Tahir Ayub, CA

Tahir Ayub is an Audit and Assurance Group partner and the Canadian leader of the Private Company Services practice at PwC. As a trusted business advisor, he provides practical advice and acts as a sounding board to the owners and management of private companies in the retail and consumer products industries.

Tahir's knowledge of IPO's, due diligence and transaction support allows him to provide clients with strategic business advice to help meet their needs. He also has experience working with public companies from a variety of industries.

His knowledge in the areas of accounting and audit, corporate and personal taxation, acquisition and disposition structuring, and strategic planning allows him to provide clients with multi-disciplined business advice and effectively co-ordinate specialized resources within the PwC network.

Tahir began his career at PwC in the U.K. in 1986. He became a partner in 1998.

A graduate of the University of Leeds, England, Tahir holds a BA (Honours Economics). He is also a CA.

In 2003, Tahir had the experience of a lifetime when he worked with the United Nations in Nambia on a HIV/AIDS project for two months as part of the PwC Ulysses program.