Phoenix UAE

Phoenix Financial Training was established in Dubai in 2006 by David Thomasson and Victoria Hartley. As a past Director of Kaplan David brings with him over 20 years of experience in the training profession.

We are licensed in the DIFC and deliver courses leading to Professional Finance Qualifications in ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW, ACT and CMA. In addition we offer a range of bespoke wider financial courses in Financial Awareness Building and Corporate Treasury.

Our mission is to bring the highest standards of classroom instruction and customer service to the MENASA region. We employ only the very best tutors who are the envy of our competitors and deliver courses in the UAE and India – our ambition is to extend the range of our provision throughout the region and enable an ever broadening group of students to benefit from our expertise and achieve the qualifications that will be a passport to their Professional success.

Over the years we have grown significantly and have many hundreds of students studying with Phoenix including students from the ‘Big 4’, large private companies, Sovereign wealth funds and a very large number of Independent students. Please check out the many testimonials provided on this website and our facebook page and be assured that in joining Phoenix you are availing yourself of the very best standards of Professional Examination Training, the equal of anything available in the World. At Phoenix we always, and without compromise, put STUDENTS FIRST and this is reflected in our timetabling, course delivery and student support.

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Our Team

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DAVID THOMASSON
Founder & Managing Director

David has over 20 years experience in the UK, Africa, Gulf and India. David is a fellow of CIMA and worked in industry for many years before moving into training in the 1990s. David is the founder and Managing Director of Phoenix.

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VICTORIA HARTLEY

Victoria has 8 years experience in the Gulf and India. Victoria is ACCA qualified and previously worked in Audit before becoming Financial Controller at FedEx UK

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VIGNESH SIVAKUMAR

Vignesh has 8 years experience in the Gulf and India. Vignesh is ICAI, CIMA and ACCA qualified with a variety of work experience in both Audit and Accounts Management and is also an experienced marker

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NIKHIL VACHANI

Nikhil has six years experience in the Gulf and India. Nikhil is ACCA qualified and worked for KPMG for four years before moving to Phoenix

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ZAINAB HAMEER MASTERS

Zainab joins us from LSBF London. She has previously worked for Kaplan UK. Zainab is an experienced professional tutor who will considerably add to the experience within the Phoenix team

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PREETHY JOSEPH

Preethy has 5 years experience in the Gulf and India. Preethy is ACCA qualified, studied in the UK and worked for four years in Audit with KPMG before moving to teach for Phoenix

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RYAN HENDERSON

Ryan previously had 5 years experience in practice. He has now been teaching for 4 years and has taught all syllabus areas of the AAT qualification and foundation levels of ACCA and CIMA MG for four years before moving to Phoenix

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RONA RACHAEL NINAN

Rona is ACCA qualified and teaches both ACCA and CIMA. Rona has previously taught in the Phoenix India centre and has been very successful in working closely and supporting our younger students

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SANJAY SAGAR

Sanjay is ACCA qualified and a very enthusiastic young tutor who specialises in Management & Financial Accounting. Sanjay has a strong academic background and teaches for Phoenix in Dubai and India

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SARAH KELANI

Sarah is ACCA qualified with over 4 years of professional experience in PwC before joining Phoenix as a lecturer. Sarah specialises in Financial Reporting and Audit bringing her professional experience into the classroom

TAHA ZIA

After training as a Business Analyst in Industry, Taha joined the Phoenix team in 2015. Previously a high scoring Phoenix student, he has a number of years post qualification commercial experience whilst also marking for Phoenix throughout this time. Taha lectures for the ACCA and CIMA qualifications.

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