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
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
NED Science and Technology Park
Appointed by Enertech Parks, a subsidiary of Kuwait Investment Authority, as the transaction advisors for the development of Pakistan’s first fully integrated Science and Technology Park being undertaken by the Government of Sindh under PPP mode.
Appointed by Enertech Parks, a subsidiary
Sky47
Transaction advisory services to Mari Petroleum and Paramount for arrangement of debt of USD 200 million for establishing Tier III Data Centers. Scope included financial feasibility, IM, and raising debt.
Transaction advisory services to Mari Petroleum
Our Team
Mr. Akbar Bilgrami
Chief Executive Officer
Islamabad, Pakistan.
Corporate finance, business strategy, contract negotiation and banking.
Akbar Bilgrami founded Bridge Factor & holds over 40 years of International experience in banking and corporate finance. Before Establishing Bridge Factor in 2005 he headed the Management Consultancy Division of Grant Thornton (Pakistan Practice). Akbar has been involved in a number of projects in an advisory capacity covering Loan Syndications, acquisitions in the Banking, Telecom, Power and Manufacturing Sectors, as well as major privatisation transactions. Given his vast international experience and expansive network of contacts, Akbar has been instrumental in arranging equity and debt finance for major clients, structuring and negotiating mergers & acquisition deals, and providing negotiation support in complex transactions on the national and international front.
abilgrami@bridgefactor.com
Mr. Waseem Raza
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. Khwaja Huzaifa
Director
Karachi, Pakistan
Corporate & Project finance, M&A advisory, Capital Raising, Restructuring and Privatizations
Mr. 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
