Jairaj Purandare
Independent Director
Jairaj Purandare has close to four decades of experience in accounting, tax, and business advisory. Mr. Purandare is an authority on tax and regulation and has published papers on subjects like inbound/outbound investment structuring, international tax, transfer pricing, M&As and Indian Budget and Economy. He has advised clients across various industries such as Financial Services, Infrastructure, Power, Telecom, Media, Pharma and Auto sectors that include Citibank, GE, HSBC, Hutchison, Pepsico, Standard Chartered Bank, STAR and Tata Group.
Mr. Purandare is the Founder Chairman of JMP Advisors Pvt Ltd, a leading advisory, accounting, tax and regulatory services firm in India. His previous associations have been with firms in various roles such as Regional Managing Partner, Chairman, Tax and Country Leader, Markets & Industries of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) India, Chairman of Ernst & Young India (EY) and the Country Head of the Tax & Business Advisory practice of Andersen India.
Mr. Purandare is an Independent Director on the Boards of three large companies. He is a frequent speaker at Indian and international seminars and industry forums.
Mr. Purandare is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, a steering committee member for the ITSG International Network; and a member of the City of London Advisory Council for India. He is a former member of the National Council of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and former Chairman of the Taxation Committee of CII. He has been a member of the Central Direct Taxes Advisory Committee, chaired by the Finance Minister. Mr. Purandare was also the Regional Networks Chair and Finance Chair of YPO Gold and continues to be a member.
He has completed the YPO Presidents Program from Harvard Business School and holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree from the University of Bombay.
