Sudhir Gurudatt Pai, Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Sudhir Pai is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Global Value Add, Inc.  He founded GVA in October 2008. Sudhir believes that success comes only if objectives and goals are defined by proper planning followed by a thorough and detailed implementation which strictly adheres to timeline and SLAs defined during the planning process. His vision is to see GVA in the list of top 10 Professional Tax Services & Business Consulting firms and become one of the most sought-after providers of Business and Individual Taxation services internationally.

Sudhir has over 16 years of experience in the Finance, Tax and accounting fields. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), and holds a Bachelors degree in Commerce. He began his career with Infosys Technologies Ltd (Nasdaq Ticker-Infy) as Accounts Officer – Finance & Administration in 1997, and scaled to Associate Vice President & Head – Finance & Administration – USA, just before he took the big leap to start GVA in 2008. At Infosys he was responsible for Finance & Accounts related activities (including Capital Budgeting, Treasury, & Procurement), Policy making, Infrastructure, Facilities, and Country penetration.

An outgoing, proactive accounting professional, he brings particular strengths to the area of informal business consulting, working closely with business owners and managers to analyze their operations and devising practical solutions for their needs. His extensive experience in the area of personal and business tax planning, helping individuals, and owners of closely-held businesses (S corporations, C corporations, Partnerships, and Limited Liability Companies) minimize the total impact of business, and personal taxes.

Sudhir is also in the Management Team of Hanna Global Solutions (HGS).

His hobbies and interests include reading, workouts, and spending time with his family.

Satyanath Bhat, Head – Technology

Mr. Satyanath Bhat has been in the field of Information Technology for the past 18 years and has served many industries such as manufacturing, banking, Forex trading, shipping, logistics and freight. Leveraging on a powerful combination of business management and Information technology experience he founded M/s Jupiter Business Systems FZC, Sharjah, UAE (www.jupiterbs.com) in March 2006. He later founded M/s Amplitude Software Systems Private Limited, India in January 2008 as an off-shore development arm of M/s JBS.

Satyanath has been part of GVA since its inception in October 2008, and heads the Technology department. 

Supriya S Pai, Head – Co-Founder & Director

Supriya Pai overseas GVA's US operations. Her experience encompasses many facets of the accounting world, including personal tax, and QuickBooks support. Supriya's outgoing philosophy makes our clients feel comfortable, by providing prompt, and friendly service. She also manages the administrative section for the organization. Supriya holds a Bachelor degree in Business Management, and pursuing IRS Enrolled Agent.

When not at work, Supriya enjoys spending time with her 3 children, reading, watching movies, surfing the internet, and travelling.