Numbers by profession.
Stories by obsession.
I'm a Chartered Accountant (ICAI) with an ACCA Diploma in IFRS and a Master's in Commerce — thirteen years in finance across audit, derivatives and capital markets, from Gujarat's audit floors to the Gulf. Today I'm a Senior Vice President at a DIFC-regulated investment firm in Dubai, heading Compliance as MLRO — and a judge for the ICA Compliance Awards APAC & MENA 2026.
Off the desk, I run @justaskdhruv: short, sharp, cinematic breakdowns of everything a financial newsroom would cover — Fed pivots and gold rallies, earnings and IPOs, crypto's institutional era, geopolitics, personal finance and India's rise — minus the jargon, minus the paywall.
No jargon walls. No hot-take noise. Just the why behind the move — simple enough for anyone, useful enough to act on, deep enough to matter.
Dhruv Tanna
The Audit Floor
Articleship years in India — ledgers, statutory audits and the discipline of getting every number exactly right.
Into the Markets
A first seat at a derivatives brokerage — running compliance, audit and reporting where the trades actually happen.
The Gulf Calling
Moved to Abu Dhabi and helped establish an FSRA-regulated capital markets firm from the ground up.
The Dubai Desk
Joined a DIFC-regulated investment firm — rising to Senior Vice President, heading Compliance as MLRO.
The Storyteller Era
Building @justaskdhruv, quoted in the national press, and judging the ICA Compliance Awards APAC & MENA 2026.
