Jay Krishnan

About Jay

Jay Krishnan is an audit professional with more than 25 years of audit & accounting and finance experience in United Arab Emirates and India. He is a member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and Cost and Management Accountants (CMA). A graduate from Calicut University, Kerala, India, Jay Krishnan has a long international career in the field of external and internal audits, financial consultancy services, taxation advisory, company set up etc. in UAE since the year 2001 and had worked with reputed international firms in India and UAE. His career in audit services includes audit of banks, financial institutions, insurance companies, and various industry segments in UAE.

Being a fellow member of various professional bodies in UAE, Jay Krishnan has attended more than 600 hours of various international seminars and conferences in UAE and at international platforms. He has presented various seminars on IFRS and related subjects to finance professionals in UAE. Jay Krishnan has served almost 1,500 clients in UAE in his career with HLB HAMT for various audit-related services.

Jay Krishnan is in charge of business consultancy division of HLB HAMT, which comprise of company formation, license amendments, ownership re-structuring, entry strategy advise, liquidation etc. Under his leadership, approximately 700 companies were established in UAE.

Jay Krishnan also heads the department of Indirect Taxation, which primarily covers VAT in UAE. He has provided expert guidance to approximately 300 plus clients on various VAT related issues.