The Oman Racing Team (ORT) has established a sponsorship agreement for its Formula Renault driver Ahmad Said Al Harthy with Ernst & Young. Ernst & Young Middle East is a leading professional services firm dedicated to helping companies identify and capitalize on business opportunities throughout the world; its practice areas include accounting and auditing, tax and corporate finance.

Ernst & Young Muscat office began operating in 1974 and was then one of the smaller Middle East offices in the region. Today the Muscat office of Ernst & Young is work to over 160 professional members of staff who are well equipped to serve the Sultanate’s every business requirement. Whether it’s Assurance and Advisory Business Services, Corporate Finance, Business Advisory Services, Tax or one of the many other specialized services there is a team of professionals that can look at organizations from every angle and deliver the highest professional standards in all they do.

Al-Harthy Oman’s first Formula driver joined Ernst & Young (E&Y) as an External Auditor in December 2004 and was always supported and encouraged by both the firm and his colleagues at work. “I am thrilled to have E&Y backing my racing program; they have always shown their support right from the start, and for them to support me in Formula Renault just proves how lucky I am to work for a firm that believes in their employees”, expressed Ahmad.

“I would like to thank E&Y for their support and belief in our program. We are delighted to be associated with a multinational firm and for their continuous support and belief in Ahmad”, mentioned ORT founder Hamed Al Wahaibi

Philip Stanton, Office Managing Partner of Ernst & Young Muscat office said, ‘At Ernst & Young we value teaming and encourage innovation and thinking out of the box, in Ahmad’s role as a racing driver I am sure that he not only highlights these attributes that are so valuable to the auditing profession, but furthermore is able to build on them and bring those experiences back to the office – albeit not quite as speedily as he would do on the race track!. All his colleagues at Ernst & Young are very proud to have Ahmad as one of their team members and wish the ORT every success with their future racing programme.’

Al Harthy is also supported by The Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Sports Affairs, BankMuscat and Oman Mobile. This news must come as a boost to the Omani racer who has just scored his first championship points finishing 5th out of 33 drivers making him the first Middle Eastern driver to score championship points in Formula Renault (BARC) at the last race at Oulton Park in the United Kingdom.