CA. Sreejith Kuniyil Keeping Roots Alive: Building a Business Ecosystem

CA. Sreejith Kuniyil stands out as a beacon of inspiration in the business world. With his genuine warmth, firm handshake, and reassuring presence, he has a remarkable ability to put business challenges into perspective. As a dynamic entrepreneur with diverse expertise, Sreejith has charted a unique path, crafting one of the country’s most harmonized business ecosystems—a testament to his vision and determination.

A Journey Rooted in Determination

Growing up in a family that relied on a modest business for their livelihood, Sreejith quickly realized that professional education was the key to reaching greater heights. Driven by this belief, he pursued his qualification as a Chartered Accountant. His career then took him to prestigious global firms such as EY, KPMG, Deloitte, and Grant Thornton. During his time at these firms, he gained invaluable experience working with multinational corporations and prominent Indian conglomerates on projects involving cross-border operations restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, business restructuring, and tax litigation. These experiences laid the foundation for his future entrepreneurial success.

The Birth of an Entrepreneur

After garnering more than two decades of consulting and advisory experience across Big Four firms, Sreejith founded CAPITAIRE in 2018 with two partners, carrying the goal of providing Integrated Value Delivery to the business world. Flying solo since 2020, Sreejith’s CAPITAIRE has grown to become the most sought-after brand name among business leaders. Being the leading business and capital consulting firm in Kerala, CAPITAIRE holds its ground in providing the most unique and transformative business solutions. It even prides itself on being an entrepreneur’s favourite place to brainstorm! The primary mission of CAPITAIRE is to safeguard the entrepreneur and his business.

The Sky is the limit!

Decades of experience in the market had made it clear that capital was one of the foremost challenges for entrepreneurs to take their business to the next level. And capital did not just mean money, it involved building a solid system, process and resources. CAPITAIRE has helped countless businesses to build their readiness to accept the capital, structure the organisation to create the share value for the businesses, develop processes and systems to grow the capital, protect the capital and secure the family of an entrepreneur with a suitable succession planning. While most business consultants host a one-man show, CAPITAIRE works with a core internal team to implement its strategies – a brilliant team of experienced Chartered Accountants and qualified Finance professionals, specialised in tax and regulatory laws relevant to the business.

Pushing Boundaries

In 2020, PravasiTax became a unique tax advisory platform for NRIs. Having spent years as an NRI himself, Sreejith saw how NRIs were clueless about the impact of tax and regulatory factors on their banking operations, investments in real estate and the share market and income generated from these investments. NRIs require specialised approach and attention from consultants who are specialised in International Taxation, FEMA, Tax Treaty, Inheritance Laws and Income Tax Law.  The lack of tailored services was evident in the increasing penalties surfacing from unresolved or incorrectly handled notices and communications from the Income Tax Department. Being an international tax expert himself, Sreejith and his team of Chartered Accountants were able to offer top services to meet all their tax and regulatory planning and compliances in India in a secure and sound manner.

Protecting Leaders and Legacies

Every person, regardless of where they work in the world, strives to provide a better standard of living for their families. They often sacrifice their own comfort and security in their race to create this wealth. However, while being caught up in the hustle, people often forget to protect their wealth and ensure that it flows into the right hands after their time. Such trouble plaguing people everywhere pushed Sreejith to bring True Legacy to life. True Legacy focused on developing and executing succession planning strategies for business owners and HNIs. Under True Legacy, Sreejith developed unique solutions to structure the Family Private Trust, Family Office and Will to ensure seamless asset and income flow to their legal heirs in the way they desire. In a mission to empower business leaders and bring down their blind dependence on consultants, he donned the profile of FINTAXMAN, where he trained entrepreneurs gain financial and tax awareness in various aspects of business. His masterclasses are truly eye-opening!

Human Capital

Sreejith believes that people are the most important investment for any organisation. Despite the advent of AI, he still believes in the potential of people and plans to bring in more people to grow his team. While struggling to find those perfect financial professionals for his own ventures and his clients’, he developed his own practical training module called AFM or Ascent to Finance Manager under the Special 40 initiative. 40 students, 60 days, 1 goal – Financial Upskilling of Human Capital for Businesses. It must now be quite clear that Sreejith is not one to leave any problem unaddressed.

Furthermore, he is currently working on a career planning book titled Why Commerce? which is set to be published in the coming months. The book provides an in-depth exploration of educational options available after Class X, focusing specifically on the commerce stream, and guidance on building a professional career by outlining the advantages and disadvantages of each field.

Keeping Roots Alive

While many had questioned him on his decision to start out in Kochi, Sreejith takes pride in keeping his base of operations in Kerala. While other states may seem more profitable, with numerous entrepreneurs and visionaries starting businesses there, he always wanted his home to benefit from his ventures first. His operations have now expanded to the GCC countries, namely, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait & Saudi Arabia. He is also a staunch believer of being a solo leader as it allows him freedom to take up any opportunity, or idea and bring it to life in a matter of days.

Wind Beneath His Wings

Sreejith Kuniyil’s biggest support system is his wife, Sowmya, and son, Nakul. Sowmya, who was formerly a teacher, is now a Director at PravasiTax. She was recently one of the selected contestants for the Mrs. Kerala 2024 beauty pageant, winning the Best Smile award. Nakul is currently studying in Class 1 and enjoys quizzes and trivia.

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