- Independent Advisors
Trusted Expertise. Proven Results.
Your strategic partner for Finance & Accounting, Real Estate, and Management Consulting — helping businesses and investors across the UAE make confident, data-driven decisions with clarity and control.
- Welcome to Independent Advisors
Trusted Expertise for Businesses, Investors, and Entrepreneurs in the UAE and Beyond
Independent Advisors is a UAE-based consulting firm offering Finance & Accounting Advisory, Real Estate Consulting, and Management Consulting services.
Founded by experienced business professionals with over 30 years of regional and international experience, our firm partners with clients across the Middle East, Subcontinent, and the UK, delivering independent, practical advice grounded in commercial reality.
We help entrepreneurs, established businesses, and high-net-worth clients make confident decisions, manage complexity, and achieve sustainable growth.
Our Brand Promise
At Independent Advisors, our promise is simple — expert advice, delivered with integrity, independence, and insight.
We bring the expertise of a seasoned CFO, the perspective of a trusted board advisor, and the agility of a boutique consulting firm. Our clients gain access to over three decades of hands-on experience across SMEs, regional corporations, and multinational groups — without the overhead, complexity, or bureaucracy of larger firms.
We measure success by one standard only: our clients’ clarity and confidence in the decisions they make.
What We Do
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CFO Services
Fractional CFO-level leadership for businesses that need clarity, control, and confidence. We work alongside founders, CEOs, and leadership teams as a trusted financial partner, focused on outcomes, not activity.
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AI Driven Financial Insights and Reporting
AI-powered financial clarity for business owners who want insight before commitment We take your existing financial data and apply advanced reporting and AI-supported analysis to deliver: Clear visibility over performance; Early warning indicators around cash and risk; Plain-English insight that supports better decisions
03
Eduction
Practical financial education for business owners who want to understand their numbers, manage cash with confidence, and make better decisions.
04
Real Estate Consulting
Our Real Estate Advisory business partners with leading licended brokers in Dubai to help high net worth individulas and private investors evaluate , secure or expand property portfolios in the uae
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Management Consulting
Our Management Advisory practice supports UAE-based and international businesses in improving strategy, governance, and operational performance. We work with leadership teams on strategic planning, governance frameworks, procurement advisory, and organisational restructuring to support sustainable growth and effective execution.
- Transforming How SMEs See, Understand and Manage Their Numbers
Independent Advisors + eyko
At Independent Advisors, our mission is to help businesses gain clarity, control and confidence in their financial performance. Today’s small and medium-sized enterprises face pressures that didn’t exist a decade ago — tighter margins, faster reporting cycles, and the need to make informed decisions in real time.
To support this, Independent Advisors is proud to partner with eyko, a powerful data-blending and reporting platform that brings together financial, operational and commercial information into one clean, accurate view. Together, we offer SMEs a smarter and more efficient way to manage cash, improve forecasting and build sustainable growth.
Why Clients Choose Independent Advisors
Independent perspective
Objective, unbiased advice that always prioritizes your best interests.
Regional insight, global standards
combining UAE and GCC market understanding with UK professionalism.
Trusted partnerships
Collaboration with licensed tax, real estate, and legal professionals to ensure comprehensive support.
Experience that matters
30+ years of hands-on leadership across finance, strategy, and operations.
- Founder’s Note
Carl Lewis
Independent Advisors was founded by Carl Lewis, MBA, ACMA, CGMA, a Chartered Accountant and Finance Leader with over three decades of experience spanning the UAE, GCC, Subcontinent, and the UK.
Carl has led finance, strategy, and transformation across SMEs, regional corporations, and multinational enterprises. His approach combines financial discipline with commercial pragmatism — helping business owners, boards, and investors make better, faster, and more informed decisions.
Under his leadership, Independent Advisors brings a depth of expertise that bridges corporate rigor with entrepreneurial understanding.
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Whether you’re a business owner seeking clarity in your numbers, an investor evaluating new opportunities, or a leadership team planning your next phase of growth, Independent Advisors is here to help.