Inspiring women, US Pakistan Women’s Council
This week’s inspiring woman is Mrs. Hina Usmani, founder of Usmani & Co. Chartered Accountants; the only women led accounting practice in Pakistan. She started in 2004 as a sole proprietor, and then was joined by firm partner Nigar Fatima, becoming the only female led accounting firm. Usmani & Co. provide audit, accounting, tax, and corporate advisory services. As qualified chartered accountants, from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP), Usmani & Co. are recognized by ICAP as the only women led accounting firm that serves as a training organization.
Hina’s primary focus is to provide financial services to women entrepreneurs. Usmani & Co. helps build clients’ businesses through strategic planning, focusing on core values, and offering integrated financial and business solutions. Their clients range from companies and non-profit organizations to individuals. By staying connected to her clients, Hina is able to provide excellent taxation, cost audit, and risk management services. Throughout the years, Usmani & Co. have earned a reputation for being a quality service provider and staying true to the ICAP code of ethics and quality control principles.
Along with being a qualified chartered accountant, Hina is a qualified corporate secretary from the Institute of Corporate Secretaries of Pakistan (ICSP). As a fellow member of the institute, she possesses more than 20 years of experience in corporate advisory, leasing, financial management, risk management and corporate secretarial practices.
Hina also,
- is a committee member of the Chartered Accountants Women Forum (CAWF) and serves as a board member of local NGOs;
- is a certified director of the Corporate Governance Leadership Program conducted by Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance;
- was previously, a member of the Technical Committee and Auditing Standards Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan;
- regularly attends international and local courses on leasing, corporate governance, taxation, corporate advisory, planning and budgeting.
