CA. Dr. Chinnsamy Ganesan - Managing Partner & CEO
Professional
Journey
Ganesan is a gold medalist of Annamalai University in Commerce stream and is a
first generation chartered accountant. He started his career, with a very humble financial background,
as a chartered accountant in 1988 and was in personal practice till 2005. To have specialisation, he
joined as a Director in Audit with Lovelock & Lewes (network firm of PwC) and served for for 6 years
(between 2005 and 2010). He then joined BSR & Co. LLP (network firm of KPMG) as an Audit partner and
servved for 6 years (Between 2010 and 2016). Since his vision is to provide quality services as an
Indian Firm of Chartered Accountants with International Quality, he returned his own practice in 2016.
The merger of M/s Ramanathan & Krishnan and M/s R R Rajkumar & Associates, Chertered Accountants
with M/s Chinnasamy Ganesan and Co. into M/s R K C G & Associates LLP is a significant step taken
towards that direction.
Experience & Expertise
Ganesan brings with him more than 36
years of experience in the area of auditing. He has handled/ handling Indian and multi-national clients
in automotive, auto ancillary, IT/ ITES, BPOs, KPOs, telecom, industrial markets, consumer markets,
pharma/ healthcare, transport/ logistics, shipping management, BSRE, oil and gas, plantation, banking,
financial services and insurance sector. He is/ was the lead partner for many Indian and multi-national
companies and carried out audits, advisory on international financial reporting, taxation, due diligence
and other assurance services.
Ganesan specialises in IFRS, Ind AS, US GAAP, Financial Reporting,
Company Law Matters, Audit. He also specialises in direct taxes and international taxation.
Ganesan has presented 1450+ papers at various seminars, workshops and conferences both in India
and Overseas on these specialised subjects. He has assisted 80+ companies on Ind AS (IFRS in India)
transition and authored several books on financial reporting and Companies Act 2013.
Ganesan
served as a co-opted member of (a) Accounting Standard Board of ICAI (the highest Standard Setting
Body in India); (b) IFRS (Ind AS) Implementation Committee of ICAI (the committee involved in the
implementation of IFRS in India); and (c) Auditing and Assurance Standard Board of ICAI (the
ultimate body for setting Standards on Auditing for chartered accountants in
India)
Ganesan is advising many boards of Indian and Multi-National Companies and also
serves as an Independent Director and Chairman of audit committees in some prestigious corporate
boards.
Ganesan is passionate on public speaking and he is an active resource person for
the Accounting Standards Board, Ind AS (IFRS) Implementation Committee, Auditing and Assurance
Standards Board, Continuous Professional Education Directorate, Committee for Members in Industry,
Quality Review Board, Peer Review Board etc., of ICAI, All the 5 regional councils of ICAI
(SIRC, WIRC, NIRC, EIRC and CIRC), Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of India, Institute
of Company Secretaries of India, CII, FICCI, Hindustan Chamber of Commerce, Madras Management
Association, Business schools like IIM – Bangalore, IIM – Lucknow, Loyola Institute of Business
Administration (LIBA), Institute for Finance and Management Research
(IFMR).
Awards
Ganesan was conferred Honorary Doctorate ("honoris causa") in
International Financial Reporting Standards for his extensive contribution to Ind AS and IFRS by a
renowned foreign university. He is currently pursuing his regular doctoral course on “Impact of IFRS
Convergence In India on Compliance, Corporate Governance and Quality of Financial Reporting” with
Madurai Kamaraj University.
Ganesan was awarded the prestigious Life Time Achievement Award
in Finance from Rotary International District 3233
Beliefs
& ThoughtsHe
believes in building a strong team by learning and developmental activities, team work, delegation of
powers, an inclusive growth and leaving a strong legacy in the profession.
Interests and
LeisureGanesan is also actively involved in various social service organizations and is an
active freemason.
He is a passionate writer and he is regularly writing in various Tamil
literacy magazines. He has also authored a Tamil Poetry book titled “Nee, Naan, Naam” published by M/s
Vanathi Pathipagam. An ardent fan of Kaviyarasar Kannadasan, he made several speeches on Kannadasan and
is presently working on a research book on the poetry values in Kannadasan’s film songs.