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CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS × TECHNOLOGISTS · KARACHI · PAKISTAN & THE GULF · SINCE 2001

Technology solved.

For more than 25 years, leading banks, public institutionsand global brands across Pakistan and the Gulf have trusted usto advise them, build their systems and run their operations.

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TRUSTED BY TEAMS AT
DHL
MCB Bank
National Bank of Pakistan
Red Bull
Macter International
Taurus Securities
Malir Development Authority
DHL
MCB Bank
National Bank of Pakistan
Red Bull
Macter International
Taurus Securities
Malir Development Authority
WHAT WE DO

Three practices, working as one firm.

Technology, consulting and outsourcing teams under one roof, so the advice you receive, the systems you run and the processes behind them all fit together. Tell us what you need and we will bring the right people to the table.

I NEED TO…
01Technology

Tech & Software Solutions

Enterprise technology that finance teams trust.

AI, data analytics, business intelligence and ERP, designed by people who understand how a business closes its books. Our own ERP platform runs at more than 150 organisations.

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02Consulting

Business Consulting

Advice that holds up in the boardroom and the data room.

Strategy, restructuring and transaction advisory, led by chartered accountants trained at A. F. Ferguson & Co. (PwC) and Grant Thornton.

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03BPO

Business Process Outsourcing

Your back office, run to the highest standard.

Accounting, technology, HR and compliance, managed for you by chartered accountants and engineers who build enterprise systems for banks. You keep full control, and we keep everything on time.

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We began as chartered accountants who were asked, again and again, to fix the technology behind the numbers. Twenty-five years on, that is still what sets us apart. The people who understand your ledger are the same people who build your systems, and they stay with you long after go-live.

PROPRIETARY TDC ERP
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organisations run their business on the ERP we built.

Our own enterprise platform brings finance, inventory, supply chain, payroll, fixed assets and management reporting together on a single ledger. Banks, freight forwarders, textile mills, pharmaceutical manufacturers, media groups and public authorities rely on it every day.

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  1. 01General LedgerMulti-entity, multi-currency books that close on time.
  2. 02Receivables & PayablesInvoicing, collections, vendor payments and ageing.
  3. 03Inventory & WarehouseStock, locations, batches and movements in real time.
  4. 04Supply ChainPurchasing, approvals and supplier management.
  5. 05Point of SaleBranch and retail sales flowing straight to the ledger.
  6. 06HR & PayrollEmployee records, payroll runs and statutory deductions.
  7. 07Budgeting & Expense AllocationBudgets, cost centres and variance tracking.
  8. 08Fixed AssetsRegisters, tagging, depreciation and disposals.
  9. 09MIS ReportingManagement reports and dashboards from one source.
12Banks & financial institutions
06Logistics & freight forwarding
06Textiles
02Power & energy
03Pharmaceuticals
04Chartered accountants & financial consultants
02Printing & media
01Government
09Other sectors
AI WHERE YOUR PEOPLE ALREADY WORK

Ask a question in Teams. Get the answer in seconds.

We build AI assistants and analysts that sit inside Microsoft Teams, Slack and WhatsApp and draw on your own trusted data. Your people simply ask, in the tools they already use every day, and every answer links back to its source.

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Microsoft TeamsSales North · TDC Analyst
RM
Regional Manager
How did Lahore do against target last week? Break it down by channel.
TDC Analyst AI
Lahore reached 94% of target last week: PKR 182m against 194m. Modern trade beat target; general trade fell short in two districts.
Source: Sales model · refreshed 07:00 · Open dashboard
Slack# risk-ops
Ops Copilot AI
Repayment failures are 2.3× forecast in the last hour, concentrated on one payment partner. 412 loans affected.
SA
Shift Lead
Draft an SMS for the affected borrowers and hold collections calls for today.
Ops Copilot AI
Draft ready for approval, and 412 calls paused until 18:00. I will post an update when the partner confirms the fix.
  • Microsoft TeamsStaff assistants and AI analysts in chats and channels.
  • SlackOperations copilots, alerts and approvals in your channels.
  • WhatsAppCustomer service in English, Urdu and Arabic.
  • Web and intranetEmbedded assistants on your site and portals.
  • ERP and CRMActions in TDC ERP, SAP, Dynamics and Salesforce.
  • EmailScheduled digests and drafted replies for review.

Illustrative conversations. Figures shown are examples.

SELECTED WORK

Results our clients can measure.

12 days → under 3
Month-end close
Major commercial bank
ERP implementation
“TDC took our month-end close from twelve days to under three. Their team understood the complexity of a bank from the very first meeting, and go-live went exactly to plan.”
— N. Karim, CFO
Representative engagement
38,000 assets
Verified, tagged and reconciled across 60 sites
Public development authority
Fixed asset tracking
“For the first time in years, our auditors signed off the fixed-asset register without a single qualification. All 38,000 of our assets are now located, valued and accounted for.”
— Ayesha Farooqi, Director of Internal Audit
Representative engagement
6 weeks
From brief to a board-ready go/no-go decision
Logistics operator
Feasibility study & market research
“The market sizing and route economics gave our board a model they could test line by line. That level of rigour is why the project was approved in a single meeting.”
— Khalid Al Mazrouei, Chief Operating Officer
Representative engagement
1,600+ questions
Answered every month by an AI analyst in Microsoft Teams
National consumer-goods distributor
AI-assisted analytics · Teams
“Our area managers stopped emailing the MIS team for numbers. They ask in Teams, get the figure and the chart in seconds, and it matches the dashboard to the rupee.”
— Head of Sales Operations
Representative engagement
42% faster
Customer queries handled with an operations copilot in Slack
Digital lender
AI assistant · Slack
“The copilot spotted a payment-partner failure within minutes and had a customer message drafted before we had finished reading the alert.”
— Chief Risk Officer
Representative engagement
58% resolved
HR and IT questions answered by AI, around the clock
Private hospital group
AI helpdesk · Teams
“Night-shift nurses get an answer at 3 am instead of waiting for HR to open. Our service desk now spends its time on the problems that need a person.”
— Director of People & Technology
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HOW WE WORK

A proven way of delivering.

Refined over hundreds of engagements, our approach keeps the same senior team with you from the first workshop to long after go-live, so nothing gets lost along the way.

01

Discover

We get to know your business, your systems and your goals, and agree where change will make the biggest difference.

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Design

We shape the solution with your team and set out a clear roadmap, with milestones you can hold us to.

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Build

Our consultants and engineers configure and build around the way your organisation actually works.

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Deploy

Thorough testing and careful roll-out mean your people are ready and the business keeps running.

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Evolve

We stay on to support, improve and extend what we have built as your organisation grows.

SINCE 2001 · LEADERSHIP

Built on a quarter century of boardroom experience.

Tahir Ali, FCA, ACA (ICAEW), founded TDC in Karachi in 2001 after training at A. F. Ferguson & Co., part of the PwC network. He later served as a Director of Grant Thornton Consulting, and has advised banks, governments, private groups and international development partners in four countries. Today the firm represents USER Consulting International (Hungary) in Pakistan and is a member of the Global Accounting and Business Advisors Alliance (UK).

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Tahir Ali
FCA (Pakistan), ACA (ICAEW)
Chief Executive
  • The Data Corporation (Pvt.) Ltd., PakistanChief Executive · 2001 – present
  • Ahmed Alaghbari Chartered Accountants, UAEFinance Director · 2017 – present
  • Grant Thornton Consulting (Pvt.) Ltd., PakistanDirector · 2016 – 2019
  • A. F. Ferguson & Co. (PwC member firm)Audit & Business Advisory · 1996 – 2001
  • USER Consulting InternationalRepresented by TDC in Pakistan (Hungary)
  • Global Accounting and Business Advisors AllianceMember firm (United Kingdom)
  • Institute of Chartered Accountants of PakistanFellow member of leadership (FCA)
  • Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and WalesMember of leadership (ACA)
BUILT FOR YOUR SECTOR

Deep experience in the sectors that keep the economy running.

Banking & financial services

From core banking integration and regulatory reporting to credit risk frameworks and a faster month-end close.

01 Technology02 Consulting03 BPO
Government & public sector

Advising ministries and authorities on privatisation, PPPs and institutional reform, with asset registers built to pass audit.

02 Consulting01 Technology
Development programmes

Independent verification, evaluation and performance audit for programmes funded by the world’s leading donors.

02 Consulting
Logistics & freight

ERP built for shipments and job costing, live visibility of assets across terminals and depots, and outsourced finance.

01 Technology03 BPO
Textiles & manufacturing

Inventory, costing and supply chain on a single ledger, with strategic and restructuring advice when markets shift.

01 Technology02 Consulting03 BPO
Pharmaceuticals & healthcare

Batch traceability, distribution analytics and AI helpdesks, alongside feasibility studies and regulatory compliance.

01 Technology02 Consulting03 BPO
Energy & utilities

Project finance, tariff studies and risk frameworks for asset-intensive operators and investors.

02 Consulting01 Technology
Telecom & media

Transaction advisory, customer and churn analytics, and enterprise systems for publishing and media groups.

02 Consulting01 Technology
WE BUILD ON
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Oracle
Salesforce
Microsoft Dynamics
Microsoft Azure
AWS
Google Cloud
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OpenAIOpenAI
SAP
Oracle
Salesforce
Microsoft Dynamics
Microsoft Azure
AWS
Google Cloud
Snowflake
ServiceNow
OpenAIOpenAI
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Let’s talk about what comes next.

Tell us a little about your organisation and what you are trying to achieve. A senior member of our team will be in touch within one working day to arrange a conversation.

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Karachi (HQ)

506, 5th Floor, Progressive Centre,
30-A, Block 6, PECHS,
Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi, Pakistan

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Headquartered in Karachi, serving clients across Pakistan, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan.