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.
Phoenix International
Ever since setting base in the U.A.E and establishing Phoenix Financial Training as the No.1 training providers for finance and accounting professional qualifications in the region, Phoenix has spread its wings to other parts of the world and now operates a centre in India and is involved in the training initiatives of leading corporates including governmental, semi-governmental organizations and selected public courses in Oman and Qatar.
Phoenix aims to bring the same ‘Platinum’ standards of training to all our training assignments across the various countries we operate in. We use our trainers from our main centre in the U.A.E. alongside hand-picked and highly qualified and experienced trainers from the individual regions in the delivery of our courses outside the U.A.E
Currently we offer the ACCA qualification and be-spoke corporate training programmes on topics including IFRS in our centre in Cochin (India).
We offer courses for selected ACCA examinations in Oman and Qatar to support student needs for quality training besides serving the corporate training needs in these regions.
To know more please visit our dedicated India Website
Our Team
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
LYNDSAY PHELAN
Office Administrator
JAMES WINDER
Operations Manager
KIMBERLEY BOYD
Relationship Manager
HARRIET PEARSON
TESTIMONIALS
Persis Thankam Roy
I personally think that the tutors are the main reason why PFT is considered to be the best. They know their subject very well and go out of their way to make sure that every student is involved in what’s happening in class. The tutors mainly focus on the areas that are important from the exam perspective, making it easy for students to pass their papers. They relate topics to real life scenarios, which has enabled me to gain a better understanding and remember it on the day of the exam.
The administrative staff also are approachable and promptly respond to queries.
PFT definitely is the best choice and I’m glad I chose to study with them!
Frenzia Dsouza
Thanking my P3 tutor Taha Zia for all his guidance, support and writing tips to help me score 78!
I Had done p5 before p3 with Vignesh, so i would like to thank Vignesh as his p5 classes and technique in approaching a paper of Performance management personally helped me in developing the level of thinking required for P3.
I would like to thank all my phoenix tutors who taught me from F1 to P5 - Nikhil, Preethy,Richard, Victoria, Natalie and Euan.
Every paper of ACCA had started with lots of anxiety but the teaching and the studying pattern set by my phoenix tutors made everything get into its place and i could make it through my exams.
Farhana Kunnil
Thank you once again!!
Saranya Vijayan
Esmaeel Akther
Today i can proudly say "Yes, I was a part of PFT" and I would like to thank all the tutors who were a part of making me an ACCA Affiliate. The inspiration, experience and dedication on their behalf was undeniably the key to me passing my exams. Thank you!"
Sharon Johnson
I just wanted to say I passed my ACCA exams and thank you for being a wonderful tutor to me when I did P2 and for being one among the phoenix tutors who made my study experience fun filled and time spent, worthwhile.
I have enjoyed your sessions a lot and can never forget the lively P2 revision classes! :)
Hope to see you some day if I come back to Phoenix again!
Nuzha Babu
I just want to take this opportunity to thank you for gifting us with such a wonderful enriching class and remarkable teaching. You have been so constructive and relevant in teaching us vital information about important issues with real life examples that you made it so easy to learn in that it truly made a difference in the way I looked at p4 and p5.
Moreover, we as students, really appreciate the constant energy and effort you put into the subjects and your frequent little jokes that created such a light and positive environment in the classroom. We also respected your authority, yet felt comfortable enough to share ideas, ask questions, and discuss as if everyone inside the classroom was equal. That’s an environment that only few students get to truly experience and I feel truly blessed to be one of them.
Thank you once again for being one awesome teacher! God bless you and your family. Good luck with your future endeavors.
Ben Hughes
Having completed stage one of the AMCT qualification in London before moving to the UAE, I was delighted to learn I could continue my studies locally with Phoenix. The teaching support offered by the team at Phoenix is conclusive and the organisation of group classes is designed to accommodate busy professional schedules.
I would recommend the AMCT (and Phoenix as a teaching provider) to anyone looking to develop their understanding of Corporate Treasury.
Our Prizewinners
Mohammed Alam Khan
Here is what Mohammed had to say about his success:-
PFT, as always helped me a lot in achieving this feat, especially the leverage of attending F6 classes free of charge at the same time as my P6. The key to pass P6 is to learn the exam techniques given by Zainab. By attending F6 I strengthened my basics which consequently helped me understand the P6 material more comprehensively.
Practice makes perfect, past papers are integral to passing this paper considering the extreme technical nature of P6.
Felicia Dumenil
Here is what Felicia had to say about his success:-
As I was doing the exam in the first March session, I was very tense as p3 is a very technical and analytical theory paper. However, my tutor- Taha was nothing short of amazing! He helped us understand all the business models and to analyse the exam scenarios realistically and accurately.
As advised by Taha, I had read the answers for the questions from the exam kit regularly which had helped me understand the structure of an answer. Also, before the exam, I had completed a mock exam where I timed myself to practice completing the entire paper well within the 3 hours.
In all, I really thank Phoenix management and all the tutors for their guidance and support through all of my ACCA papers, and look forward to studying further with Phoenix in the future.
Parul Mehta
Here is what she had to say about her success:-
There is absolutely no way I could have done this without attending the classes. Everything was covered and there were no surprises on the day of the exam Also, despite it being an intensive batch, Vignesh managed to teach everything from scratch with plenty of time to spare. I would also like to draw attention to the fact that for a lot of people, more than the topic, procrastination is the major problem they have to deal with. This was combated by Vignesh by giving us lists and lists of questions which specified which topics they dealt with, so we would have a clearer picture of what we were studying and how much we needed to do to be thorough.
I made it a habit to ensure that I understood most concepts such that I could teach them to someone else if they asked me to. Also, the first thing I would do before starting any subject was make a list of every little thing I had to do as the motivation of striking items on my list was what kept me going.
To other students attempting this paper for December, I think what's really important is actually practicing questions rather than focusing on the course notes. There's only so much you can learn by reading what's what as compared to solving problems in different ways and making mistakes once or twice so you don't repeat the same ones again. Lastly, follow every instruction Vignesh gives to the dot, if you do, it's a guaranteed pass.
Thank you Parul, we wish you the best of luck for your future studies
Pramitha Ramachandran
This is a fantastic achievement and we all would like to wish her the best in her future examinations.
We caught up with Pramitha and asked her to share some insights into her success -
"For my achievement, I’d like to start by saying a big thank you to Nikhil Vachani and Phoenix Financial Training. All the tutors at Phoenix are dedicated and sincere, and they take every effort to see that the students understand the subject matter clearly, making the class interesting at the same time. Nikhil’s teaching style is brilliant! He delved into the depths of the subject matter to make his students really understand the concept behind each standard. He was very supportive and approachable – he always encouraged us to ask more questions."
Great work Pramitha!!
Soumya Baweja
We asked Soumya to share her thoughts on her success and study methods -
"Learning P1 was by far the most exuberant learning experience, perhaps due to the subject matter which can easily linked to various real life scenarios, giving it a realistic tangent to the subject matter. This inclined me to dwell deeper into the topics and gain a real understanding.
Studying at Phoenix was undeniably of great help. Richard is indeed a great coach and was of immense help throughout. His sessions are very captivating which contributes to in-the-class learning. His teaching techniques and real life examples make learning more interesting."
Congratulations Soumya. we wish you all the best in your future studies.
Ajman Naz
Here is what he had to say about his exam success:
“I express my sincere gratitude to Phoenix and also to the F8 tutor Preethy Joseph for helping me to be a UAE topper.The phoenix tuition notes and exam focused approach are appreciable”
Mira Dabhi
This is what Mira had to say about her success -"The paper in June felt as such a terror when I came out of the exam hall and then to be regarded as the Regional Prizewinner, it was the biggest surprise and shock.I'd entirely give the credits to Mr. Nikhil Vachani, who was a constant support and a great mentor. He always said to keep practicing and thus I did the whole exam kit as a practice before the exam and learnt the basics thoroughly to get the easy marks first. For P2, it is advisable to keep going through the notes and practice questions!"
Congratulations Mira, we wish you all the best in your future studies.
Faiz Patel
Phoenix @ UAE congratulates Faiz Patel for achieving the top score in the UAE for paper F6 for the December 2014 examinations. We wish him all the best to continue his good run!
Here is what he had to say about his exam success:
“It was all about the hard work and commitment. I could not have achieved this had I not given it my all.I was overwhelmed with joy when the results were announced to all the stress and extra hours spent were not in vain.The support and encouragement from my family helped me to stay focused.Most importantly I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Mr Euan and Mrs Zainab for their continuous support”
Meharoof Majeed
Here is what he had to say about his exam success:
“My passion for the numbers and classes, especially revision from Phoenix was the key to my success.
Understanding the standards and question practice helped me a lot to tackle the MCQ’s"
Ambreen Hashmi
Here is what she had to say about her exam success:
“The success I have had on my P5 paper would not have been possible without my tutor Vignesh. He undertook great efforts to ensure we were always on the same page as him in class. Lastly, the support of my friends and family were also a contributing factor”
Sebastian Ashwin
Here is what he had to say about his exam success:
“Scoring the highest marks in the Middle East on the P7 paper was an unbelievable achievement for me.I would like to thank my family and friends for their unwavering support through all of my papers and whose efforts have been as much if not more than mine”
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