Mr. Siddiqi is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He was with KPMG for 18 years initially as a partner and later as the Managing Director of one of it's consultancy practices.

Having extensive experience in the Middle East and South Asia, he left the profession in 1996 and established a television production company.

Mr. Siddiqi is currently Chairman of CNBC Africa, Chairman of CNBC Arabiya, President of CNBC Pakistan, Chairman of SAAMA TV and Chairman of Murdoch University International Study Centre in Dubai.

He is a director on the board of the Academy of Science and Arts of New York and has attended the KPMG partner development program at Stanford University.