Ram, a Chartered Accountant and Cost Accountant from India and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from Illinois, USA, brings to DAAC and DAA Group, his expertise in company management, corporate finance, capital structuring, investment management, directing key IT projects, defining and advising on the architecture and specs for critical core applications, audit, advisory and consulting. Over his 35 years in Oman in the field of insurance and investments, Ram was the CEO of leading insurance companies and was on the boards of leading corporate entities. He gained recognition as a turn-around and start-up entity expert having steered transformation of a company from potential capital erosion to a dominant market player before moving on to create a success story of a start-up entity by scaling it from green field to a leading insurance company. Extensive network amongst clients and specialist global reinsurance partners are his key strengths. Ram is also a wealth manager engaged in managing a portfolio of fixed income, equities, structured products, ETFs and Options. Ability to mentor a strong team of professionals, innovative structuring of insurance, reinsurance and investment solutions, driving business growth whilst remaining rooted to basic rationale and strong ethics are Ram’s attributes. He brings domain diversity to the pool of expertise in DAA Group.
P R Ramakrishnan

CHAIRMAN

P R Ramakrishnan

CHAIRMAN

Ram, a Chartered Accountant and Cost Accountant from India and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from Illinois, USA, brings to DAAC and DAA Group, his expertise in company management, corporate finance, capital structuring, investment management, directing key IT projects, defining and advising on the architecture and specs for critical core applications, audit, advisory and consulting. Over his 35 years in Oman in the field of insurance and investments, Ram was the CEO of leading insurance companies and was on the boards of leading corporate entities. He gained recognition as a turn-around and start-up entity expert having steered transformation of a company from potential capital erosion to a dominant market player before moving on to create a success story of a start-up entity by scaling it from green field to a leading insurance company. Extensive network amongst clients and specialist global reinsurance partners are his key strengths. Ram is also a wealth manager engaged in managing a portfolio of fixed income, equities, structured products, ETFs and Options. Ability to mentor a strong team of professionals, innovative structuring of insurance, reinsurance and investment solutions, driving business growth whilst remaining rooted to basic rationale and strong ethics are Ram’s attributes. He brings domain diversity to the pool of expertise in DAA Group.

Ashwin Kumar

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

A graduate in Operations and Project Management from Lancaster University, United Kingdom and an advanced-level user of world-class trading systems and software, he has been actively participating in the Indian Stock, Commodity and Currency markets for over a decade now. He presently heads the Equity and Derivatives Research Desk at DAA Capital.

He is also an NSE Certified Capital Market Professional and has obtained most of his education in Capital Market and Technical Analysis from leading institutions in India and abroad and has been trained by some of the leading Technical Analysts and experts in the industry.

He won the National Pride Award for Excellence in Currency Segment from Anand Rathi Shares and Stockbrokers Limited in 2012.

He has been a Guest Faculty at Christ University, Bangalore for several years and a Guest Speaker at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), Pune Branch of Western Indian Regional Council and Association of Technical Market Analysts (A.T.M.A) on Technical Analysis and various financial and Investment topics.

A qualified Chartered Accountant, a Certified Financial Planner from the Financial Planning Standards Board India and a Chartered Wealth Manager from the American Academy of Financial Management.

He is a Registered Valuer (Securities and Financial Assets) from the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India. He is a Certified Professional in Derivatives by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).

He is also certified by the National Institute of Securities Markets on Securities Operations and Risk Management. He has been a Guest Speaker at Christ University, Bangalore and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), Pune Branch of Western Indian Regional Council on topics such as Prudent Financial Planning and Investment Avenues in the Indian Capital Market.

Lakshminarayanan R.

DIRECTOR

Lakshminarayanan R.

DIRECTOR

A qualified Chartered Accountant, a Certified Financial Planner from the Financial Planning Standards Board India and a Chartered Wealth Manager from the American Academy of Financial Management.

He is a Registered Values (Securities and Financial Assets) from the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India. He is a Certified Professional in Derivatives by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).

He is also certified by the National Institute of Securities Markets on Securities Operations and Risk Management. He has been a Guest Speaker at Christ University, Bangalore and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), Pune Branch of Western Indian Regional Council on topics such as Prudent Financial Planning and Investment Avenues in the Indian Capital Market. 

Muralikrishnan is a professional with over 3 decades of experience in Sales, Product development, and Business Operations in the fields of FMCG and Banking. Had corporate stints with various organisations like Asian Paints, Pepsi, ICICI, HDFC and Axis Bank. He started his venture Finlynx Consulting intending to cater to the SME segment on Financial products mainly on retail loans. Believes in Customer centricity, resulting orientation and business growth with profits.

He has rich experience in Field of Sales, Product Launches, Customer Service, Relationship Management, Complaint management and so on. At DAA Capital Murali will be heading the retail loans vertical.

D. Arvind

Founder

Founder of DAA and now moved to NCLT as Member.

Satish S is an associate member of ICAI and CWAI with rich  experience in the industry, consulting spanning 33 years, in the field of indirect taxation. He has worked as head of Indirect tax for L&T Group, handling various issues including global operations and commercial matters. He has worked at PwC as a Senior Partner.
In his long stint in the industry & during his period as a partner in PwC, he has advised on several issues including ERP Implementation, FTP, Regulatory matters from taxation and commercial perspective, Setting up / Amalgamation / Merger of business verticals, Representations before various government authorities and tax litigations before adjudicating / appellate authorities including Tribunal. He is a prolific speaker in august forums and conferences conducted by industry / trade bodies like Aditya Birla Group, NACEN, and GSTN to name a few.

G. SIVA KUMAR

SENIOR ADVISOR

G Sivakumar is a fellow member of ICAI with 35+ years of experience in the finance and accounting field. He has served in Senior Positions at Industry-Leading Organizations, handling diverse functions such as Treasury, Corporate Finance, Capital Budget Controlling, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investor Relations, ERP implementation, Budgeting & Planning, Business Controlling, MIS and Project and Procurement Controlling. He leads the Audit & Finance Verticals at DAA Consulting.

Akshay Arvind is a Chartered Accountant cum Company Secretary with more than ten years of Indirect Tax Experience. Akshay is the in-charge of the Mumbai practice of DAA from where we cater to our Clients in Pune, Nasik and the Northern Region.
He is now heading a team of 12 Qualified & Experienced Professionals and more than 40 Semi- qualified Professionals. He is also a director on the Board of M/Paterson Lubricants India Private Limited, an MNC based out of the UK. He is also a Director in a Public Limited Company which is in the Pharmaceutical Sector.
He heads the tax technology division of the company, which is developing several technology-based products in collaboration with leading technology Company IRIS.

ADITHYA SRINIVASAN

ADVISOR

Adithya Srinivasan is a Chartered Accountant with more than nine years of Indirect Taxes Experience. He joined D Arvind & Associates as Article Assistant and was admitted into Partnership in 2015 owing to his hard work, commitment and passion towards the practice.

He supports Akshay in executing assignments in the West and North in addition to handling most of the litigation of the clients. He leads FTP, the International Trade Compliance practice of the Company.

Shankar Iyer

HEAD – DIRECT TAX AND TRANSACTION SERVICES

Shankar Iyer is a Chartered Accountant and a Direct tax professional with more than 13 years of consulting experience in the Direct Taxation and regulatory field, namely, corporate taxation, international taxation and mergers & acquisitions taxation and regulatory aspects. As part of his professional career, Shankar has worked in the Big4 Accounting firms advising multinational corporations and reputed domestic business houses in various industry segments.

Shankar specializes in:Business advisory – Advising MNC and domestic companies on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures inbound and outbound investment and Group restructurings from a tax and regulatory perspective.

  • Corporate Tax and Regulatory (FEMA, SEBI, CCI) matters
  • Direct tax due diligence
  • Endowment planning
  • Profit repatriation/cash repatriation strategies
  • Streamlining Group structures
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