Kalpathi Ratna Girish

Mr. K. R. Girish is a fellow member of the Indian Institute of Chartered Accountants and a law graduate from Karnataka State Law University. He is also an associate member of the Australian Taxation Institute and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Taxation practice from M S University, Baroda. He has over 35 years of experience, including 18 years at KPMG (1997 to 2015) as Partner and Head of Tax for South India and National leader for Tax Dispute Resolution practice. Since then, he has been with Baker Tilly DHC, Leap Ridge Advisors LLP heading the Tax & Regulatory advisory practice. Presently, he is the owner of M/s. KR Girish and Associates, Chartered accountants and has substantial experience in advising on Transfer Pricing and related issues.He is also a founder member and Director on the Board of International Tax Research and Analysis Foundation (ITRAF), an independent and exclusive forum for tax policy research, analysis and support conducting research and analysis on important tax matters including those relevant to India.