KIRAN H. 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.
PRATIK K. SANGANI
Designation:Partner
Qualification: B.Com, F.C.A, CPA, CIA
Pratik completed his Bachelors of Commerce from Chinai College of Commerce and Economics in Mumbai. Simultaneously, he obtained his Chartered Accountancy (ACA) qualification from India in the year 2002 and was All India 32nd and 42nd rank holder in both the Foundation and Intermediate stages of the CA course respectively. In June 2010, Pratik was admitted as a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (FCA).
After passing his Chartered Accountancy from Mumbai, Pratik started his career with KPMG in Dubai. He was in external audit field and handled audits of clients involved in retail, television broadcasting, construction, trading, manufacturing, servicing, travel and tourism, share broking, ship management and so. He also obtained his Certified Public Accountancy (CPA) qualification and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) qualification.
After working with KPMG for 3 years (2002 - 2005), Pratik joined Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC), in United States of America (USA) in external audit line of service. Also, he was part of Sarbanes Oxley team for a major public client.
After working with PwC for 2 years (2005 - 2007), he joined Sangani & CO and is responsible for overall services rendered by the Firm.
Specifically Pratik is responsible for the assurance (statutory and internal) services rendered by the Firm and handles portfolios comprising Banks, Hotels, Exchange Houses, Jewellery Groups, Construction Companies and Groups with significant revenues.
SHABBIR PATANWALA
Qualification:B.com (Gen)
Shabbir Patanwala is part of the Firm since 1988. He has completed his Bachelors in Commerce from Mumbai University.
Since being with the Firm Shabbir has worked in various departments of the Firm. Mainly he performed external audits for clients having presence in various niche sectors like hotels and hotel apartments, exchange houses, jewelley groups apart from the trading companies etc and has thus gained immense knowledge in these sectors. He was also involved in conducting certain special audits in the finance sector and was part of the team involved in investigation assignments on behalf of the Central Bank of UAE.
After demonstrating his immense knowledge in leading audit teams and managing audits in the above mentioned sectors, he played a major role in settingup of the Company Formation Services department of the Firm. Shabbir is responsible for rendering services to the clients in relation to (i) setting up of Companies in UAE (LLC, partnerships etc), Free Zones (FZE, FZC, branch etc), offshore companies (JAFZA offshore, BVI, etc), and (ii) services relating to liquidation/closure procedures in relation to Limited Liability Companies (LLCs), Companies in various Free zones and offshore Companies.
Alongside the above, Shabbir manages the overall administrative aspects of the Firm to ensure smooth operations of the Firm.
SELVAN DHARMARAJ
Qualification:MBA, AICWA, ACA
He 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.
Myra T. Roman
Qualification:CPA
Myra completed her Bachelor Degree in Business Administration major in Accounting from Pamantasan ng Manila in 1990 and subsequently passed the CPA examination in 1991.
After passing the board exam she joined Philam Insurance Company as Treasury Staff and after which she worked with Banaria, Banaria & Co., CPAs for 16 years (1992 to 2008) wherein she rose from the rank, from Audit Trainee to Partner in 2005. She worked with Horwath Mak Auditing Firm in 2009 and subsequently joined Sangani & Co. in 2010 as Audit Supervisor.
She has vast experience in statutory audits, taxation, management services, internal auditing, and accounting involving clients in banking, insurance, financing, trading, hospitals, schools, construction, real estate, trading, charitable institutions, resort and hotels, radio broadcasting, and general contractor industries.
K.R.Janardhan Shastry
Qualification:B.com, CAIIB
Mr. K R Janardhan Shastry has joined our organisation during 2011. He is a bachelor of Commerce from Mysore University and also Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers, Mumbai. He is a senior techno functional banker. He has a vast working experience of 34 years in one of the premier public sector bank in India. As a functional banker, he is associated with Information Technology related to Banking such as Core Banking Solution implementation, delivery channels, Information Security Practice etc. During his tenure in the Bank, he has worked in various capacities in various part of India. His work experience includes at branches, Training centres and Corporate office.
He was also a Core faculty for Information Technology related training for different level of users. He is also having exposure in Operational Risk Management which includes IT risk management also. He is conversant with the regulatory norms on Base II implementation on Operational Risk Management. He has undergone intensive training at Infosys, Bangalore as Database Administrator. Has attended specialised training and various seminars on Banking related topics from reputed training institutes in India and is having full fledged knowledge and skill in banking domain. Before joining Sangani & Co, he has worked with one of the reputed IT company in India.
He is having vast experience in banking operations, processes, Information Technology products (related to BFSI industry), Core Banking Solution (Finacle), Risk Management practices, Business Process Re-engineering and Consultancy. He also headed the training establishment of the Bank and imparted training on Banking operations, Core Banking Solution, Credit, Marketing and HR topics. He has conducted Information Security Audit related to Core Banking Solution for banks.
Under Core Banking Solution Finacle, he gained experience on end to end basis; such as parameterisation, implementation, training and audit. He has prepared manual on Core Banking Solution for the guidance of Branch users of the Bank. He is a good IT Administrator and implementer of IT practices. He has developed few approach papers on leveraging IT for business.
At Sangani & Co, he is a Director- of Information Technology Division; overall in-charge of IT products and services.
K Gowrishankar
Qualification:B.Com
Mr K Gowrishankar is a professional from the hospitality industry and has over 26 years rich working experience in prestigious hotels in India and UAE. He started his career with ITC Ltd in their hotels division and was part of the team that opened the group's first hotel, Welcomgroup Chola Sheraton in Chennai, India. During his eight year tenure in Chola Sheraton, a five star hotel, Mr Gowrishankar held senior positions such as purchase manager and finance manager. During this period he was selected as the sole representative from India to participate in an international conference of hoteliers in Japan.
Mr Gowrishankar has also worked in a number of important hotels in UAE and during the eighteen years in Dubai, has held positions of group finance controller and group general manager of leading hotel groups.Prior to this , he also worked as the chief accountant of a leading business house in Oman.
Mr Gowrishankar joined Sangani & Company in February 2009 and heads the firm's hospitality division and has brought about a lot of improvements in the systems and controls of the firm's clients from this industry.
Mr Gowrishankar graduated in commerce with specialization in advanced accounts and auditing from the Madras University and thereafter was articled with Fraser & Ross, chartered accountants, Chennai, India. He has also completed a post graduate diploma course on taxation from the Lakhotia College of Taxation, Calcutta, India and has done a short term course on financial management conducted by the Cornell School of Hotel Management, USA.
Mr Gowrishankar is also a member of a number of professional groups that share thoughts and discuss latest developments in various fields and is the founder of the group 'Hospitality Accountants and Auditors'.