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| Ravi is the co-founder
and Chairman of ESOP DIRECT.
He is a Chartered Accountant and Cost Accountant and Master of Management
science from MIT, USA. He is also the Senior Partner with Kirtane
& Pandit, the Accounting firm of the group and Chairman of KPIT
Infosystems Ltd., the Software company of the group.
Over the last 27 years of his professional career, he has handled
several assignments in Strategic Planning, Information Systems,
Business Valuations, Business Restructuring, etc.
He is on the Board of several listed and unlisted companies.
Ravi has addressed several national and international seminars and
conferences organized by Professional Institutions and Training
Institutes. He is a past Vice Chairman of the Western India Regional
Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, member
of the Management Committee of NASSCOM and President of the Mahratta
Chamber of Commerce, Industries & Agriculture.
He has traveled extensively for professional assignments and business
matters.
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| Present Responsibilities |
Harshu Ghate is the co-founder
and Managing Director of ESOP Direct. Apart from handling the overall
management of the Company, Harshu devotes time on critical assignments
on ESOP consulting, US GAAP and statutory compliance issues. Harshu
heads the Research,Knowledge development and Branding efforts of
the Company. He has conceived and developed the ESOP administration
methodologies and software solutions for the first time in India.
He also devotes time in conceptualizing new software solutions in
the field of ESOP administration |
| Experience |
Harshu has more than 18 years
of post qualification experience in the area of Corporate Finance,
Accounting and Financial management. He started his career in 1985
as a Partner with Kirtane & Pandit Chartered Accountants, a
well known accounting firm. In 1991 he co founded the Investment
Banking arm of the firm and headed it for 7 years. In 1999 he co
founded ESOP Direct and continues to head it. Harshu is very active
in the policy making initiatives on ESOPs in India. He is a member
of SEBI’s committee on ESOPs and is co authoring the Accounting
Standard for Expensing ESOPs for the Institute of Chartered Accountants
of India. He speaks regularly in national and International conferences
on ESOPs and is the India chapter leader of Global Equity Organization
( a US based organization with over 1000 members all over the world). |
| Qualification |
Harshu is a Fellow member of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (FCA) since 1985 and
a licentiate member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India
since 1987. He is a Commerce graduate from Pune University. |
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| Present Responsibilities |
Tarun Gulati is the Vice President
and heads the day-to-day operations of the firm. He devotes most
of his time interacting with clients and developing stock-based
compensation solutions specific to their requirements. He leads
a team of Chartered Accountants and MBAs who deliver ESOP Consulting
and ESOP Management solutions to the clients. He also tracks the
developments in the field of stock-based compensation in India and
in the international arena. |
| Experience |
Before joining ESOP Direct, Tarun
has worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in areas related to
Corporate Law. He has also worked with the Indian pet food venture
(Brand Pedigree) of the Mars, Inc. group, the global confectionery
and pet food giant. He has authored articles on macroeconomics,
international finance and stock markets and has been a guest faculty
for MBA at the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India
(ICFAI) for some time.
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| Qualification |
Tarun is a qualified Company
Secretary. |
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