Tareq is an experienced financial and commercial management professional with over 40 years of experience in diverse environments. He joined Aspen Medical in 2006, following decades of working across Africa and Australia.

His foundation as a trained auditor paved his professional journey from audit manager with then Peat Marwick Mitchell and Co (now KPMG) in London to other key financial roles across Africa, and later became the first finance manager of the British Aerospace Flying College (Tamworth, New South Wales) in 1991. Prior to joining Aspen Medical, Tareq was interim business manager at Canberra Hospital.

Tareq’s extensive taxation and company law experience in high-risk, remote locations has honed his skills in risk and commercial management, equipping him with a detailed understanding of financial and operational requirements. He is also an accomplished trainer and mentor, with two of his trainees now in senior executive positions.

A graduate of Australian Company Law and Taxation, University of Southern Queensland, Tareq is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.