Ziad Aslam

Ziad graduated in Chemistry from Edinburgh University in 1994.

He joined KPMG's Financial Business Unit in London to work on the audits of their City clients. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1997 Ziad left KPMG to join Ralston Purina as Management Accountant, responsible for setting up their European management reporting structure following their adoption of SAP.

In 1998 Ziad joined Young & Rubicam's healthcare communications division, Sudler & Hennessey. After spending two years in the role of Financial Controller, The world of dotcoms beckoned and Ziad moved to an internet start-up, Shipdesk, taking responsibility for creating a Business Plan, valuation models and the due diligence process to secure further funding. Following industry mergers, Ziad moved back to advertising, taking on the role as Financial Controller at DLKW in 2001.

In 2004 Ziad was promoted to Deputy Finance Director, and in 2005 Ziad took over the role of Finance Director. As part of this role Ziad also has responsibility for managing DLKW's commercial relationships with its clients and suppliers.