Paran Puvanesan

Prior to setting up AKINA, Paran was an Executive Director with PwC Malaysia and was with them for over 23 years. Paran has provided IPO related advisory, deal structuring, joint venture advisory, project managed a restructuring exercise of a public listed company, evaluated rescue schemes for ailing listed companies and advised on public to private exercises of listed companies in Malaysia. Paran spent 2 years with PwC in London, focusing on Private Equity clients and undertaking due diligence related work in Europe and Asia. Paran has been involved in originating and executing deals with a total value to date of more than RM1 billion.

Paran has had the experience of working as Chief Strategy Officer for the founder/entrepreneur of the largest money services business in Malaysia with Fintech presence and aspirations in the e-wallet/payments services business.

Paran was awarded the prestigious British Government’s Chevening Scholarship to pursue his undergraduate degree in the United Kingdom. Paran is a Chartered Accountant as he is a Fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) as well as a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA). He is also a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.