Anand Patel, Audit Partner / Founder, CA (Singapore), CA (India), B.Com ( India)
Anand is the Head of Audit Practice, Founder and overall in-charge of the Group.
Anand is a Chartered Accountant (India) since 1997 and a Chartered Accountant (Singapore) since 2006. He is practicing as a Public Accountant since 2008. Prior to founding Everest Assurance PAC, he was the audit partner in a medium sized audit firm in Singapore for 8 years handling audit and assurance as well as corporate recovery work. He has also worked in commercial organizations handling accounts, trade finance, analysis and management reporting. Prior to that, he was practicing in India as a Chartered Accountant. He is also an approved liquidator. He has also carried out investigations and forensic accounting work and has acted as Expert Witness in Courts.
Anand is a practicing member of Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants, ACCA Associate (UK) and Chartered Accountant (India). He also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from The University of Mumbai.
Vrunda Patel, Company Secretary, CA (Singapore), ACCA, B. Sc (Economics)
Vrunda is in charge of accounting and head of corporate secretarial practice in the Group.
Vrunda has more than 20 years of experience in accounting, finance, audit and secretarial work. She has worked in various positions - from handling full set of accounts for a trading and services companies, working as a Divisional Accountant and then as a Group Assistant Finance Manager in a Singapore listed company, handling corporate secretarial work in a secretarial firm, working as auditor in a medium sized firm as well as in a Big Four.
Vrunda is a member of Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants since 2015 and an ACCA member since 2003. She is also a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Mathematics from the National University of Singapore.
Ramanathan Singaram, Tax Consultant, CA (Singapore), MBA, CIA, ATA
Ramanathan is in charge of accounting and head of tax practice in the Group.
Ramanathan has more than 10 years of experience in providing audit assurance services to varied size firms in various industries such as information technology, trading, retail, food and beverage, travel, freight and logistics, construction and e-commerce. In addition to audit services, he was also involved in providing management & business consultancy services such as corporate tax compliance, business planning, investigation audit, due diligence, business valuation and Internal Audit.
Ramanathan is a member of Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants since 2013. He graduated from Madurai Kamaraj University of India with a Master’s Degree in Business Administration. He is also a Certified Internal Auditor from the Institute of Internal Auditors, USA.
Mohamed Yaseen, Audit Manager, CA (Singapore), B. Acc
Yaseen is the audit manager, in-charge of the whole audit process from audit planning to execution to completion. He has extensive and rich audit experience of more than 19 years spread across various industries. He possesses in-depth knowledge of Singapore Accounting Standards and is also an expert on consolidation of financial statements. He takes keen interest in implementation of accounting standards for our clients, especially in advising clients on new accounting standards. He also advises clients on accounting treatment of complex transactions in order for them to comply with the various accounting standards. Prior to his career in audit, he has also worked as Finance Manager as well as Tax Officer with the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore
Mohamed Yaseen is a member of Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants since 2000.