About Us
Our Purpose & Vision
Change the way consulting is done
We will achieve this in four distinct ways:
- Deeply integrate technology into the consulting work we do
- Fully leverage global talent pools using an optimal onsite-offshore cloud delivery model
- Create a frictionless environment to serve our clients end-to-end by not being restricted by auditor independence conflicts
- Becoming a hotbed for top ESG and ARC talent through our specialization in these solutions, and our philosophy of enabling talent to be a part of the value creation through an attractive stock option pool
Our values are central to everything that we do
AGILITY
We understand the dynamics of our ever-evolving space and are proactive in our approach. We are flexible and open to faster and smarter ways of doing things.
COLLABORATION
We appreciate what each individual brings to the table and believe in the power of co-creation. We are facilitators for talent across boundaries to congregate and deliver superiorly.
TRUST
We constantly earn our stakeholder’s trust by demonstrating transparency. For us, trust is not a given rather built with the sincerity of our conduct.
EXCELLENCE
We believe that being truly the best is consistently taking that extra effort to deliver beyond expectations. It is our driving force, it is our attitude, it is who we are.
DRIVE IMPACT
We aggressively focus on maximising impact that is measurable and delivered in the most efficient way possible.
We are a US-incorporated company with eleven offices and teams across the US, India, and the Middle East. Within a period of a year, we have grown our team to 50+ Partners & Directors and 500+ people.
Backed by the best in the industry:
Our investors
We are backed by leading institutional investors such as Nexus Venture Partners & Sorin Investments, and private investors across the US, London, Singapore, UAE, and India.
Through our global cloud delivery model, our teams are serving more than 200 clients, including some of the most marquee companies across the markets we operate in.
LEADERSHIP TEAM
Jamil Khatri
Co-Founder & CEO
Jamil is an Indian Chartered Accountant and a US Certified Public Accountant with 30 years of experience in the consulting and assurance industry serving clients in India, the UK, and the US. He has deep experience in US listings and as the leader of the US GAAP & SEC practice for KPMG, has assisted several large Indian companies in complying with US listing regulations as they raised capital from the US markets.
Jamil pioneered the accounting advisory industry in India and built a market-leading practice advising clients on accounting, reporting, governance, and finance function matters. He subsequently assumed responsibility as the Global Head of KPMG’s Accounting Advisory Services business, a US$ 1 billion practice, with 4,000+ consultants. In his last stint before co-founding Uniqus, he led the assurance practice of KPMG to a market-leading position and served on the leadership team of KPMG India where he also led the Inclusion, Diversity & Equity agenda.
Jamil has served on various industry and regulatory committees and has been featured as a Top 40 business leader under the age of Forty by Spencer Stuart & The Economic Times. He was also selected as one of the three Leaders of Tomorrow in Business for a special feature by India Today, a leading Indian publication.
An avid reader, he loves to travel and soak in multicultural experiences. He has a deep interest in mentoring startups and has personally invested in several early-stage companies. Jamil actively supports a not-for-profit organization that focuses on increasing the education participation of the underprivileged girl child.
Sandip Khetan
Co-Founder, Global Head of Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Sandip is an Indian Chartered Accountant, US Certified Public Accountant, Company Secretary, and an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad with over 25 years of experience in the consulting and assurance industry serving clients in the US, India, the Middle East and the UK. He has deep experience in the area of US listings and has assisted several large Indian companies in complying with US listing regulations as they raised capital from the US markets.
He is known as a problem solver, thought leader, and advisor to companies on IPOs, transactions, divestitures, complex accounting, and regulatory matters. Before his consulting industry stint, Sandip worked with HCL Technologies, a large technology company where he led the overall US GAAP reporting unit.
He was a founding member of the Accounting Advisory Practice at KPMG. During his stint at EY, he led the Finance Accounting Advisory Services practice and was part of the Assurance leadership team. He enhanced the digital capabilities at EY by building technology to automate the reporting in the finance function – this technology is now deployed for clients across different sectors in India and internationally.
Over and above his professional journey, Sandip likes to mentor startups and is also an active investor in the ecosystem. Sandip has a keen interest in badminton and has played at the national level.
Anu Chaudhary
Partner, Global Head of ESG Consulting
Anu is an internationally recognized leader in the ESG domain with rich experience of over two decades. She has worked extensively in varied areas such as Low Carbon Technologies, Corporate Sustainability, Climate Action, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As a part of this journey, she has interacted and worked closely with governments, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, including the United Nations (Germany), American National Accreditation Board (US), and the Gold Standard Foundation (Switzerland).
Anu worked in the Climate Action & Sustainability vertical of DNV Europe for over a decade and led the Corporate Sustainability group for Tata Technologies. Anu has also worked closely with Ford in North America. In 2016, Anu started her own ESG firm, SustainPlus, which provided a range of services across sectors to clients in India, Europe, the Middle East, and the US.
Anu has been conferred with several awards and recognition over the years, including the ‘CII Women Corporate Leadership Award for ESG’, ‘Most Influential Sustainability Leaders of India’, and the ‘Sheroes Award for exemplary work in Sustainability’. She has also been featured in the British High Commission’s publication dedicated to Top Women Leaders recognized for their significant contribution towards the UN SDGs.
Anu finds her creative fulfillment in painting. She is a voracious reader, loves to travel, meet new people, and is always happy to learn something new.
Abhijit Varma
Partner, Global Head of Tech Consulting Minneapolis, USA
Abhijit has over 25 years of extensive experience in Analytics, AI, Automation, and Cyber Risk and heads the Global Tech Consulting practice for Uniqus. Before joining Uniqus, he played various leadership roles at KPMG, across the US and India. He was instrumental in establishing and leading KPMG India’s Analytics, AI, and Automation practice, serving clients in 22 countries and creating marquee solutions.
In his prior roles, Abhijit spearheaded the development of several key services in technology risk and cyber domains. His expertise lies in creating efficient systems and simplifying cyber risk and compliance efforts for his clients.
Through his career, Abhijit has served over 200 clients, including five Fortune ten companies.
PARTNERS & DIRECTORS
USA
Arda Kaya
Partner, ARC
Avinash Ramkumar
Partner, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Mitushi Pitti
Partner, Tech Consulting
Ellen Heister
Managing Director, Tech Consulting
Matt Berner
Managing Director, ESG Consulting
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Arda Kaya
Partner, ARC
New York, USA
Arda is a Certified Public Accountant with over 20 years of experience in IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, carve-outs, technical accounting, and optimizing internal processes. Arda has served in various industry and sector roles during his 16 years with Deloitte and has significant expertise in US GAAP and IFRS. He has worked with many Fortune 500 companies and has led global finance and advisory teams in the US, Canada, and Europe. He has served clients in sectors such as Healthtech, Telecommunications, Travel, Hospitality, Consumer Products, Mining, Chemicals, and Industrial Products.
Immediately prior to joining Uniqus, Arda led the controllership function for a multi-billion-dollar global organization. Arda brings extensive experience in establishing, optimizing, and managing controllership functions, implementing ERP systems and upgrades, and overseeing consolidation and reporting processes under both US GAAP and IFRS.
He is a subject matter expert and speaker at numerous webinars and events and is also a Certified Fraud Examiner.
Avinash Ramkumar
Partner, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
California, USA
Avinash has more than 20 years of experience with strong US GAAP, SOX and IFRS experience.
Prior to joining Uniqus, Avinash was a National Office Audit Partner at KPMG in the US. He has assisted clients in resolving highly complex technical accounting implementation matters on a variety of subjects within the Technology, Life Sciences, and Industrial Manufacturing sectors. He has co-authored KPMG’s Accounting handbooks on various topics such as Share-based payments, Revenue recognition, and Accounting for income taxes. Avinash has facilitated a variety of technical topic discussion & trainings on US GAAP & IFRS accounting matters at various forums.
Mitushi Pitti
Partner, Tech Consulting
New York, USA
Mitushi is a seasoned professional with over 18 years of experience in Cybersecurity, Tech Risk, Intelligent Automation, and Transformation. She has successfully served more than 200 clients globally, including numerous Fortune 50 companies. With significant expertise in modernizing cybersecurity and tech risk programs, Mitushi focuses on making them relevant in today’s cloud and AI-driven landscape.
Before joining Uniqus, she held various leadership positions at KPMG, working across the US and India. Mitushi will lead the Cyber and Tech Risk Practice for Uniqus in the US.
Ellen Heister
Managing Director, Tech Consulting
New York, USA
Ellen brings over a decade of experience within the professional services industry in supporting clients across regions and sectors. Throughout her career, she has played multiple roles at PWC, KPMG and specialized firms. Most recently she was a leader in CFGI’s Business Transformation practice focusing specifically on supporting the office of the CFO with system selections, implementations, assessments, and optimizations. Ellen takes a specific focus on the intersection points of people, process and technology when assisting clients through their system transformation initiatives. She began her career at a global long/short equity firm in Research and Operations.
Matt Berner
Managing Director, ESG Consulting
California, USA
Matt brings over 18 years of ESG experience to Uniqus, having spent his career developing broad expertise across the ESG domain. Matt's diverse experience includes advising high-growth companies as a trusted management consultant, in-house roles at multinational corporations, and investment stewardship roles focused on ESG research and analysis.
Prior to joining Uniqus, Matt was most recently Managing Director of ESG Advisory for Gilmartin Group LLC, a strategic consulting and investor relations firm. At Gilmartin Group, Matt established and led the firm's ESG consulting practice, working with client organizations to develop and maintain effective ESG strategies, reporting, and investor relations. Previously, Matt was Director of Corporate Responsibility for CooperCompanies, a global medical device company. As Cooper's first head of ESG, Matt managed all aspects of the company's ESG program, including strategy development and implementation, design and execution of action plans to improve ESG performance, and investor and rating agency engagement to strengthen perception and company reputation. Much of Matt’s ESG expertise comes from his time at Chevron Corporation, a global energy company where he spent over 11 years in ESG-focused roles of increasing responsibility. Matt worked across a variety of functions and geographies at Chevron, providing him broad exposure to areas such as climate change strategy and reporting, natural resource use, ethics and compliance, internal controls, and corporate governance.
INDIA
Ashish Gupta
Partner, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Bharat Chadha
Partner, Tech Consulting
Naresh Dusi
Chief Technology Officer
Nirav Patel
Partner, ESG Consulting
Raghuram K
Partner, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Dr. Rajesh Nair
Partner, ESG Consulting
Sagar Lakhani
Partner, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Sharad Chaudhry
Partner, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Shashikant Shenoy
Partner, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Suddhwasattwa Mukherjee
Partner, ESG Consulting
Krishnakumar N T (KK)
Advisor
Tarandeep Bindra
Associate Partner, Tech Consulting
Karan Chopra
Associate Partner, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Suraj Pandey
Deputy CTO
Sowmya Narayan
Chief People Officer
Akanksha Sinha
Director, ESG Consulting
Ankit Gaba
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Anupreet Kaur
Director, Tech Consulting
Apoorv Parvatikar
Senior Engineering Manager, Technology
Bhaumik Vora
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Hammad Malik
Director, Tech Consulting
Janmin Shah
Director, Tech Consulting
Kiran Kumar
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Luv Nijhawan
Director, Clients & Markets
Mrinal Tayal
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Mugdha Raut
Director, ESG Consulting
Nachiketa Das
Director, ESG Consulting
Nishant Sayani
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Ashish Gupta
Partner, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Mumbai, India
Ashish is an Indian Chartered Accountant with over two decades of experience serving clients across various sectors, both in India and internationally. He brings a blend of audit and consulting expertise with deep technical knowledge of Indian GAAP, IFRS, US GAAP, and SOX. Ashish has worked with several large and high-growth companies, handling complex situations and supporting them through IPO processes in both the Indian and overseas markets.
Before joining Uniqus, he was with KPMG in India and the UK.
Bharat Chadha
Partner, Tech Consulting
Gurugram, India
Bharat has over 17 years of professional services experience in technology consulting, working with organizations such as Infosys, Protiviti, Deloitte, and KPMG. He is an alumnus of Columbia Business School and is an engineering graduate with an MBA degree. Bharat has extensively worked with clients in the Middle East, the US, Japan, and the UK, across Manufacturing, Banking, and Telecom sectors and has successfully delivered multiple technology implementations and digital transformation projects.
Bharat has spearheaded numerous IT Risk and compliance programs, including Digital SOX compliance, Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting (ICFR), COSO, COBIT, Cyber Security Maturity assessments, IT Asset Management, ERP Pre/Post-implementation reviews, and IT Governance for leading global organizations.
Before joining Uniqus, Bharat played a key role in establishing and growing the platform engineering and digital solutions practice for KPMG India.
Naresh Dusi
Chief Technology Officer
Mumbai, India
Naresh is an Engineering Graduate from REC/NIT Durgapur with almost 20 years of experience in leading, managing, architecting, and building highly scalable, mission critical, distributed SAAS and mobile applications for startups and large enterprise product companies.
Prior to Uniqus, Naresh was with Amazon, where he led the tech team responsible for managing and supporting one of the largest seller-based platforms, with more than one million sellers. In his role, he was responsible for re-engineering the entire invoicing platform to make it more scalable and global. In his earlier organizations, Naresh has contributed greatly to the development of platforms around UPL Agri Tech ecosystem along with launch of UPL first ecommerce launch for retailers. He also played a critical role in revamping tech platform across multiple markets during his journey at the Indian Energy Exchange.
Nirav Patel
Partner, ESG Consulting
Mumbai, India
Nirav is an Indian Chartered Accountant with more than 20 years of experience providing accounting advisory and assurance services to clients across sectors.
He has considerable experience with international reporting, internal control, and governance standards and has been involved with several capital market transactions. During his career, Nirav has worked across Big 4 firms in India and the UK and has been a part of the technical accounting team of KPMG in the UK.
At Uniqus, Nirav will spend time in both our ESG and ARC practices to make his financial reporting & assurance experience available to our clients, particularly as they strengthen their ESG reporting systems, processes, and controls around ESG data.
Raghuram K
Partner, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Chennai, India
Raghu is an Indian Chartered Accountant with over two decades of experience across sectors in both the US and Indian markets. He brings a blend of expertise from corporate, consulting, and audit roles, with a deep understanding of IFRS, US GAAP, and Ind AS. Raghu has extensive experience working with PCAOB clients and practical insights into capital raising in India. He actively engages as a speaker and trainer on technical topics, conducting workshops for corporates and CFO forums. Furthermore, he serves on the Financial Reporting and Review Board (FRRB) technical team of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). He is a special invitee to the Sustainability Reporting Standards Board (ESG) of ICAI.
Before joining Uniqus, Raghu was associated with KPMG, where he led the Assurance practice in Chennai and was a part of the Audit Executive Leadership Team.
Dr. Rajesh Nair
Partner, ESG Consulting
Bengaluru, India
Rajesh has been an entrepreneur, policy consultant and researcher in the Climate Change, Sustainability and Energy Analytics space, with close to 22 years of experience. He holds a PhD in Public Policy from IIM Ahmedabad.
During his career, he has worked closely with policy makers (including the Indian Prime Minister’s Office), the private sector, DFIs and civil society in promoting Climate Change Mitigation and Sustainable Development. His entrepreneurial ventures have been in the Climate Tech and Blockchain space. Prior to joining Uniqus, he was a Partner with ERM, leading their Climate Change and Sustainability Practice for South Asia. He has global experience, having worked in Japan at NIES and having set up an office in Houston as part of his venture Ecologix. He has published extensively on climate mitigation, including in peer reviewed international journals, and has spoken in international conferences. His publications have been cited in the Nobel Peace Prize winning IPCC’s Fourth Assessment report. He also has a passion to teach and has taken sessions at his alma mater IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore and XLRI.
Sagar Lakhani
Partner, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Mumbai, India
Sagar is an Indian Chartered Accountant with over 21 years of experience of servicing clients in the Financial Services sector in India and the UK. He has serviced some of the most prominent Indian financial services conglomerates such as the HDFC Group, ICICI Group, Mahindra Finance, Tata Capital, to name a few. During his stint of six years in the UK, he has serviced some of the global financial institutions such as Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse. Sagar is proficient in multiple GAAP’s - US GAAP, Indian GAAP, Ind AS and IFRS.
Sagar has an expert understanding of accounting implications of capital raising in India and the US and as the audit leader of the India Capital Markets team at his previous organization, he has assisted several large Indian companies in complying with US and Indian listing regulations as they raised capital from the US and Indian markets.
Sharad Chaudhry
Partner, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Gurugram, India
Sharad is an Indian Chartered Accountant with over 24 years of experience serving clients in the Technology, Fintech, e-Commerce, Travel and Aviation sectors in India, the US, the UK, and the Middle East.
During this tenure at KPMG, he was one of the founding members of the Capital Markets Group for the assurance practice. He participated and led multiple listing engagements in the US and India, including leading the firm’s US GAAP and SEC assurance practice. He has deep expertise in US GAAP, IFRS, Ind AS, SOX, SEC & PCAOB matters.
Shashikant Shenoy
Partner, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Bengaluru, India
Shashikant (Shashi) is an Indian Chartered Accountant with over two decades of experience in serving clients across diverse sectors in India, the US, the UK, and the Middle East.
Shashi has served some of the most prominent Indian & global conglomerates and comes with deep expertise in GAAP (US GAAP, IFRS, Ind AS and SEC & PCAOB matters, including SOX), Finance transformation, IPO readiness, F&A shared services, Digital controllership and automation, Process improvements and Deal reporting. Prior to joining Uniqus, Shashi has worked with KPMG & Deloitte.
Suddhwasattwa Mukherjee
Partner, ESG Consulting
Gurugram, India
Suddhwa brings a wealth of experience in the ESG and Sustainability domain. He has been advising various C-suite executives on their sustainability agendas. He has ensured value-added ‘ESG and Net-zero performance’ for over 100 organizations, covering sectors such as Metal & Mining, Cement, F&B, Textiles, Oil & Gas, Power & Utilities, and Consumer Products, among others.
Apart from guiding clients on large-scale ESG transformation, Suddhwa’s core areas of expertise are Circular Economy and Decarbonization, aiming for a Net-zero transition. Before joining Uniqus, Suddhwa was with EY.
Krishnakumar N T (KK)
Advisor
Mumbai, India
KK is a qualified accountant and holds a membership with both the Institute of Chartered Accountants in India (ICAI) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants, England and Wales (ICAEW). He brings with him 35+ years of finance experience, primarily in the banking industry (HSBC and SCB) in addition to the Big 4 Audit Firms (KPMG and EY) – across India, the UAE, and UK.
Tarandeep Bindra
Associate Partner, Tech Consulting
Gurugram, India
Taran comes with over 16 years of experience in in Cyber Security and Digital Risk Consulting. He has deep expertise in Cyber Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), Digital Trust & Transformation, Cyber Transformation, Program Management, IT Compliance, and IT Asset Management. Taran has served clients in sectors like healthcare, automotive, consumer products, IT/ITeS, manufacturing, finance, and telecommunications.
Before joining Uniqus, Taran worked with EY, where he successfully led the implementation of leading security standards (ISO 27001, NIST CSF, TISAX, ISO 22301) and developed cybersecurity governance frameworks for marquee clients around the globe. His expertise includes managing large-scale cyber transformation projects, assessing, and enhancing cyber resilience and maturity, and reducing the cost of compliance for organizations.
At Uniqus, Taran will play a critical role in helping organizations navigate the complexities of cyber and digital risks while enhancing resilience in the face of disruptions.
Karan Chopra
Associate Partner, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Gurugram, India
Karan is an Indian Chartered Accountant with over 18 years of experience spanning across the Big 4s (EY, PWC and KPMG), corporate controllership roles and an investment banking firm. Prior to joining Uniqus, Karan led the Accounting and Financial reporting practice for Houlihan Lokey in India. He also held the role of a Deputy Leader for the Financial Accounting Advisory Services practice at EY Global Delivery Services. Karan has led several large projects for clients across India, the US, the UK, and German markets. He comes with deep experience in International GAAP (US GAAP, IFRS, Ind AS), Transactions, IPOs and SPACs, Finance optimization and process improvements, Managed Services, among others.
Suraj Pandey
Deputy CTO
Gurugram, India
Suraj is an automation architect and provides strategic leadership on emerging technologies to our clients globally. He comes with over 19 years of international experience in cognitive-powered automation, application modernization and product development across organizations such as Accenture and EY.
Sowmya Narayan
Chief People Officer
Mumbai, India
Sowmya comes with 15 years of experience in leading the successful design and delivery of talent strategies involving talent acquisition, employee well-being, performance, rewards and recognition, and resource management. She was previously with KPMG, and TCS where she led the resource management team for a global business unit.
Akanksha Sinha
Director, ESG Consulting
Bengaluru, India
Akanksha is a sustainability professional with over 12 years of experience and has been associated with EY Global Services and KPMG India in the past. She comes with experience in undertaking due diligence studies for large organizations across diverse sectors and geographies, helping clients through their non-financial reporting & assurance journey, designing and implementing sustainability strategies and EHS management systems for clients and their supply chain.
Ankit Gaba
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Gurugram, India
Ankit is an Indian Chartered Accountant with over 12 years of experience in financial reporting & assurance, serving clients in various sectors in India, the US, and UK. Before joining us, Ankit was a part of the Capital Markets Group of a Big 4 and worked on multiple IPO/listing engagements. Ankit has extensive experience in Ind AS, IFRS, and US GAAP, including SOX and PCAOB matters.
Anupreet Kaur
Director, Tech Consulting
Gurugram, India
Anupreet is a Chartered Accountant with 12 years of global consulting experience. She has experience in finance transformation across manufacturing and service sectors, conducting risk-based audits, designing SOPs, and implementing Enterprise Risk Management frameworks for clients in both private and public sectors.
She has expertise in integrating technology with functional solutions, specializing in AI/ML, data analytics, generative AI, RPA, and process mining.
Apoorv Parvatikar
Senior Engineering Manager, Technology
Mumbai, India
Apoorv has over 12 yrs of experience in software architecture, design, and development. He has been instrumental in research and adoption of key technologies; interfacing with cross-functional teams to determine the best approach for executing complex tech projects. He comes with experience in building products from concept to production.
Bhaumik Vora
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Mumbai, India
Bhaumik is an Indian Chartered Accountant and a Company Secretary with over 20 years of experience in a global bank, NBFC and consulting firms across diverse business and control functions in multiple geographies. He has experience across all 3 lines of defence spread over deal structuring and execution, product management, business risk and controls, governance standards for all transaction banking products. In the past Bhaumik has worked with KPMG, HSBC Bank and EY and has considerable leadership experience in financial services industry and has delivered transformational strategic consulting solutions.
Hammad Malik
Director, Tech Consulting
Gurugram, India
Hammad holds an MBA in IT systems and brings over 13 years of experience in auditing enterprise systems. He has extensive experience working with clients in the Automobile, Healthcare, and Consumer sectors across regions including India, MENA, and the USA. Prior to joining us, Hammad was associated with PwC and EY in the Technology Risk domain.
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Mumbai, India
Janmin is an accomplished professional with over 15 years of experience in technology risk management, holding degrees in engineering and an MBA in Finance. He has expertise in managing large-scale IT transformation projects, implementing Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) tools, and ensuring compliance with IT regulations and guidelines such as those issued by RBI, SAMA, ISO, NIST, and SEBI. Janmin is skilled in conducting risk-based audits and reviews, and he has successfully led global projects at KPMG, where he automated various GRC processes using platforms like Service Now and Archer.
Janmin Shah
Director, Tech Consulting
Kiran Kumar
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Mumbai India
Kiran is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of experience in Internal Controls, Sarbanes Oxley Compliance and controls monitoring across several large MNCs in India and the Middle East. Kiran joins us from Philips Global Business Services where he was part of Group Internal Controls team. Prior to Philips, Kiran has also worked with Petroleum Development Oman and Shell.
Luv Nijhawan
Director, Clients & Markets
Gurugram, India
Luv has over 15 years of experience in thought leadership, strategic advisory, project management, and market and business research. He brings extensive experience in working with cross-cultural teams and clients across sectors and geographies. In recent years, Luv has focussed on developments in the area of ESG and supporting technologies. His last professional stint was with PwC at their Dubai office. He has also worked at Arthur D. Little, Accenture, and Gartner.
Mrinal Tayal
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Gurugram, India
Mrinal is a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience spanning over 15 years in accounting advisory and assurance services with expertise in US GAAP, IFRS/Ind AS, and Indian GAAP across sectors. He is an empaneled Technical Reviewer with the Financial Reporting and Review Board (FRRB) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has previously worked with PwC and KPMG.
Mugdha Raut
Director, ESG Consulting
Mumbai, India
Mugdha is a Chartered Accountant with over 12 years of experience and has been associated with EY and KPMG in the past in their consulting practices. Mugdha has extensive experience in various ESG and sustainability areas such as non-financial ESG reporting and other ESG disclosures like business responsibility reports, benchmarking current ESG performance against leading industry practices, and developing ESG strategies and roadmaps for many leading companies in India. She has helped many of her clients in improving their ESG performance ratings, and in deployment of ESG technology solutions.
Nachiketa Das
Director, ESG Consulting
Mumbai, India
Nachiketa brings over 12 years of experience in delivering strategic consulting services across ESG data and analytics, impact assessments, and sustainability disclosures. He has worked with clients in diverse sectors including Chemicals, Consumer Goods, Utilities, Construction, Manufacturing, and Financial Services. Additionally, Nachiketa has rich experience developing SaaS platforms for measuring material stakeholder impacts on UN sustainability goals. Prior to joining Uniqus, he was associated with Deloitte and GIST.
Nishant Sayani
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Mumbai, India
Nishant is an Indian Chartered Accountant with a professional journey spanning over 13 years across firms such as KPMG & EY. He served as a member of the group established by a Big 4 firms assurance leadership to explore reporting opportunities within the realm of ESG. He has spearheaded several complex GAAP transition and consulting projects for major corporations across diverse sectors.
Pankaj Joshi
Senior Principal Engineer, Technology
Priyal Nagori
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Puneet Chowdhary
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Purvi Shah
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Sagar Gupta
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Shobhana S
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Tanya Tandon
Director, Clients & Markets
Vineet Garg
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Vipul Rathore
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Vishal Kulthia
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Vivek Thakre
Senior Engineering Manager, Technology
Avinash Jha
Data Protection Officer
Pankaj Joshi
Senior Principal Engineer, Technology
Mumbai, India
Pankaj has over 18 years of experience in cloud native architecture, mobile development, and cloud technology. He completed his Bachelor in Technology in Computer Science from NIT Warangal. He was associated with Klarna and Siemens Cloud Platform prior to joining Uniqus.
Priyal Nagori
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Gurugram, India
Priyal is a Chartered Accountant with over 12 years of experience. She comes with extensive experience in SOX, Reporting, Risk Mitigation, Controls, and Process standardization. Priyal joins us from Revolut, where she was a Risk Manager for Finance and Treasury. Prior to Revolut, Priyal has also worked with KPMG & Goldman Sachs.
Puneet Chowdhary
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Gurugram, India
Puneet is a Chartered Accountant with over 13 years of experience in auditing and accounting advisory services with expertise in US GAAP, IFRS & Ind AS across sectors. He has extensively worked on complex accounting and reporting matters in diversified industries, across geographies including America, EMEIA and APAC. Puneet joins us from EY Global Delivery Services where he was part of the Technical Accounting team.
Purvi Shah
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Bengaluru, India
Purvi is a Chartered Accountant with over 13 years of experience in Assurance and Consulting. She comes with rich experience in serving clients across technology, banking, insurance, private equity, and manufacturing sectors in India, the US, and other countries. Prior to joining Uniqus, she was working with the National Professional Standard Group at Grant Thornton and the Assurance practice in KPMG India. Having led multiple engagements, she comes with extensive experience in Ind AS, IFRS, and US GAAP.
Sagar Gupta
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Gurugram, India
Sagar is a Chartered Accountant with over 13 years of experience in accounting advisory services. He has extensively worked on US GAAP, IFRS, Ind AS and US GAAS, SEC and PCAOB related matters across sectors. He has also worked on multiple US listings, SOX implementation projects and has experience of advising clients on complex accounting issues. Sagar was previously with EY.
Shobhana S
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Bengaluru, India
Shobhana is an Indian Chartered Accountant with over 15 years of experience in financial reporting, internal controls & assurance, serving clients across sectors in India, US, UK and the Middle East. She was previously part of the audit practice of a Big 4 and has led multiple Ind AS, IFRS, US GAAP, SOX and PCAOB engagements.
Tanya Tandon
Director, Clients & Markets
Gurugram, India
Tanya holds over 18 years of experience in marketing, business development, and branding. She has been instrumental in driving strategy, key account programs and has led high-visibility projects across sectors. Tanya joins us from KPMG and has also worked with PwC, EY, and Evalueserve in the past.
Vineet Garg
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Gurugram, India
Vineet is an Indian Chartered Accountant with over 17 years of experience in Assurance and Consulting serving clients across sectors in India, the US, the UK, and other parts of the world. Prior to joining Uniqus, Vineet was associated with a pharmaceutical company as their Financial Controller. He was also associated with KPMG in the past, in their India and Silicon Valley offices, and built his experience in Ind AS, IFRS, and US GAAP including SOX and PCAOB matters and compliances. He comes with deep experience of working with companies on their compliance with PCAOB, AICPA, and Indian auditing standards.
Vipul Rathore
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Gurugram, India
With a career spanning over two decades, Vipul has developed expertise in designing and deploying blended learning programs, realizing benefits from investments in learning technologies, and building fruitful relationships with clients and teams across geographies. In his most recent role, Vipul led the learning solutions and content function at Harappa upGrad. Previously, he contributed to the KPMG Learning Academy and the talent consulting team at Accenture.
Vishal Kulthia
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Bengaluru, India
Vishal is a Chartered Accountant with 14 years of experience in Finance Transformation and Finance shared services, holding expertise in IFRS, Ind AS, Indian GAAP, and IPSAS implementations, along with specialized audits and advisory services. He has worked across geographies including the USA, UK, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Mauritius, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Nepal, which has deepened his ability to navigate diverse cultural and ethical landscapes. Prior to joining Uniqus, Vishal was associated with Deloitte providing assurance and advisory services.
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Vivek Thakre
Senior Engineering Manager, Technology
Mumbai, India
Vivek has over 12 years of experience in solution designing, development and maintenance of software applications and has completed his Master of Computer Applications from Nagpur University. Vivek specialized in developing large-scale geo-tracking applications, harnessing cutting-edge technology to provide precise location data. He was associated with Perfios and LocationGuru lrip prior to joining Uniqus.
Avinash Jha
Data Protection Officer
Gurugram, India
Avinash has over 10 years of experience in overseeing compliance with data protection regulations and ensuring the safeguarding of customer and organizational data. He has played pivotal roles in implementing privacy policies, conducting data protection impact assessments, and serving as the primary point of contact for regulatory bodies and data subjects. He reports directly to our Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Suraj Pandey,
MIDDLE EAST
Dinesh Jangid
Regional Managing Partner
Saad Alkhathlan
Managing Partner, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Dr. Elena Primikiri
Associate Partner, ESG Consulting
Kaushik Rambhia
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Kunal Gandhi
Director, Tech Consulting
Nagaraj Uchil
Partner, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Rayan Ibrahim Al-Karawi
Advisor
Zaid Khatri
Associate Partner, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Dinesh Jangid
Regional Managing Partner
Middle East
Dinesh is an Indian Chartered Accountant and a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) with over 20 years of experience in the consulting and assurance space serving clients across India, Middle East, Far East and the UK.
He was one of the founding members of the market leading Accounting Advisory Practice at KPMG in India. During this tenure at KPMG India, he led some of the most complex IFRS/Ind AS convergence engagements and provided transaction accounting support on several large M&A transactions. He also led automation projects for the finance function at several clients, including IFRS 16 tools, and consolidation & reporting solutions among others. In the Middle East, Dinesh has led some of the largest IFRS convergence and accounting change (revenue recognition, leases, and financial instruments) projects including for some of the largest telecom companies, shipping companies and retail chains, and a large petrochemical company.
Saad Alkhathlan
Managing Partner, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Saad is a Certified Public Accountant with over 15 years of experience in auditing, accounting, and reporting. He has served clients in various sectors, including Financial Services, Telecom, Technology, and Automotive. He has deep expertise in IFRS and the Saudi Organization for Chartered and Professional Accountants (SOCPA) accounting standards. Saad is also proficient in risk assessment, economic analysis, and control assessment.
Before joining Uniqus, Saad was a Partner at EY, leading and managing a multi-locational team. His notable engagements include serving as the Lead Audit Partner for Saudi Telecom Company, Partner for Gulf Insurance Group and Saudi Information Technology Company, and other listed and unlisted companies. He has also been actively involved with various committees of SOCPA, the professional body pioneering and overseeing the accounting and auditing profession in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Elena Primikiri
Associate Partner, ESG Consulting
Dubai, UAE
Dr. Elena Primikiri is a Greek national who comes with a rich experience of over 20 years in the consulting, academia, and banking sectors. She holds two Masters, and a PhD from the University of Michigan, and Harvard University.
During her career, she has led sustainability strategies and implemented numerous ESG policies, programs, and practices across the globe & across sectors. She has extensive experience in sustainable finance, multiple reporting frameworks, external ratings, and certifications. Prior to joining Uniqus, she has held multiple senior roles, including Head of ESG worldwide at VFS Global (a Blackstone company), and Director of Sustainable Banking at Piraeus Bank.
Kaushik Rambhia
Director, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Dubai, UAE
Kaushik is a Chartered Accountant with over 16 years of experience in accounting advisory and consulting services across several large companies in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and India. Kaushik has previously worked for 12+ years with EY in the UAE, where he was a Director in their FAAS service line. Prior to EY, Kaushik has also worked with Vodafone and KPMG. He has led carve-out transactions, IFRS 15 and IFRS 16 implementations, finance transformation initiatives, re-designed finance policies and procedures, and led projects related to Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.
Kunal Gandhi
Director, Tech Consulting
Dubai, UAE
Kunal brings over 16 years of experience in Technology, Risk, Data Analytics, and Finance Transformation. His experience extends across India, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe, working with CXOs and helping them build and execute complex and futuristic Data, Analytics, and Business Intelligence initiatives. He has developed global consulting proficiency working with IBM, KPMG, Bristlecone (a Mahindra Group company), and TCS in the past. He has led large engagements for market leaders in Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, Pharmaceuticals, and Manufacturing as an SME, Solution Architect, and Delivery Lead.
Nagaraj Uchil
Partner, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Dubai, UAE
Nagaraj is an MBA in finance and has over 18 years of experience in Internal Controls, Enterprise Risk Management, Business Continuity Management, and IPO Readiness for organizations.
Prior to joining Uniqus, Nagaraj was leading Internal Controls, IPO Readiness, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and Business Continuity Management (BCM) for KPMG, Lower Gulf.
His sectoral experience includes Oil & Gas, Power & Utility, Real Estate & Construction, Sovereign funds, Travel and Tourism, Public Sector, Technology, and Retail & Consumer Durables.
Rayan Ibrahim Al-Karawi
Advisor
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Rayan has over three decades of experience and is a veteran investor relations professional. He is a four-time winner of the Best Investor Relation Professional in Saudi Arabia and comes with a long track record of service to the profession in NPO’s as Co-Founder and Chairman of the Middle East Investor Relations Associations (MEIRA) Saudi Chapter, and Board Member of MEIRA main Board in Dubai, as well as vice Chairman of the Individual Shareholders Rights Association. He has deep experience in contributing to developing corporate strategy and in translating that strategy into programs that ensure companies have the necessary capital structure and investor base needed to succeed. Rayan held leading positions in FAS Holding, Zain KSA and Dar Al Arkan, in addition to his earlier banking experience in the Saudi Investment Bank and the Saudi Central Bank.
Zaid Khatri
Associate Partner, Accounting & Reporting Consulting
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Zaid brings with him over 14 years of experience in advising clients in Australia, India and the Middle East across Corporate, Government and Not-for-Profit sectors. He is a member of both, Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand as well as CPA Australia.
Prior to joining Uniqus, Zaid led the CFO Advisory services practice for William Buck, a leading professional services firm in Australia and New Zealand. Before that, Zaid acted in the capacity of Deloitte Australia’s Victorian Government Lead for Accounting and Reporting Advisory services. Zaid was also associated with KPMG, Australia in the past.
INVESTORS
Nexus Venture Partners
Nexus Venture Partners is one of the first US-India venture funds started by successful entrepreneurs in the enterprise technology and consumer internet space. Nexus partners with extraordinary entrepreneurs building category-creating companies in the digital and technology area. As a global institutional investor, Nexus partners companies as a single team across the US and India, and helps companies adopt world-class practices.
Sorin Investments
Founded by private equity veteran Sanjay Nayar, Sorin Investments is an early-stage tech fund focused on Series A and B investments. The fund predominantly invests in six core sectors - Healthtech, Fintech, D2C, Ecommerce, B2B tech, and SaaS. The multi-family office fund endeavors to partner with fearless founders trying to solve real-world problems.
UST
UST is a leading digital solutions and transformation company, which leverages its proprietary platforms, engineering expertise and industry knowledge to serve its clients. UST has 30,000+ employees across 30+ countries globally.
Anant Goenka
Anant Goenka is the Managing Director of CEAT and a Member of the Management Board at RPG Enterprises. He is also the former Chairman of the Automotive Tyre Manufacturers’ Association (ATMA). Anant has over 20 years of experience during which he has worked in CEAT, KEC International, and Hindustan Unilever.
Amit Lodha
An experienced investor with an understanding of the global markets, Amit has managed large public market portfolios across sectors for Fidelity International. Amit is currently the Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer for Artian Investments.
Apoorva Patni
As the founder of the Currae Healthtech Fund, Apoorva has backed startups that are focusing on the health-tech space. Being an active angel investor, Apoorva is involved in growing and incubating different businesses in the tech services space as well.
Bala Swaminathan
Bala is an early-stage investor who has been actively involved in investing in new technology companies where he provides active mentoring and advice to entrepreneurs leveraging his experience at organizations such as KPMG, ICICI Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and Westpac International.
Deepak Parekh
Deepak Parekh is the former Chairman of HDFC Limited credited with transforming HDFC into a world-leading financial institution with presence in mortgages, banking, asset management and insurance. As a Padma Bhushan awardee, he is a thought leader who revolutionised the financial and real estate sectors in India. He has led various committees of the Government of India across financial services and other sectors. He is a Board member of several large Indian and global companies, as well as the HT Parekh Foundation, formed to promote and enhance philanthropic opportunities across multiple sectors in India.
Dhanpal Jhaveri
Being a Green Investing Enthusiast, Dhanpal is an avid investor in the ESG space focusing on renewable energy, e-mobility, energy storage, waste management, and water. Further to leading India & South East Asia’s premier investment group, Everstone, as the Vice Chairman, he is the co-founder and CEO of India’s leading climate fund – EverSource Capital.
Keki M Mistry
Keki M Mistry is Vice Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of HDFC Ltd. Keki is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He brings with him nearly four decades of varied work experience in the Banking & Financial Services domain. He is a Member of the Primary Market Advisory committee (PMAC) constituted by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and was a Member of the Corporate Governance Committee constituted by SEBI in 2017. He was also the Chairman of the Cll National Council on Corporate Governance for five years (2016-17 to 2017-18 and from 2019-20 to 2021-22).
Keshav Murugesh
Keshav is the Group Chief Executive Officer of WNS Global Services. He is a leader who has transformed global organizations through a focused approach supported by strong execution. As an industry leader, he has been an active part of organizations such as the Confederation of Indian Industry (apex body for Indian industry), and NASSCOM (apex body for the technology industry in India) where he was also the Chairman for the term transparency and trust agenda19-transparency and trust agenda transparency and trust agenda.
Niren Shah
Niren Shah is a Managing Director and the Head of Norwest India. Niren has more than 20 years of investing, entrepreneurial, finance, operational, and investment banking experience. He has played an instrumental role in numerous successful ventures across sectors.
Pirojsha Godrej
Pirojsha is the Executive Chairman of Godrej Properties, Godrej Capital, and Godrej Fund Management and a Non-Executive Director at Godrej Industries, Godrej Consumer Products, and Godrej Agrovet. In addition to playing a key role at the Godrej Group, the industrialist is an active angel investor in the Indian start-up ecosystem.
Ranu Vohra
As the Co-Founder of Avendus, Ranu has been a part of Avendus’ journey as one of the leading new-age financial services groups in India. He has spent the last 25 years in the Indian financial services industry and has spearheaded several marquee transactions in investment banking and private equity.
Sridar Iyengar
Sridar Iyengar is an independent advisor, mentor to both large corporates and startups. In addition to being the former Chairman and CEO of KPMG India, he serves or has served as an Independent Director on the boards of several US-listed companies such as Infosys, Dr. Reddy’s, and ICICI Bank. Sridar has made several private investments across a range of global businesses, in the US-India corridor.
Vijay Malhotra
Vijay is currently an Independent Director with DP world. He has held the Chairman’s position for KPMG – Middle East, Europe and South Asia (MESA), served as the Executive Chairman for KPMG India, and has been on the Board of KPMG Europe, Middle East and Africa. A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Vijay was named as one of the top 10 Indian Executives in the Arab World by Forbes in 2017.
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