LEADERSHIP

JAIRAJ PURANDARE

Founder Chairman

Jairaj (Jai) Purandare is the Founder Chairman of JMP Advisors Pvt Ltd, a leading advisory, accounting, tax and regulatory services firm, based in Mumbai, India. Jai has over four decades of experience in accounting, tax and business advisory matters and is an authority on tax and regulation. Jai was Regional Managing Partner, Chairman–Tax and Country Leader–Markets & Industries of PricewaterhouseCoopers India.

Earlier, Jai was Chairman of Ernst & Young India (EY). Jai was the Country Head of the Tax & Business Advisory practice of Andersen India, before joining EY.

Jai has significant expertise in advising clients such as Bechtel, Citibank, GE, HSBC, Hutchison, JSW Group, Mahindra & Mahindra, Pepsico, Standard Chartered Bank, Newscorp/Star TV and Tata Group. He has considerable experience on various issues in the Financial Services, Infrastructure, Power, Telecom, Media, Pharma and Auto sectors.

Over the years, JMP Advisors has won several accolades for its outstanding services and has been consistently recognised as a leading Tax firm in India, inter alia, by International Tax Review (Euromoney) for all successive years since incorporation, including in the 2025 World Tax and Transfer Pricing Directory.

A frequent speaker at seminars in India and abroad, Jai has presented several papers in areas of his expertise including inbound/outbound investment structuring, international tax, transfer pricing, M&As, Indian Budget and Economy.

Jai is an Independent Director on the Boards of four listed companies.