded lectures for bachelor and master level courses along with giving support and training to other professors for recording. There he was also tasked to mentor, monitor, review and provide correction guidelines to other professors.

As of last September, he has been serving as the principal of Bradford Learning, an online institution based in UAE. There, he has continued to work his magic with his exceptional interpersonal and management skills to build a team with a vision to excel. Along with setting up the institution he has also been actively taking classes for Dip IFR, Cert IFT, CPA, CMA, CFE and ACCA core subjects. He set up and managed to get the institution ALP approved learning partner status.

His accolades also include founding TruCademy, an academy which helps students to learn at their own desired pace. As of March this year he set up a system of distant learning for accounting students, with promising results of a passing score in their first attempt. Being computer savvy helps him create a true classroom experience for his students.
 
Experience:

• TruCademy, (March 2021 to Date)

Founder and tutor of an academy that visualizes the needs of the students and helps build their dreams of not only learning at a steady pace set by themselves, but also by making learning conducive to passing the very first time they appear for their exam.

• Bradford Learning, (September 2020 to Date)

Principal and Tutor of classes for Dip IFR, Cert IFT, CPA and ACCA core subjects. Not only amongst the founding team of this institution, he continues to strive for them to achieve new goals and diversify their reach.

• Lecturer Distant Learning Peshgam Television, (2017 to 2021)

Lecturer, teacher trainer, mentor. Here he not only recorded his own lectures for bachelors and masters’ levels but also helped mentor and train other teachers.

• Swiss Dunya Consultancy Service, (2014 to 2021)

Corporate Trainer, consultant and advisor. Also tasked to review and control training costs based on set budgets. His clients included the likes of Etisalat, Ministry of Finance, Supreme Audit, Azizi Bank, Bakhtar Bank and The Bank of Punjab, Soneri Bank and SecureTech.

• Swiss UMEF University (2014 to 2021)

Served as a teacher for management and business administration classes for bachelors and masters’ levels. Advisor and academic coordinator of syllabus for bachelors and masters classes in business administration.

• Turkish Airlines, (2012 - 2014)

CFO

• Article ship, KPMG, (2010-2012)

Education:

• Associate Certified Chartered Accountant  - Member (2010)
• Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) -  USA (2018)
• Certified Management Accountant (CMA) - USA (2019)
• BSC Hons. In Applied accounting (2013) - Oxford Brookes University – UK
• M.Sc. In professional accountancy (2017) - University of London – UK