MS.PRADIP KANAKIA - Profile
Mr. Pradip Kanakia is a strong leader and governance oriented professional with expertise in accounting, auditing, reporting, systems and controls, compliance, governance, strategy, transformation and performance management. As a qualified Chartered Accountant of both England and Wales, and India, Mr. Kanakia has held leadership positions with Price Waterhouse and KPMG during a career spanning 35 years in UK, UAE and India. As a lead audit partner, he has led and signed audits of several prestigious Indian and multinational companies, across various industry sectors for over 24 years. Several of these companies have won prestigious awards for the Best Presented Annual Reports. He was the reporting accountant for the first Indian manufacturing company which listed on the New York Stock Exchange. As a leader in both Price Waterhouse and KPMG, he played a major role in transforming the businesses of both the firms leading to accelerated growth and profitability by demonstrating the ability to ‘turn around’ underperforming business units with strong strategic and execution skills. He has led several thousand people in both the firms and cultivated a culture of high performance, collaboration and team work. In Price Waterhouse, he ran a highly successful flagship program for independent directors and conducted more than 40 events for leading independent directors in both Mumbai and NCR region, covering the most relevant topics of corporate governance. He has cultivated strong relationships with leading Independent Directors, CEOs, CFOs and other senior C suite professionals of leading companies across the country. He currently serves on the boards of several leading listed companies and is an Advisor to a clutch of fast growing new age companies funded by leading Private Equities and Venture Capital Funds.

MS.PRADIP KANAKIA - Profile

Mr. Pradip Kanakia is a strong leader and governance oriented professional with expertise in accounting, auditing, reporting, systems and controls, compliance, governance, strategy, transformation and performance management. As a qualified Chartered Accountant of both England and Wales, and India, Mr. Kanakia has held leadership positions with Price Waterhouse and KPMG during a career spanning 35 years in UK, UAE and India. As a lead audit partner, he has led and signed audits of several prestigious Indian and multinational companies, across various industry sectors for over 24 years. Several of these companies have won prestigious awards for the Best Presented Annual Reports. He was the reporting accountant for the first Indian manufacturing company which listed on the New York Stock Exchange. As a leader in both Price Waterhouse and KPMG, he played a major role in transforming the businesses of both the firms leading to accelerated growth and profitability by demonstrating the ability to ‘turn around’ underperforming business units with strong strategic and execution skills. He has led several thousand people in both the firms and cultivated a culture of high performance, collaboration and team work. In Price Waterhouse, he ran a highly successful flagship program for independent directors and conducted more than 40 events for leading independent directors in both Mumbai and NCR region, covering the most relevant topics of corporate governance. He has cultivated strong relationships with leading Independent Directors, CEOs, CFOs and other senior C suite professionals of leading companies across the country. He currently serves on the boards of several leading listed companies and is an Advisor to a clutch of fast growing new age companies funded by leading Private Equities and Venture Capital Funds.