Personal Information:

Formerly Executive Director in Ernst & Young, Dubai has almost 25 years of experience in the region and is one of the partners in Arc & Marc, Chartered Accountants.  He has served many reputed clients across various industrial sectors such as Public Sector, Govt. Authority, Banking & Financial Services, Construction, Real Estate & Facility Management, Retail, FMCG, Automotive across the GCC region.

Raju is presently advising numerous corporates, including newly established international entities in setting up their finance, IT, VAT functions and on various other matters.  His knowledge about the GCC market, local business and various regulations coupled with his vast experience in the region has been adding significant value to his clients.

He is also involved in running workshops, Seminars, focus group sessions and training programs for many clients and professional services firm on various topics such as ‘Organisational Process Improvement & Optimisation’ in the region.

Raju is a qualified CA from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications.  He began his career as a business consultant in 1996 and rose through the ranks at Ernst & Young in Dubai, UAE.  As Executive Director, he was leading the Finance/Information Technology consultancy practice for the firm in UAE.