Sangani & Co.Chartered Accountants & Financial Consultants

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Kiran Sangani

Designation : Managing Partner
Qualification : B.Com, F.C.A., LLB ( General )

Mr. Sangani is a founder of the Company. He graduated from Sydenham college in Mumbai and became a full fledged Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Simultaneously, he completed his studies of law and acquired as well a Bachelor Degree in Law. He started his career with the same distinguished firm of Chartered Accountants in Mumbai where he had completed his articleship as a part of Chartered Accountancy. During his tenure with the firm, he gained vast experience in Financial Accounting ,and Auditing in diversified sectors of Manufacturing, Banking, Government and Trade. In 1977 he relocated to UAE (Dubai) and joined a well known trading group as a Chief Accountant. Within four years he was promoted to Finance Manager reporting directly to the President for planning, execution, reviewing and finalisation of accounts. Several changes and innovations were introduced by him for sound financial planning and control systems.

Subsequently Mr. Sangani established his own firm of Chartered Accountants in Dubai in 1984 under the name and style of "SANGANI & CO." Since then he has developed a portfolio of 100+ clients spread over a wide spectrum of industries. He expanded on his existing range of services to not only include audit but also encompass other related services such as bookkeeping, company formation, financial and business consultancy and many other services.

Mr. Sangani has been an active member of the Dubai Chapter - Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He was elected as an Hon. treasurer of the Chapter for the years - 1986-87 and 1987-88. His professional standing was acknowledged by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India when he was accepted as a fellow member of the Institute in 1985. He was Hon. Secretary of the Dubai Chapter - Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, for the years 1998-99 & 1999-2000. He was also Hon. Secretary of Overseas Indians Economic Forum, Dubai, U.A.E. ("An Association of all leading Indian business community of U.A.E.") for the years 1998-2000 & 2001-2002.

He was also the Vice President of Indian Business & Professional Council, Dubai, U.A.E. It is an association of all leading business personalities in Dubai. It is recognized and licensed by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry and it is under the patronage of H.E. The Ambassador of India to U.A.E. and the Consul General of India, Dubai, U.A.E. At present he has been elected as a member of the governing board of Indian Business and Professional Council.

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Selvan Dharmaraj

Qualification : MBA, AICWA, ACA

Selvan graduated with Mathematics as Major and Accountancy as Minor from Spicer Memorial College in 1989 and completed his Master of Business Administration (Finance) from Andrews University, USA in 1991.

After passing MBA, he served 5 years (1991 - 1996) in the Treasury department of Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) institutions in India.

He obtained his Cost Accountancy qualification from the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India in 1998 and became associate member of the ICWAI. He also completed Chartered Accountancy from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in 2004.

After passing Cost Accountancy (CWA), he worked 7 years (1999 - 2006) as staff auditor and senior staff auditor in General Conference Auditing Service (GCAS), USA in its Western India Districts. GCAS has been organized by the Seventh-day Adventist Church to perform structurally independent financial audits, reviews of trust operations, and tests of policy compliance for more than 2700 denominational organizations worldwide that have an estimated asset base of US $20 billion with a team of approximately 200 highly qualified professionals operating from offices in 45 countries.

After working with GCAS, he joined Sangani & Co in 2007. He is responsible for managing audits (statutory and internal) for client having presence in sectors such as banks, hotels and hotel apartments, jewellery houses, business groups, construction and real estate based companies etc.

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K Gowrishankar

Designation : Director - Business Development

Mr K Gowrishankar is a professional Hotelier with over 30 years experience in the fields of Finance, Human Resources and General Management. He has worked in a leading international Hotel Chain like Welcomgroup Sheraton in India in senior executive positions in Purchase and Accounts before coming to the Arabian Gulf.

Mr Gowrishankar worked in Oman as the Senior Finance Executive of Mohsin Haider Darwish, a leading trading company in their Salalah operations .

Mr Gowrishankar has been in the UAE for the last 20 years and has worked with leading Hotel Groups in senior positions such as Group Finance Controller, Group Internal Auditor and Group General Manager.

A Commerce Graduate with specialization in Advanced Accounts and Auditing, Mr Gowrishankar was articled with Fraser and Ross, Chartered Accountants, (now known as Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu International ) . He has also done a short course on Finance Management by the Cornell University USA.

Mr Gowrishankar is now pursuing a specialized MBA course on Hospitality Management from USA and has been approved for a PHD in Hospitality Management and is expected to complete this shortly.

Mr Gowrishankar is also a keen public speaker and is an active member of the Toastmasters International organization headquartered in USA. He is currently the Vice President, Public Relations of Creek Toastmasters Club and has been awarded the prestigious “Competent Communicator’ and Competent Leader” awards by the Toastmasters International in recognition of his completing the required projects prescribed. He is on course to attain greater heights in the organization.

Mr Gowrishankar has been associated with Sangani & Company for many years and heads the Hospitality Division as well as looks after the Firm’s Business Development Strategies.