Akash Chetwani, CFA

At IRAA Global, Akash heads the advisory practice across three verticals.

On risk and regulatory, he advises financial institutions across the GCC on model risk, validation, and AI governance.

On cross-border tax and structuring, he works with UAE-based founders, family businesses, and NRI professionals on multi-jurisdiction structuring and private client work across the UAE-India corridor.

On financial advisory and capital markets, he supports clients with valuations and CFO-as-a-service mandates, and through IRAA Capital, gives UAE residents access to Indian mutual funds through the correct structure from day one.

Akash heads IRAA Global's advisory practice across three verticals: risk and regulatory advisory for financial institutions, cross-border tax and structuring, and financial advisory and capital markets. He also leads IRAA Capital, the firm's Indian mutual fund distribution arm for UAE residents.

Before joining IRAA Global, Akash spent more than a decade at KPMG and Deloitte across Dubai, London, and India, working with central banks, large financial institutions, and corporates on risk, regulatory, and capital matters.

His work included engagements with the Central Bank of the UAE on the M-Bill market maker assessment framework, the Reserve Bank of India on its risk-based supervision framework, IRB capital model development under Basel 3.1 at Lloyds Banking Group in the UK, and Model Management Standard gap assessments at leading banks across the Middle East.

That background shapes how he approaches client work today - Big 4 technical discipline combined with the commercial judgement required when clients need advice that actually gets implemented.

• Cross-border structuring (UAE-India corridor)
• Investment and capital strategy
• Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
• Risk and regulatory advisory
• Banking and financial institutions consulting
• Financial modeling and capital adequacy (Basel frameworks)
• Market entry and business expansion
• Wealth structuring and repatriation planning

CFA charterholder. MBA from London Business School.

AMFI-registered Mutual Fund Distributor, authorised to distribute Indian mutual funds to UAE-based NRIs through IRAA Capital.