Business Strategy & Financial Advisory
A dependable counselor in an industry characterized by continuous development
At Bridge Factor, we empower our clients by leveraging our extensive industry experience and deep expertise in accounting, taxation, regulatory frameworks, and commercial considerations. Our advisory services are tailored to address the unique challenges and opportunities within various sectors.
Our Key Strategic Advisory Services:
Robust Strategic Planning & Valuation – Providing shareholders and management with well-founded, defensible strategic plans and company valuations.
Feasibility Studies – Conducting in-depth assessments for private and public sector projects.
Comprehensive Financial & Strategic Advisory – Delivering insights to drive business growth and investment decisions.
PPP Transaction Execution – Assisting in structuring and executing projects under Public-Private Partnership models.
Robust Strategic Plans
Providing shareholders and management with well-founded and defensible strategic plans.
Business Plan Development
Crafting detailed business plans and organizational structures to optimize operational and financing requirements
Comprehensive Financial Analysis
Offering a comprehensive view, including market modeling, revenue buildup, cost structure buildup, generating forecasted financial statements.
Corporate Restructuring
Assisting corporate businesses, banks, and other financial lenders with corporate, debt, and capital restructuring.
Core Competency Delivery
Providing our firm's core competencies to clients facing liquidity or operational challenges.
Option-Based Restructuring Solutions
Conducting detailed option-based analyses for restructuring solutions & delivering recommendations based on our expertise.
Transactions History
Fauji Solar Assembly Plant
Engaged to deliver a feasibility study for Pakistan’s first Solar assembly Plant.
Engaged to deliver a feasibility study for
DHA-Karachi
Conducting feasibility for EV charging stations, commercial towers, and a development of strategic plan.
Conducting feasibility for EV charging stations,
Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) – Tourism
Mandated for transaction advisory services for the development of three Integrated Tourism Zones in KP under PPP mode. Services include financial modeling, transaction structuring and procurement process. Transaction value is USD 150 million.
Mandated for transaction advisory services for the development
Rehabilitation and Development of Water Distribution System in Sukkur
Transaction advisory services for rehabilitation and development of water distribution system in Sukkur under PPP mode . Scope includes transaction preparation, bid management; and closure.
Transaction advisory services for rehabilitation
Our Team
Mr. Waseem Raza
Co-founding Director
Islamabad, Pakistan.
Infrastructure sector advisory, contract negotiation, capital raising & restructuring
Waseem is a founding Director of Bridge factor, Chartered Accountant and fellow member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan. He holds more than 20 years of experience in infrastructure transactions, project evaluations, mergers & acquisitions, project management and system designing. Before Assisting in Establishing Bridge Factor he served with Grant Thornton (Pakistan practice) as manager consulting, and thereafter with Haliburton’s LMK Resources (a Geo-IT Company) as Manager Finance. Waseem has extensive experience and expertise in handling financial advisory assignments with respect to Infrastructure Projects including construction of highways/ roads, grain terminals at sea, multistory buildings/ complexes, housing colonies, dams and tunnels.
wraza@bridgefactor.com
Mr. Ashruff Hasan Rana
Co-founding Director
Islamabad, Pakistan
Power Sector, Project Development, Contract Negotiation and Fund Raising (Debt & Equity).
As a Director, Ashruff has been instrumental in establishing Bridge Factor as a top tear advisory firm, with impeccable track record and unmatched service delivery. He leads the Power Sector practice of the firm and has spearheaded the effective thrust towards Renewable Energy in Pakistan. To his credit are almost 70% (50MW x 16 = 800 MW) of the Wind Energy Projects to have achieved Financial Closing. By qualification Ashruff is a Chartered Accountant, and a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan. His experience of Corporate & Project Finance, Transaction Advisory & Structuring, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial and Management Advisory spans over 2 (two) decades. He has also presented, as a Power Sector specialist, at a number of local and international Conferences / Seminars.
a.rana@bridgefactor.com
Mr. Sohail Ali Zaidi
Director
Islamabad, Pakistan
Corporate finance, M&A and transaction structuring advisory and contract negotiation
Sohail is a Director at Bridge Factor (Private) Limited, and holds with him more than 19 years of experience in strategy formulation, long term planning, business development, financial analysis, capital raising, and mergers & acquisition. Before joining Bridge Factor he has served with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu International (DTTI-Pakistan Practice) and and Moores Rowland International (Pakistan Practice). Sohail has been led transactions from inception up till success in the power sector, telecom sector, infrastructure sector and banking.
sohail@bridgefactor.com
Mr. Khwaja Huzaifa
Director
Karachi, Pakistan
Corporate & Project finance, M&A advisory, Capital Raising, Restructuring and Privatizations
Huzaifa has more than 15 years of experience in Banking and Transaction Advisory services. Before joining Bridge Factor, Mr. Huzaifa worked as a Senior Manager – Transaction Advisory Services at Ernst & Young, where he has led advisory transactions for a number of projects in the Power, Infrastructure Sector, Banking and the Telecom Sector. He holds an MBA from IBA Karachi and a BSc Honors degree from LUMS. He is presently managing the Karachi Office.
huzaifa@bridgefactor.com
