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Rajiv Hira

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Rajiv Hira, a high caliber finance professional with an experience of leading roles in private and multinational financial institutions for over 25+ years in the area of risk management, compliance, investment analysis, investment management, Taxation advisory and management consulting.

Expertise in connecting with people and processes to arrive at the effective value preposition for business, derived from hands-on experience of working in multicultural and multinational organisations. Experience of working in Asia, Africa & Middle East.

Actively working in UAE, with large corporates, SME & Individuals on indirect tax implementation advisory & transactional advisory. Contributed in development of resources (with professional bodies, training institutes & corporates) through structured training, seminars and articles.

Hands-on experience in engaging with regulators and governing bodies in the space of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF). This work involves understanding the strategic intent and implementation objectives for compliance.

Nirav Shah

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Nirav is qualified as Chartered Accountant from Gujarat, India. Being an excellent academia, he has secured 6th Rank in Inter CA and 36th rank in CA Finals. He then moved to KPMG in Mumbai and had specialized in International Tax and Finance and is advising on various cross border transactions from International and Domestic Tax and Regulatory perspective. His skills help companies do set up right Corporate Holding structure for the group, Evaluation of New Business/Investment Opportunities, Strategic Inputs/Reviews for businesses and Managing Compliance issues.

Nirav has a 20 plus years’ experience from own practice to leading consulting firm to working with large family-owned corporate group. He has a hands-on experience of establishing and managing structures and compliances in more than 12 jurisdictions; evolving suitable corporate structures for holding companies, acquisition of business, financing, and IP optimization structures; establishing suitable family structures for Asset protection, succession planning, efficient ownership, and valuable experience of operating in multiple jurisdictions.

Nirav had successfully conducted VAT Trainings for Dubai SME, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) Dubai, Jain International Trade Organization (JITO) Dubai and Indian Business & Professional Council (IBPC) Dubai (to name a few), with a total participant of around 1,600+ Professionals who work from 550+ Companies, coming from the 7 Emirates of UAE (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah).

He is also a full member of Society of Trust and Estate Planners (STEP).

Vishal Hurkat

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CA Vishal Hurkat is a Qualified Chartered Accountant (ICAI) and residing in UAE since June 2006 and Founder and CEO of the VNY MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT. He is a member of ICAI since 2006 and having over 18 plus years of Professional Experience in the field of Audit and Advisory. Previously, Vishal has worked with one of the leading Auditing firm based in UAE. During his tenure he got rich exposure with vast clientele engaged Manufacturing, Tourism, Hotels, Contracting, Pharmaceutical and Trading companies etc. He is Pro-active, result oriented and possesses strong commercial, networking and entrepreneur Skills.

Professional Affiliations and Memberships:

  • Fellow Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
  • Bachelor of Commerce from Saurashtra University – Gujarat-India.
  • Member of ICAI Dubai Chapter
  • Member of Taxation Society
  • Member of Business Network International
  • Seminars and Workshops attended
  • Workshop on Trade Finance Organized by ICAI – Dubai Chapter.
  • Workshop on Internal Audit and Risk Assessment Organized by ICAI- Dubai Chapter.
  • Various workshops on corporate tax organized by Taxation Society and ICAI Dubai Chapter
  • Workshop on Trade Finance organized by ICAI – Dubai Chapter
  • Workshop on International Financial Reporting Standard organized by ICAI – Dubai Chapter.

Mahesh Prabhu

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CA Mahesh Prabhu is a professional Chartered Accountant with over 32 years of experience in the field of audit, assurance, finance and other related consultancy. He is currently a Senior Partner – Audit, Assurance & Tax Consultancy at Dar AlNuzum Public Accountants, Dubai, UAE. He is also a Fellow Member of the UAE’s Emirates Association for Accountants & Auditors (EAAA).

CA Mahesh Prabhu has served in several positions as Audit Manager, Audit Director and as Associate Partner in audit and consultancy in the UAE and India. CA Mahesh is a Fellow member of Dubai Chapter of ICAI and Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Delhi, India.

He has served as a faculty member for MCA and GMCS for the CA students at ICAI Dubai Chapter and conducted multiple seminars on UAE VAT, IFRS for various corporate clients and organizations. He has also served as a President of ICAT (Institute of Chartered Accountants Toastmasters) Club, Dubai, UAE from the year 2014-2015, where he garnered leadership and communication skill.

Amit Singhania

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Mr. Amit Singhania is a commerce graduate and Chartered Accountant from India. He is a Co-founder and Director at Krystal Financial Consultants LLC and a highly accomplished & result-driven financial advisory executive with over 24+ years of progressive experience in finance and operations management. With his expertise in financial matters and great connections in local and international banks, he is focused on assisting corporate clients by arranging necessary banking facilities at optimal borrowing cost and matching customer need & demand.

In the past, Mr. Singhania has streamlined business operations that drive growth, increase efficiency, bottom-line profit and also he developed and implemented financial controls and processes. His solid leadership, communication and interpersonal skills have helped him to establish a sound rapport with all levels of staff and management.

Krystal Financial Consultants LLC, a company registered with Dubai Economy is established with an aim to provide tailor made quality financial services with the highest standards of professionalism and ethical conduct. We offer a wide range of financial consultancy services including advising on corporate finance, debt syndication, trade finance, project finance and investment for future. We assist our clients globally through our Dubai office and coordinating with banks, financial institutions and private investors located across the world. We are a team of committed professionals focused on providing efficient & innovative financial solutions that adds value to our client’s business.

Dixit Jain

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CA Dixit Jain is the Founder and CEO of The Tax Experts DMCC, a leading Tax advisory services company in UAE region. The company specialises in NRI taxation and FEMA related advisory since more than a decade in this part of the world catering to over 3000 clients from middle east, USA, UK and Canada. They have been working closely with most of the Indian banks abroad and assisting the clients for their local UAE tax compliances and Indian tax compliances. He was also awarded the Tech Entrepreneur of the year by Tally MSME awards recently. He has been a regular writer with Khaleej times and Gulf news for various tax related issues. He has also been a core part of various companies in technology space one of which is valued at 70 mn USD in US. Dixit is also a founder of SnapTax which will soon be rolling out corporate tax computation software and AML and other regulatory compliance on one click.

Naveen Kumar Kabraa

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Naveen worked at senior level roles across many organizations over his 18 plus years of experience. He begun his carrier with Price Waterhouse Coopers in Assurance division in India and the UK. Later he moved into mainstream finance with companies like Damac Properties, Drake and Scull, Al Nasr Contracting LLC. In the last 6 years Naveen has focused into Consultancy with Tax and Business Advisory being at the core including VAT Advisory and Corporate Finance. He is founding Partner of SBC Tax Consulting LLC .

Naveen’s expertise includes providing financial & business leadership, strategic consultation, and guidance, internal audits, implementing cost control measures for improvement in top- line and bottom-line, raising funds with very healthy relations with the banks in the UAE and abroad, IPO assistance possessing full knowledge of entire process of IPO, dealing with banks/lawyers/auditors/analysts etc.

Naveen is a qualified Chartered Accountant from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and an ACMA from Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK.

Nishant Rayma

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A Senior Chartered Accountant and a fellow member (FCA) of an Institute of Chartered Accountants of India with over 20 years post-qualification experience out of which 16 years UAE local experience ranging from an International taxation, UAE Corporate tax advisory, business and tax restructuring, merger, acquisition and assurance services (including Big-4 experience in UAE):

Advising on provisions of The “Taxation of Corporations and Businesses” (UAE Corporate tax law) no.47 of 2022.

Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital 2017 (settling uniform basis for interpretation of double tax avoidance agreement – DTAA).

Advising local businesses and MNCs on “impact assessment” of newly introduced UAE Corporate tax law on businesses and business operations.

Advising and helping businesses to prepare for efficient compliance of UAE Corporate tax law provisions.

Advising and helping businesses to prepare tax accounting, restructuring of chart of accounts to align with provisions of the UAE Corporate tax law.

Supporting UAE businesses for tax efficient re-structuring of business model, business operations and business activities.

Supporting UAE Free Zone businesses (onshore and offshore) to understand impact of provisions of UAE Corporate tax law.

Assisting UAE businesses in registration of businesses on govt. portal, computation of taxable income, corporate tax liability and filing corporate tax returns.

Advising businesses on Advance Pricing Agreements, private clarification from tax authorities, critical corporate tax issues and representing before tax authorities as and when require.

Supporting businesses to perform tax due diligence and efficient compliance of laws with minimum tax liabilities.

Bhawna Chopra

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Bhawna Chopra is partner at Premier Brains Global, an established consulting firm offering audit, tax consultancy and business advisory services to its clients. She heads the Tax department and is responsible for managing the operations of this department which covers direct, indirect tax, international taxation consulting and compliance. She is an all India rank holder Chartered Accountant. She also holds MBA degree from Edinburgh business school (UK) and Diploma in Transfer pricing from ATT,UK. Her previous work experience includes working with Ernst & Young and Schlumberger (Oil & gas MNC).

A seasoned tax professional with over 19 years of experience in the areas of taxation advisory covering corporate tax, tax and legal restructuring, transfer pricing, value added tax, excise tax and economic substance regulations. She has successfully led various tax impact assessment and implementation projects in UAE. She has expertise in providing advisory on international tax treaties and GCC taxation. She has been actively involved in conducting various tax trainings and workshops.

Nimish Makvana

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Professional Experience and Summary:

  • Nimish Makvana is a Senior Partner and Management team member of Crowe MAK in UAE. Crowe MAK is a member firm of Crowe Global which is among the top 10 global accounting networks of the world, consisting of over 200 independent accounting and advisory service firms in more than 130 countries.
  • Pro-active and result oriented senior finance professional with over 20 years of successful expertise in Audit and Assurance services, Internal controls, accounting review, leading financial, internal and management audits of Multinational and leading local clients from Trading / Services / Manufacturing / Hospitality Industry including Private Joint Stock Company and Public Joint stock company. He possesses strong commercial, networking and entrepreneur skills and expertise in developing Strategic Business Plans, General management, Auditing, Financial Analysis, IFRS and Finance reporting.
  • Highly educated with multiple chartered accountancy (CA) qualifications from prestigious Institutes from India (ICAI) and UK (ICAEW). He is deeply passionate about serving Audit, accounting professional community, and supporting key social causes and CSR. He is strategically involved with Crowe UAE in overall practice development firm wide, thereby contributing towards quality enhancement and key contributor to the strategic initiatives of the firm.
  • Member of Indian Business and Professional Council (IBPC – Dubai), JITO (Dubai) and various professional forum.
  • Nimish Makvana regularly shares his views in Media on professional and economic matters and have featured in Times NOW Emerging India Forum and Union Indian Budget presentations.

Professional Affiliations:

  • Fellow Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
  • Associate Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
  • Associate Member of The Emirates Association for Accountants & Auditors Association (EAAA)

Professional credentials/achievements:

  • Currently serving as Honorary Director – UAE Chapter of The Institute of Directors (IOD), India.
  • Served as Chairman of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) – Dubai Chapter in 2015-16 and winner of the Best Overseas Chapter Award from ICAI, India and first founding member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (Dubai) Chapter NPIO.
  • Served as 1st elected President and as well as Administrative Board Member of Indian Business and Professional Council (IBPC) – Dubai, which is the largest representative organization of Indian businessmen and professionals in the Emirate of Dubai.

Education:

  • Bachelor of Commerce – University of Mumbai – India
  • Chartered Accountant from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
  • Chartered Accountant from The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)