Otabek started his professional career at PwC Uzbekistan in 2000. He was the Managing Partner of PwC Uzbekistan and Assurance Leader of its audit line of service from July 2015. From January 2021, Otabek leads the practice of Wisdom Advisory in Uzbekistan. Otabek has over 15 years of experience in the field of external audit in Uzbekistan, Russia and Kazakhstan, and also acquired practical knowledge and experience in various industries, including tele-communications, hospitality, manufacturing, energy, oil and gas, mining and other industries. Otabek also supervised and participated in the audits and IFRS transformation of projects funded by the World Bank, EBRD, ADB and others.
For 4 years, Otabek undertook secondment in the IFRS methodology department in Moscow and Almaty offices of PwC where he would review financial statements to check compliance with IFRS and advised audit teams on complex IFRS issues. Otabek has conducted numerous trainings for both PwC staff and for the Firm’s clients.
Otabek is a fellow member of ACCA and holds his statutory auditor certificate since 2013.
Nodirbek has over twenty years of professional experience in accounting, auditing, and financial reporting. Prior to taking the position of director of Wisdom Advisory, Nodirbek worked from July 2020 to July 2022 in the largest company in Uzbekistan AKFA GROUP to produce aluminum and plastic profiles, where he was the head of corporate development department, and was responsible for the IPO (Initial Public Offering). During these two years, he fully formed the internal audit, risk management, business processes and IFRS departments.
From July 2004 to July 2020, Nodirbek has accumulated over 15 years of extensive experience in Big Four companies such as PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte in Uzbekistan. During his work in the Big Four firms, Nodirbek moved from the position of a consultant to a senior manager in the audit department, where he participated and further led audits of large banks and enterprises in the CIS countries, where he thoroughly accumulated experience in ISA audit of the financial statements prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS / IAS). In the Big Four firms, he has accumulated significant experience in auditing large commercial banks, cement factories, factories to produce cars and large vehicles, mining and processing industries, textile factories and many others. Nodirbek has also supervised and participated in the audit and IFRS transformation projects financed by the World Bank, EBRD, ADB and others.
Nodirbek advises clients on transition to IFRS and manages teams on transition to financial reporting in accordance with IFRS.
Nodirbek is a full fellow member of ACCA and holds an ACCA Diploma in International Financial Reporting (DipIFR).
Mustafa has over 16 years of professional experience in accounting, auditing and financial reporting. During his professional career, Mustafa has worked for over 10 years in PwC offices located in Central Asia and the Middle East. The portfolio of his clients included international financial institutions, investment companies and manufacturing enterprises. Mustafa participated in the transformation of companies of Saudi Arabia from National Financial Reporting Standards (SOCPA) to IFRS and provided consulting services to Middle East enterprises to solve their complex accounting and financial reporting issues. From 2019 until he became co-founder of Wisdom Advisory, Mustafa worked as a financial controller in an investment bank in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Mustafa holds bachelors and master's degrees in financial management and two international qualifications in accounting and finance (ACCA and CIPA).
Saidabbos has extensive experience in advising companies on transformation of financial functions and providing accounting advisory services on the application of IFRS, US GAAP, IPSAS and special purpose reporting, as well as on IFRS implementation projects and corporate training programs in IFRS.
Saidabbos also has significant experience in auditing clients of banking and non-banking financial services, telecommunications, healthcare, energy and manufacturing in Uzbekistan, Russia and the United Arab Emirates. He participated in an integrated audit of the largest telecommunications company listed on the Nasdaq exchange, with a particular focus on auditing Sarbanes-Oxley and US GAAS controls.
In addition, he participated in an internal audit assessment project for a major energy company in order to provide recommendations on the compliance of the organization's internal audit functions with the IIA International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing.