GBA is of the conviction that Human capital is always a signal of talent and ability. For a professional service to deliver quality, it is a pre-requisite that the talent and ability to perform is constantly nurtured through adequate training, education and motivation.
GBA, with a strong and competent team of experienced Partners, Subject matter experts, Managers and Team Leads strive to provide seamless and quality driven solutions to our clientele. Our team consists of a diverse skill base who make every effort to provide practical and logical solutions through an ethical and meticulous approach.
GBA is also proud to have the strength and support of a strong alma mater of more than three hundred and fifty professionals, employed globally, who carry the pride of being a product of GBA. Our perseverance is to build an institution that will be a backbone to this profession, worldwide.
Human capital and intellect are renewable sources of productivity. GBA focuses on improving the quality of its Human Capital specifically through:
- Internalizing staff with organisational ideology
- An efficient selection process of employees
- Constant training in specialized skills, including leadership qualities
- Building an environment for efficient team work
- A persistent feedback process with every client in order to ensure that there is a greater understanding of the quality perceived for a custom-built solution.
Our Associates:
Apart from the in-house resources, our associate network is wide and strongly built comprising of experts relevant to other non-related specific subjects for more effective professional support to our clientele. Our associates add to our competitive advantage and together we aim to provide and retain high quality services. We have competent professionals who are in the frontline of the assignments to ensure client satisfaction.
OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM
g. balasubramanyan- founder Partner
- Been in practice for more than 50 years
- Director and Senior advisor for some of the Leading Industrial Houses in South India
- Diploma and Information Systems Auditor from ICAI
- Technical reviewer of Quality Review Reporting Board, a council which makes recommendations with regard to the quality of services provided by the members of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
- At the helm in the firm as an enabler for enhancing the quality of all Assurance assignments in the firm
S. R. Raman - Partner
- Associated with the firm as a partner for more than 14 years
- A senior member in the profession who has contributed to the corporate sector for the last thirty five years
- Well connected with National professional bodies and associations, where sharing of knowledge resources are the key objectives
- Guides the assurance team in handling Corporate Clientele, through his vast experience
c.b.ramamurthy - partner
- Associated with the firm as a partner for the last 10 years
- Was one of the senior most banker and Chartered accountant with vast experience in Credit Management, Recovery management and inspection in banks for the last forty years
- Held various senior positions in Public Sector Banks before retiring as Chairman of a large Private Sector Bank in Nepal
- Guide the assurance team in deliverables with quality enhancement of assignments relating to large Banks and Public financial institutions
P.V. Seshadrinathan - Partner
- Associated with the firm as a partner for more
than 18 years
- Senior member with hands on experience of more than thirty years in the working structure of manufacturing Industry
- Member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India with experience in providing cost control mechanism in large organisations
- Guides in the quality enhancement of assignments focused in the Manufacturing sector
K. Gopalan - Partner
- Associated with the firm as a partner, heading the Bangalore branch for the last 8 years
- He is a senior member of ICAI, who had contributed as a Chartered Accountant in various industries for more than three decades before retiring as an Advisor and Group Chief Financial Officer
- Director and advisor to leading Industry houses in South India
- Supervises the quality enhancement of assignments in Risk Advisory Services
r. RAvishankar - PARTNER
- Associated with the firm as a partner for almost three decades
- Heads the Tax advisory services in the firm contributing to the core areas of Taxation, both Local and International including Transfer Pricing
- Qualified as a Company Secretary, Diploma Holder and Information Systems Auditor from ICAI and Diploma in Insurance and Risk management from ICAI
- Supervises the enhancement of quality in assignments in Tax advisory Services
Raja Gopalan. B - Partner
- Associated with the firm for the last 14 years as a partner
- Heads the Business Advisory and Risk Advisory practice with a focus on Business process Re-engineering, Advisory Automation
- Qualified as Master of Business Administration from USA, Post-Graduate Diploma in Financial Management from a top B-School in India, Member of European Corporate Governance Institute, Associate member of Certified Fraud Examiner, USA and also Institute of Internal Auditors, USA
- Oversees and enhances the quality of Business Advisory and Risk Advisory services
sharmilee muralidharan - PARTNER
- Associated with the firm for more than 5 years as a partner
- Leads the Team on specific assignments relating to Information Technology Audits, Cyber security risk assessments and other IT systems audit and implementation
- Cost accountant and Certified Information & Systems Auditor from USA
- Her professional strength is built over various Consultancy and project based assignments in the areas of System Audit, control and domain expertise on Enterprise Resource Planning implementation including SAP
m g ramachandran
- A qualified chartered accountant having more than two and half decades of experience in taxation.
- During his stint in big 4s, he has worked extensively on corporate and international tax, GST and other indirect tax laws for various clients from diverse sectors such as auto, IT & ITES, Pharma etc.
- He had assisted clients in litigation matters before appellate authorities and for mutual agreement procedure before Central Board of Direct Taxes.
- Some of the special assignments handled by him includes ERP implementation assistants from tax perspective, tax fraud investigations.
- He has authored various articles in periodicals and presented on various topics in various industry and professional forums.
- He was earlier member of CII-AP finance & tax committee and indirect tax study group of ICAI Chennai.
surya narayanan
- He is an associate member of ICAI and had been associated with the firm as a Senior Manager in the TAS practice before being inducted into partnership.
- His passion towards the Tax laws in India have led him to specialise on the same with the support, guidance and platform provided by the firm.
- He holds the bachelor’s degree in commerce and more than a half decade of experience in Audit of Entities across sectors with a focus on Tax planning and documentation.