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About us

A Kuwaiti firm that helps business owners and companies make sound financial, legal and management decisions.

ALMASAR

ALMASAR Financial & Management Consultancy was founded in 2020 to give small and medium businesses and companies in Kuwait what they need before a decision: organised numbers, a realistic study and clear contracts.

Our name means “the path”, and it describes how we work: we map the route with you from idea to decision, and stay with you afterwards on follow-up and compliance.

How we work

  • Clarity

    We explain numbers and legal clauses in the language of the decision-maker, not only of specialists.

  • Independence

    Our opinion rests on documents and figures, even when it is not what you hoped to hear.

  • Practicality

    Every recommendation comes with steps you can carry out in your business, not a report for the shelf.

Mubarak Abdulhakim ALEsmail

The founder

Mubarak Abdulhakim ALEsmail

Financial and legal consultant

Senior Internal Auditor at one of the largest companies since 2008 and founder of ALMASAR Consultancy in 2020. He has worked as a business development consultant and a microeconomics lecturer, and earlier founded Ideas Owners Institute for Marketing.

He combines audit, finance and commercial arbitration, and presents the YouTube programs “The Project’s Wings” and “Economic Reflections on Qur’anic Verses”.

Academic and professional certificates

  • IFQIslamic Finance QualificationChartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) 2026
  • MBAMBA, Finance & BankingMaastricht School of Management (MSM) 2022
  • CFECertified Fraud ExaminerAssociation of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) 2022
  • ArbitratorCertified Arbitrator & MediatorKuwait Commercial Arbitration Center 2021
  • XeroXero Certified AdvisorXero 2021
  • CZACertified Zakat AccountantKuwait Accountants and Auditors Association 2020
  • DACUMCertified TrainerDACUM 2017
  • BScBSc Management Information SystemsGulf University for Science & Technology 2008

Experience

  1. 2020 – presentFounderALMASAR Strategic and Accounting Consultancy
  2. 2008 – presentSenior Internal AuditorOne of the largest companies
  3. 2020 – 2022Business Development ConsultantALBawaba General Trading Co.
  4. 2020 – 2021Microeconomics LecturerElite Institute
  5. 2012 – 2019FounderIdeas Owners Institute for Marketing

Books

  • “Don’t Start Your Business” 2016

    For small business owners: how to assess your idea and turn it into a business, covering marketing, sales and hiring. Published by Dar ALEbdaa ALFikry.

  • “The Art of Personal Budgeting”

    For individuals who want to manage their budget: ways to save and invest.

Courses delivered

  • Accounting for Non-Accountants10 cohorts
  • Starting a Small Business6 cohorts
  • Law for Non-Lawyers5 cohorts

Facing a financial or legal decision? Talk it through with us first.

A 50-minute consultation, in person at our office or remotely on Zoom.

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