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Building the Agentic Enterprise

The agentic enterprise is not the one with the most agents. It is one that has redesigned how work gets done: people set goals and authority, agents carry out bounded tasks, and systems of record keep the truth. This paper sets out where agents belong, how to make them safe to trust, and how to start.

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Closing the AI Value Gap

Many large enterprises in India and the Middle East now use AI. Far fewer can show what it has returned. This paper explains how to measure the AI value gap, close it, and recognize when to stop. It covers...

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Getting Ahead of AI Risk

Enterprise AI adoption has outpaced most risk frameworks. Here’s how to catch up. What’s required isn’t a complete overhaul of how you manage risk. It’s adapting your approach, recognizing that AI risk...

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The Open Window

US IPOs raised $147.5 billion in the first nine months of 2026, more than in all of 2021, but SpaceX and SK hynix raised 68.8% of it. Our analysis of the 40 largest deals and 30 prospectuses covers how...

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FRM Regulatory Pulse- November 2026

The defining feature of the quarter was operational resilience. SAMA, the CBUAE and QCB set board-level expectations, firm deadlines and tighter incident reporting. In India, market-risk capital, CVA,...

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Architecting AI for the Enterprise

The leadership challenge is no longer choosing a model. It is deciding which problems deserve AI, what solution fits, where controls sit, and whether each deployment keeps paying its way. This paper sets...

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Sustainability & Climate Pulse- November 2026

California’s first SB 253 emissions reports are due 10 November 2026. The revised ESRS now applies to about 6,000 companies, and the UK and EU have agreed to link their carbon markets. This edition also...

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India IPO Insights- October 2026

Q3 2026 saw 63 IPO listings in India, the most ever in a single quarter, even as the secondary market stayed weak. This edition looks at what drove the surge: SEBI’s one-time relief, smaller issue sizes,...

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Sustainability & Climate Pulse- October 2026

Responsibility for climate action is also redistributing, not disappearing. As US federal rules on power plants and endangered species narrow, the practical burden moves to states and cities, courts, capital...

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Blogs

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What Triggers a Financial Reporting Valuation?

A company may require a financial reporting valuation for several different reasons. The need arises when a company buys another business, recognizes certain assets, or experiences a sudden change in market...

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Supply Chains Were Built for Efficiency. Now They Need to Be Built for Resilience

For a long time, supply chains were built with just one thing in mind, and that was ‘efficiency’. But now, resilience seems to have taken center stage. This is primarily because a supply chain...

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NCNICC-1:2025: What Saudi Businesses Need to Rethink About Cybersecurity

The National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA) introduced NCNICC-1:2025 in an attempt to set up minimum cybersecurity controls for non-Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) private sector entities in Saudi...

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In Conversation

The Leadership Exchange: Jamil Khatri in conversation with James O'Dowd - Episode 3

The future of consulting will be shaped by technology, but built by people. In the final part of his conversation with James O’Dowd, Jamil Khatri shares how Uniqus is embedding AI into both client solutions and internal delivery, why talent remains the firm’s greatest differentiator, and how these priorities are shaping the next phase of growth. The discussion also explores evolving organization models, developing future leaders, and the long-term vision for Uniqus.

The Leadership Exchange: Jamil Khatri in conversation with James O'Dowd - Episode 2

Scaling a business across geographies requires more than ambition. It requires consistency. In the second part of his conversation with James O’Dowd, Jamil Khatri discusses Uniqus’ growth journey, expanding from a startup to a global consulting firm serving clients across the US, the Middle East, and India. He shares what drove product-market fit across regions, why culture became a strategic differentiator, and how maintaining quality at scale remains central to the firm’s growth.

The Leadership Exchange: Jamil Khatri in conversation with James O'Dowd - Episode 1

In the first part of his conversation with James O’Dowd, Founder & CEO of Patrick Morgan, Jamil Khatri, Co-Founder & CEO, Uniqus, reflects on the decision to leave an established career and build Uniqus from the ground up. He shares the five founding principles that shaped the firm, from specialization and proprietary technology to building a conflict-free advisory model, along with the realities of assembling a leadership team and earning trust as a new entrant in the market. The conversation also looks ahead, exploring how these principles have shaped Uniqus’ growth across geographies, the role of culture and technology in scaling, and what comes next as AI reshapes the consulting model.

Our Leaders

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Partner, Accounting & Reporting Consulting | Mumbai, India

Shabana Hakim

Partner, Clients & Markets | Mumbai, India

Dimple Mehrotra

Associate Partner, Enabling Functions | Gurugram, India

Mohit Bangani

Chief Financial Officer | Bengaluru, India

Stefania DeMarco

Managing Director, Clients & Markets | New York, USA

Tanya Tandon

Director, Clients & Markets | Gurugram, India
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Nirav Patel

Partner, Accounting & Reporting Consulting

Nirav is an Indian Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of experience in consulting and assurance, serving clients across India and the UK. He has expertise in global sustainability frameworks such as the GRI, ISSB, CSRD, etc, and has led several sustainability reporting projects for companies in India. During his tenure at KPMG India, he was part of Accounting Advisory practice and has, led some of the complex IFRS/Ind AS convergence engagements in infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, and other sectors. Nirav has spent two years in the UK working with KPMG’s International Standards Group and was involved in teams working on business combinations and fair value. Before joining Uniqus, Nirav led external assurance engagements for India’s largest automotive and pharmaceutical companies.

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Tanya Tandon

Director, Clients & Markets
Gurugram, India

Tanya holds over 18 years of experience in marketing, business development, and branding. She has been instrumental in driving strategy, key account programs and has led high-visibility projects across sectors. Tanya joins us from KPMG and has also worked with PwC, EY, and Evalueserve in the past.

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Dimple Mehrotra

Associate Partner, Enabling Functions

With over 18 years of experience at KPMG, Dimple has led transformative initiatives across regulatory risk, compliance, and quality management. She brings deep expertise in managing large and complex internal quality and risk programs. At Uniqus, Dimple leads our efforts in enhancing productivity, efficiency, and delivery operations across our businesses.

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Stefania DeMarco

Managing Director, Clients & Markets

Stefania is a growth and revenue leader with nearly two decades of experience in professional services and consulting.

She has held leadership roles at CBIZ and earlier in her career at PWC, where she built and scaled business development teams, partnered closely with client leaders, and drove sustained, multi-million-dollar growth across financial services, private equity-backed, and middle-market organisations.

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Mohit Bangani

Chief Financial Officer

Mohit is a Chartered Accountant and an accomplished finance leader with over 15 years of experience across global IT and ITES organizations, including Infosys, Mphasis, and Access Healthcare.

Over the years, he has led several high-impact initiatives spanning corporate finance, business partnering, mergers & acquisitions, cost leadership programs, and strategic financial planning. With deep expertise in agile finance, Mohit partners closely with executive teams to strengthen decision-making, enhance performance, and support strategic growth and M&A.

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Shabana Hakim

Partner,
Clients & Markets

Shabana is a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years of experience. She has led client relationships, driven market development, and enabled strategic transformation—serving large clients across industries. Her experience includes building client-centric platforms such as a global Centre of Excellence for cross-border engagements, as well as leading a forum for Independent Directors across India and Sri Lanka.

She brings a strong understanding of client priorities and market dynamics, along with a proven ability to translate these into tangible business outcomes. prior to joining Uniqus, she served as an Executive Director at Deloitte.

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