Dinesh Kanabar is the CEO of Dhruva Tax Advisors.
 

Dinesh is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has more than 25 years’ experience in advising some of the largest multinationals in India.

 

Prior to founding Dhruva Tax Advisors, he was the Deputy CEO of KPMG in India and the Chairman of its tax practice.

He has worked with several Corporates, multi-national and Indian, on entry strategy, fund raising, operating excellence, benchmarking, risk management, etc. He handled some of the biggest tax controversies and has advised on innovative structures for inbound and outbound investments.

 

He has worked closely with the government on matters relating to corporate and tax policy, tax administration and related matters. Dinesh is a Member of National Executive Committee of FICCI and a member of the Rangachary Committee set up by the Prime Minister of India for reviewing the taxation of Development Centres and the IT Sector.

 

Dinesh speaks regularly at various conferences, both national and international and has been consistently rated as amongst the leading tax advisers in India by several journals, including International Tax Review.

Vishal is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a law graduate. He has also completed the “Business Consultancy Studies” course conducted by Jamanalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies jointly with the Bombay Chartered Accountants’ Society.

 

Prior to joining Dhruva Tax Advisors, Vishal was a Partner in KPMG and was leading its tax practice in Gujarat.

 

Vishal practices in the field of Domestic and International Taxation (including Transfer Pricing), with specific emphasis on cross border transactions and regulatory laws with respect to Inbound and Outbound Investments. He also specializes in Corporate Structuring across various sectors.

 

Vishal has co-authored books on professional subjects and is a regular speaker at various professional forums. He has also been part of various professional committees, namely, International Tax Committee of Bombay Chartered Accountants Society and Chamber of Tax Consultants as well as the Research & Publication Committee of Western India Regional Council of the Chartered Accountants of India

 

Vishal is based out of Ahmedabad. 

Rakesh is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a Law Graduate with over over 25 years of consulting experience in Direct Tax and Regulatory matters. 

 

Prior to joining Dhruva Tax Advisors, Rakesh was earlier a Partner with PwC & KPMG handling key accounts pertaining to leading IT / ITES companies.

 

He has significant experience in advising several MNCs and Domestic companies on various aspects of domestic and cross border taxation, Inbound investment and Entry strategies, Structuring of Outbound investments Tax Treaty interpretation, Exchange Control Regulation etc.  He also has vast experience in representing clients before Tax Authorities at all levels and handling complex and high-end litigation matters.

 

Rakesh is a regular speaker at various forums and has contributed several articles / papers in professional journals / newspapers.

 

Rakesh is based out of Mumbai

Ajay is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and holds an Advanced Diploma in Management Accounting from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK

 

Prior to joining Dhruva Tax Advisors, Ajay was a Partner with KPMG. He has previously worked with BMR Advisors for 6 years since its inception. He has also previously worked with Ernst & Young in its Global Tax Advisory Services division for nearly 2 years. 

 

He has considerable experience in corporate tax, transfer pricing and international tax areas.  He has advised a number of large multinational and large Indian companies on a range of direct tax and regulatory issues. He has served clients primarily in the real estate and information technology industries. He has also represented various multinational and Indian companies before the regulatory authorities on corporate tax and transfer pricing assessments.

 

Ajay has also advised several technology companies on strategies around setting up Special Economic Zones units.  He has also worked with various SEZ developers on their strategy and appprovals.  Ajay has advised various realty funds on matters such as entry strategy, FDI in real estate, investment structuring and exit strategies. 

 

Ajay is based out of Bengaluru.