Ahmed leads Baker Tilly's West Coast audit and assurance practice as well as our West Coast real and construction industry practice. Since joining the firm in 1999, Ahmed has managed numerous financial statement audits for clients across various sectors, including real estate, construction, title and escrow, hospitality and financial services. He also brings extensive experience in providing management and business advisory services.
- Has significant experience working with real estate funds, Real estate investment trusts (REITs), homebuilders, land developers, commercial real estate owners and operators, in addition to asset and property management companies
- Guides clients through merger and acquisition transactions, transaction structuring, valuations, feasibility studies and control policies reviews
- Assists publicly held clients in filing registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as well as complying with all regulatory filing requirements
- Assists clients with responding to SEC comments, addressing technical accounting matters and new accounting pronouncements. Assists boards of directors with compliance matters
- Leads consulting projects such as reviews of joint venture agreements, analysis of accounting and cost control systems, preparation of internal control reports
- Licensed CPA in California and the District of Columbia
- Certified Management Accountant
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
- California Society of Certified Public Accountants (CalCPA)
- Institute of Management Accountants
- NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association
- National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts
- Baker Tilly’s Board of Partners, former member
- Participated in a study on the privatization of the Egyptian economy conducted by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank
