Founder
Kuntal Dave
Founder
- Chartered Accountant, Registered Valuer and Insolvency Resolution Professional
- Experience of over 30 years in advising clients (local as well as foreign) on tax and regulatory matters concerning corporate actions (including fund raising and M&A) and international taxation
- Led team of professionals for implementing complicated structures and transactions
- Chairman of Asia Pacific Region of International Fiscal Association (IFA), Netherlands
- Member of Direct Taxation Committee of Indian Merchants' Chambers
- Founder Trustee of Private Client Dining Club, India
Our Mentor
Ramanan Ramnathan
- Former (First) Mission Director Atal Innovation Mission, Former Secretary at NITI Aayog
- Joined Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in 1981 and played an instrumental role in growth of TCS
- Former Managing Director & CEO of CMC Ltd (a subsidiary of TCS) which was amalgamated successfully in TCS
- Graduated from IIT Mumbai
- Harvard Business School Alumni (and Lifetime Chair of HBS AMP 1987)
- Board member of Israel India Innovation forum, eSamshiksa, Unnati GOI initiatives, Chair of New Zealand Trade Enterprises Beachheads, Board member of Indo US Technology Trade Forum (IUSTTF) and Indo US AI Committee
Our Advisory Board Members*
Ajay Thakur
Ajay Thakur is a professional with around 26 years of experience in Capital Market spanning India's biggest Custodian to India's biggest and largest Stock Exchange. He is one of the most important pillar in establishing the capital market for SME & Start up in India. He is credited for launching the first ever SME Platform and Startup Platform in India on 13th March, 2012 and 22 December, 2018 respectively. BSE today is the largest SME Platform in India
David Bell
David Bell has experience in advising high net worth clients on a range of areas relating to personal tax and financial planning. He trained as a chartered accountant (ACA) with private client firm, Dixon Wilson and has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University. He worked for Merrill Lynch & Lombard Odier in London before founding his own private wealth networking platform, PCD Club.
PARAS PAREKH
Paras Parekh is a co-founder Partner of Parinam Law Associates, a law firm based in Mumbai, Delhi and Pune. Prior to setting up Parinam Law Associates, he has worked with reputed law firms like AZB & Partners and J. Sagar Associates. Paras's practice covers diverse areas of litigation and advisory work on various securities, corporate, commercial, civil, criminal, business and mercantile laws. He specialises in matters of securities laws and white-collar crimes, especially on regulatory actions.
PAYAL SHAH DAVE
Payal Shah Dave highly capable, result oriented HR professional with rich experience of working with local and global entities across various sectors. Adopted best practices of global standards and helped organisations to implement them in local set-ups for process improvement and thereby increasing functional efficiency.
RAJESH PILLAI
Rajesh Pillai is an Indian Technology entrepreneur and the Founder of SaaS-based cloud computing platforms. He has rich experience in setting strategic direction for driving customer-first vision. Rajesh draws on his knowledge of and passion for technology to improve customer service experiences and make peoples' lives easier. He has over a decade of Technical & Architectural experience in Building CRM, ERP, IT asset, HR Systems, Accounting Systems, Large Enterprise Portals and information security management solutions.
* In alphabatical order | Non-Statutory and non-Executive | Members engage in their individual capacity