Soniya Dharsandiya, CA

Co-Founder & Head of Global Bookkeeping & Crypto Reconcilation & Chartered Accountant from India.

I didn’t pass my Chartered Accountancy final exams on the first attempt — or the second, third, or fourth. I grew up with English as a second language in school, and each setback taught me something the exam itself couldn’t: how to reassess and start again. That persistence shapes how I work today. In crypto accounting, where protocols change overnight and yesterday’s best practice can be obsolete by next quarter, the ability to fail, adapt, and keep learning isn’t a weakness — it’s the job.

Swapnil Sonpal, CA

Co-Founder & Head of U.S. Taxation & Chartered Accountant from India.

When I was 12, I made my first sale at my father’s shop. By 17, I was running two of them on my own. Financial circumstances meant I couldn’t continue my formal education — I made up those two years of schooling by sitting the exams externally, and went on to qualify as a Chartered Accountant at 23. It’s India’s apex accountancy qualification: a course that spans 4.5 years, including a mandatory 2.5-year internship. But those early years at the shop taught me something no classroom could — how a business actually runs, how money actually moves, and how you earn a client’s trust and keep it.