Northern Land Council
Hamid Ali is an accomplished Management Accountant with extensive experience in financial management and reporting, currently employed at the Northern Land Council since November 2017. Notable achievements include revamping the budgeting process that led to record grants, developing refined annual budgets, enhancing project visibility through performance tracking, and conducting financial analyses to mitigate risks. Previous roles include Team Lead Management Reporting at VEON Global Services Pakistan, where financial reporting was provided to the group, and Manager Fixed Assets & Project Accounting at CMPak Limited, overseeing ERP implementations and monthly financial reporting. Early in the career, Hamid gained auditing experience as an Audit Associate at Ernst & Young. Hamid holds Chartered Accountant qualifications from both Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, and The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan.
Northern Land Council
The Northern Land Council was established in 1973 to represent traditional Aboriginal landowners and Aboriginal people in the Top End of the Northern Territory of Australia. The most important responsibilities of the NLC are to consult with traditional landowners and other Aborigines with an interest in the land. This is to make sure the landowners as a group give their informed consent before the Land Council or a Land Trust enters into any agreement, or takes any action affecting their land. It also ensures that affected Aboriginal communities and groups have the chance to express their views and that land use agreements entered into are reasonable. These principles are fundamental to the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. The NLC also acts as a representative body for native title claimants in its area under the Native Title Act 1993.