Riad is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment (Chartered MCSI). He is registered with the Mauritius Institute of Professional Accountants, both as a professional and public accountant. Riad is a member of the Mauritius Institute of Directors. Riad has 25 years of professional experience in financial services, which includes fund administration, secretarial, accounting, tax compliance, AML, auditing and consulting. He gathered his experience with 9 years at PwC Mauritius, and 13 years with management companies. He has administered funds/special licensed companies with AuA of approximately USD 26 Billion, which included major international financial institutions as clients. He holds directorship in investment managers/advisors and collective investment schemes (open ended and closed ended funds). He has previously been director on listed companies, both in Mauritius and overseas.,  He was also the Executive Director of a fund administrator before he set up his own company in 2020. He is currently the Managing Director of Zain Consultancy Ltd, a company providing management consultancy and financial advisory services.