Kedar Kulkarni

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India21 yrs 6 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 24 years of experience in Taxation.
Led tax functions for major organizations.
Expertise in both consulting and industry perspectives.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Taxation Expert with extensive experience in Fintech and Healthcare sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Tax ManagementTransfer PricingTax LeadershipDirect And Indirect Tax ManagementTax AdvisoryRegulatory ComplianceRegulatory ServicesTax ComplianceTax And Transfer Pricing

Other Skills

AccountingAuditingCorporate TaxCustomsDirect TaxDue DiligenceFinanceFinancial AccountingFinancial AnalysisFinancial ReportingGovernment IncentivesIFRSIncome TaxIndirect TaxIndirect Taxation

About

A commerce graduate/ qualified Chartered Accountant with about 24+ years of work experience in the field of Taxation. Has extensive all-round experience of working both in a consulting environment (PwC, EY and now, Tax Compaas) as well as industry (GE Group, Ola Group), and thus, is well-placed to appreciate the perspective from both sides of the table (as an advisor, as well as the recipient of the advice who has to implement it) During a decade-long stint as Tax Head of two very large and complex organisations, has dealt with multitude of tax issues both from a direct and indirect tax perspective, and thus, has the ability to engage with various stakeholders at a wider level and identify tax planning opportunities as well as areas of risk/ concern from both a Direct Tax and Indirect Tax perspective.

Experience

Tax compaas

Executive Director

Jun 2025 – Present · 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Ola (ani technologies pvt. ltd)

Vice President & Group Head - Tax

Apr 2021 – Jun 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Ola is a Bengaluru (India) headquartered conglomerate with diverse interests in ride hailing services, manufacture of electrical vehicles, cloud kitchen and financial services. Ola Electric, our newest business division (www.olaelectric.com), is setting up the world's largest electric vehicle (EV) factory in India with an annual capacity of 10 M units per annum (when fully complete) which will manufacture, sell and export EVs across the globe.
As Group Head of Tax, I was responsible for managing the tax function (including direct tax, indirect tax, transfer pricing, customs and government incentives) for the entire group across all its businesses (mentioned above) and across all global geographies.

Tax ManagementTransfer Pricing

Ge

GE Healthcare - Tax Leader - South Asia

Jul 2013 – Apr 2021 · 7 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

GE Healthcare, with global revenue/ net profit of USD 18 billion and 3 billion respectively, is the second-largest Industrial business for GE globally. GE Healthcare is, by far, the largest industrial business for GE in India/South Asia.
As the Tax Leader for GE Healthcare in India/ South Asia, I was responsible for leading the entire tax function (both direct and indirect taxes) for GE Healthcare in India and South Asia region (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and the Singapore branch operations).

Tax LeadershipDirect and Indirect Tax Management