Our Team
Task Unit Heads
A Multitasked Multilingual and Multinational Staff
The partners and task heads of Pioneer Auditing have a broad and extensive first hand international experience in a wide range of specialisations including auditing, computerised accounting, management systems, insurance, financial and banking fields, and are capable in providing, together, an important blend: A “systems approach” to any particular service. An audited financial statement, for example, is not presented to the client before it is reviewed internally by the Audit Manager of the firm, then reviewed by the banking and financial consultant, independently, looking at it from the financial and banking angle….
This experience spans across continents: North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
The staff at Pioneer Auditing is multinational coming from different parts of the world: Canada, India, Lebanon, Philippines and USA. Languages spoken by staff members, include, Arabic, English, French, Malayalam, Spanish, Tagalog with each speaking at least two languages.
Nicolas Saade Jr
Founding Partner and Banking Consultant, with more than 45 years of experience in banking, investment and financial management. Saade’s experience is international. He has worked at executive levels for different banks of different nationalities in different continents, thus amassing first-hand knowledge in banking and financial systems and practices of various countries including Canada, France, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, USA, and West (French) Africa. He is currently a retained consultant for an international banking group and provides consultation services on banking and financial issues to a number of international banks and institutions. He is an active member on the board of directors of an international bank and the managing director of an investment and banking consultancy firm in the USA that was registered with the SEC. He heads a number of board audit committees and other board committees for a number of banks.
Saade holds an Honours BA in Economics from McMaster University in Canada, and an MBA (finance) from the Wharton School, in the USA. He is members of the CPA Association (UK) and CFA Institute (USA).
Saade supervises the overall work of the firm and performs valuations and specific audits on financial institutions.
Eissa Lutfi Ali
Audit Partner, with more than 40 years of experience in the field of Accounting and Auditing, occupied managerial positions in private and Government organisations and has long been a board member and treasurer of charitable and non-profit organisations in UAE.
Lutfi is the registered Auditor with Ministry of Economy, UAE, and holds a BA in Accounting from Oglethorpe University (USA) and Insurance Certificate from College of Insurance (USA).
Lutfi is in charge of specific audits.
Thomas P George
Audit Manager with more than 30 years of experience in auditing, occupying senior positions in India and the UAE.
George holds a BSc and an MSc in Mathematics from Mahatma Ghandi University, India and has done his chartered accountancy articles with Fraser & Ross, India. George is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
George is in charge of the audit unit and supervises the assignments of different auditors of the firm.
Joseph H. Kayssar
Internal Audit Consultant, with more than 25 years of experience in both internal and external audits in the UAE, spanning various segments and industries. He is also well versed with a variety of ERPs having handled several ERP-implementation projects. Kayssar is the Proprietor of one of the oldest audit firms in the UAE.
Kayssar holds a BSc in Computer Science and Accounting from Cyprus College and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants in USA.
Kayssar advises on internal audits and ERP systems.
Jennifer Tabet
HR Consultant, with more than 25 years of experience, specialising in human resources. Tabet’s experience is international. She has worked at Merck & Co (a leading US pharmaceutical company) at its corporate headquarters in the US and was later transferred to Merck’s Middle East Office in Cyprus as the Regional HR Manager. In 2005 Tabet established her own firm, based in Beirut and covering the Middle East region providing companies to set up their HR department. She regularly delivers both in-house and public workshops on HR related topics. She is the regional representative for MTI and delivers their Manager-as-Mediator seminar. She is certified to administer and analyse the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and is a Certified ROI Professional (CRP).
Tabet holds an MA degree majoring in Human Resource Management from Cornell University. She also holds an MA degree in International Affairs from Georgetown University.
Tabet advises on a multitude of HR issues.
Nicolas Saade III
Partner and Banking Consultant, with more than 15 years of experience in commercial and investment banking, having worked in Lebanon and the UAE.
Saade holds a BA in Economics from the University of Toronto, Canada, and an MBA (Finance) from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. He also holds certificates from the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments (UK). He is concurrently pursuing a Diploma in International Law (UK) and a CPA (USA).
Saade III is in charge of taxation and company valuation units.
Ronald Soriano
Senior Auditor with more than 15 years of experience in internal and external auditing.
Soriano holds a BSc in Accounting from University of Luzon, Philippines, and is a member of the CPA Professional Regulation Commission in the Philippines.
Soriano is in charge of the unit that sets up charts of accounts and accounting systems for companies.
Christabelle Consolacion
Auditor, with more than 5 years of experience in external auditing, including 2 years with a Big-Four.
Consolacion holds a BSc in Accounting from University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines, and is a member of the CPA Professional Regulation Commission in the Philippines.
Consolacion is in charge of the unit that aids clients with the implementation of new IFRS standards, currently and namely, IFRS 9, IFRS 15 and IFRS 16.
