Gopalakrishna Mahesh is a distinguished finance professional with a global footprint. He is a Chartered Accountant (India), Certified Public Accountant (Australia), Enrolled Agent with the IRS (USA), and a Certified Forensic Auditor. Mahesh is also a Fellow of the International Association of Accounting Professionals (London). He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce in Professional Accounting.
He founded Financial Crest Private Limited, offering business advisory, bookkeeping, audit, and taxation services across the USA and Australia. Mahesh is a partner at Financial Crest LLC (USA) and Fincrest Management Consultancy LLC (Dubai), and co-founded FinBasics Education, a cloud-based financial education and startup advisory platform.
His areas of expertise include international taxation, internal audit, startup and cross-border transaction advisory, public speaking, event management, and academic content creation. Mahesh’s accolades include the National Youth Icon of the Year 2019 by the International Youth Committee, the Global Business Icon Award in Financial Services by the Global Business Leaders Forum, and the Best Fintech Company Award at the Aeonian Business Awards 2021. He has also received awards for best paper presentations and speaking at ICAI National Conclaves.
A dynamic speaker, Mahesh has addressed more than 10,000 students at national and international events and has hosted the Indo-Norway Youth Dialogue. He also serves as a visiting faculty member for MBA Finance programs. He holds professional memberships with organizations such as the Confederation of Young Leaders (Delhi), BRICS CCI Young Leaders (Delhi), YES Tamilnadu Chamber of Commerce, and Junior Chamber International (Coimbatore Cosmo).
He is skilled in QuickBooks, Xero, MYOB, Sage, Excel, and specializes in US accounting and taxation, as well as international entity structuring. Mahesh is fluent in Tamil, English, Hindi, and French. He is married to Kaviya Balavenkat and is based in Coimbatore, India, with an active professional presence in India, the USA, and the UAE.