Chartered Accountant · Founder & CEO, GCCPROs · Pune
Shammi Prabhakar
Built seven Global Capability Centers from the operator's seat. Now builds the room where India's GCC leaders and the Government sit at the same table.
His writing on lease accounting is cited in a European master's thesis, set as a source in a North American accounting course and referenced by Indonesia's government standards committee. His books are course material at a Turkish university and at twelve colleges and universities across India.
16
institutions cite, teach or adopt his work
5
countries: Czech Republic, USA, Indonesia, Türkiye and India
5
books written or published, including GCC Industry @ 2030
#1
Amazon Bestseller in Education (Kindle) for IFRS Mysteries
India · Adopted as course material
12 colleges & universities in 9 states
Adopters of his Tax Saving & Investment Guide as reference and study material.
University of CalicutMalappuram, Kerala
Central University of Tamil NaduThiruvarur, Tamil Nadu
Referenced in the committee's technical paper Akuntansi Hak-Pakai (right-of-use accounting) for his IFRS 16 versus ASC 842 analysis.
Türkiye · University course
Istanbul Medipol University
His book Business Presentation and Email Writing Skills Mastery is listed as a course resource for business communication and presentation skills.
GCCPROs Global Ranking · First edition · October 2026
The Global 50
The fifty largest in-house capability centres on earth, ranked by headcount for the first time. Written by him, with every row carrying its source, and published free to use with attribution.
#1 Amazon Bestseller · EducationIFRS MysteriesA ready reckoner for every IFRS and IAS standard
#3 Amazon Hot New Release · EducationAccounting MysteriesA practical guide to the basics of finance
Adopted by 12 institutions in IndiaTax Saving & Investment GuideIncome tax planning for India, used as study material in nine states
Course resource · Istanbul Medipol UniversityBusiness Presentation & Email Writing Skills MasteryCommunication skills for working professionals
Speaking & convening
Dozens of stages. One subject.
Keynotes, panels and moderated conversations on Global Capability Centers for ICAI, industry bodies, universities and governments, including a WOFA 2026 speaker line-up shared with four Union Ministers.
WOFA 2026, ICAI Global Outreach SummitICAI GCC Summit From Ledgers to Global LeadershipWith CM Devendra Fadnavis Presenting the summit invitationDun & Bradstreet GCC Summit Hyderabad, May 2026WOFA 2026 World Forum of Accountants, panelD Y Patil DPU Keynote address, 2025Ramco AI Reshaping Payroll in the GCCGCC Conclave & Awards Leadership Federation, 2026Moderator India's next-gen GCC incentivesWOFA, ICAI Panel discussionD&B GCC Summit Speaker mementoFelicitated by ICAI WOFA 2026ICAI Nagpur Branch Honoured at the CFOs MeetGCCPROs Leadership Summit Moderating the talent panel
World Forum of Accountants 2026 · ICAI · Greater Noida
On the same speaker line-up as four Union Ministers.
WOFA 2026 listed CA Shammi Prabhakar among its speakers alongside Shri Nitin Gadkari, Shri Piyush Goyal, Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal and Dr. Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar. At WOFA 2024 he addressed 6,000+ participants on GCCs.
The city the community voted for. About 200 invited GCC CXOs, site and country heads, and policy makers, with Tier 1 academic institutions at the table.
The first GCCPROs summit outside India. Two days for companies planning a GCC anywhere in the world, the practitioners who have built them, and heads of government and investment promotion agencies.
A 21-year corporate chapter closed in March. What followed, newest first.
Every item links back to GCCPROs, where the research, the events and the network now live.
Published The Global 50, the first ranking of the world''s largest capability centres
Fifty in-house centres of foreign-headquartered groups, ranked by the number of people actually sitting in them. 800,595 people across the fifty, and 45 of them in India holding 91% of that total. IT services, BPO vendors and consulting firms are excluded, and every row cites its source.
State GCC policies rewritten in plain English (Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh live), the full GCC Industry @ 2030 report, a research assistant that answers from GCCPROs' own research, and a live window into the full GCC database.
The GCC Leadership Summit moves to Hyderabad on 26 November 2026, chosen by the community's own vote, with Tier 1 academic institutions joining the room. The GCCPROs Global Summit follows in Dubai on 4 and 5 February 2027, the first edition outside India.
Summits
The 2026 GCC wave, counted
GCCPROs tracked 112 GCCs that opened or materially expanded in India between January and August: roughly one every two days. Hyderabad and Bengaluru led; Pune won on long-term leasing commitment.
Intelligence
The roundtable delivered, inside two weeks
After the 19 CEOs put their issues to the Chief Minister, a long-stalled infrastructure project was inaugurated and the operating guidelines for GCC incentives, which industry had been waiting on, were issued within two weeks.
Government
Hosted the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister and Industries Minister of Maharashtra at the GCCPROs Leadership Summit, Pune
100+ GCC leaders at Conrad Pune. Hon'ble CM Devendra Fadnavis chaired a closed-door roundtable with 19 GCC CEOs. On the same stage:
GCC Industry @ 2030 launched by the Chief Minister
A live GCC Talent Realities survey of 70+ leaders, run with Protiviti
The first GCCPROs Leadership Awards, decided by an independent four-member jury
A special address by Shri Manoj Kumar Singh, IAS, for the Government of Uttar Pradesh
Signed an MoU with the Government of Uttar Pradesh
Signed in Lucknow with Shri Manoj Kumar Singh, CEO of the State Transformation Commission, to grow the state's GCC ecosystem, starting with Noida, Greater Noida and Lucknow. Together we will publish an annual UP GCC Report and a monthly UP GCC Index, and form a UP GCC Leaders Council.
Pune, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad: small, candid rooms where GCC leaders compare what they leave out of press releases. Also spoke at the Dun & Bradstreet GCC Summit, Hyderabad.
Stepped out of the Executive Director role after 21 years in corporate life to become CEO and Chief Researcher of GCCPROs, and hosted the GCC Insider Convergence.
Milestone
The platform I founded
The world's GCC ecosystem, verified, in one place. Intelligence, a community of practice, and a direct line to government.
GCCPROs is an independent intelligence and community platform for Global Capability Centers. It is built by people who have run these centers, for the people running them now.
It keeps a verified global database, convenes closed-room roundtables and summits, advises state governments on GCC and FDI strategy, and connects senior leaders through its Industry Council and Expert Network.
GCCPROs Leadership Summit · 11 August 2026 · Conrad, Pune
Government came to the table. And stayed to listen.
One day, one room: the people who run India's GCCs, and the people who write the policy they operate under.
Chief Guest
Hon'ble Shri Devendra FadnavisChief Minister of Maharashtra
Hon'ble Smt. Sunetra Ajit PawarDeputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Hon'ble Dr. Uday SamantIndustries Minister, Maharashtra
Shri Manoj Kumar Singh, IASCEO, State Transformation Commission, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh
Shri Kaustubh DhavseChief Advisor to the Chief Minister
Smt. Manjusha NagpureMayor of Pune
Launching GCC Industry @ 2030 on stage with Hon'ble Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Hon'ble Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar.
100+
GCC leaders in the room
19
CEOs at the Chief Minister's closed roundtable
5
panels, from AI vs human to location strategy
70+
leaders answered the live talent survey
4
Excellence Recognitions, chosen by an independent jury
How the Chief Minister framed the GCC journey
Deliver→Build→Leadfrom India, for the world.
As recounted by several leaders in the room.
Live in the room · GCC Talent Realities Survey · GCCPROs × Protiviti
Which functions will see the highest hiring demand in the next three years?
Votes from GCC leaders, live in the room at Conrad Pune, 11 Aug 2026 (n = 66)
Engineering & R&D22
AI & GenAI19
Data & Analytics7
Technology6
Cybersecurity5
Product Mgmt4
Operations3
Finance0
HR0
Procurement0
89%
say a fresh graduate needs 3+ months to be fully productive
26/67
name building future leaders as their biggest talent challenge
77%
call closing the gap a shared responsibility
The closed-door roundtable
Nineteen CEOs. One Chief Minister. No script.
Suggestions came from across the table, and the Chief Minister answered them point by point. The conversation covered talent, infrastructure, data centres, cybersecurity and a single point of contact for GCCs in government. He also set out Maharashtra's ambition:
400
new GCCs
₹50K cr
investment
4 lakh
high-skilled jobs
After the roundtable: the Chief Minister with GCC leaders.
GCCPROs Leadership Awards 2026
Four awards. Chosen by an independent jury, not by sponsors.
GCC Visionary Leader of the Year
GCC Digital Transformation Leader of the Year
GCC Talent Champion of the Year
Emerging GCC Leader of the Year
You don't get many rooms where the people setting policy and the people running these centers on the ground talk to each other directly. This was one of them.Divesh SinglaManaging Director India, Veradigm
Most end with a summary and an assurance. This one ended with answers.Nancy BhattManaging Director, Protiviti, on the CM roundtable
Leadership isn't built in boardrooms alone, it's built in rooms like this.Praveen SinghGCC Transformation Leader, Barclays
Leaders from
Barclays · Bosch · Citi · Maersk · Kimberly-Clark · State Street · Equifax · Western Union · Worley · Lubrizol · Convera · Sensata · TomTom · Checkmarx · The Access Group · Veradigm · Allvue · ClearRoute · Arkose Labs · Roquette and more
The summit as posted by the Chief Minister and the CMO Maharashtra across X, YouTube and Facebook, with photos, videos and the full speech. Every link opens the original post.
Devendra FadnavisChief Minister of Maharashtra · @Dev_Fadnavis
GCCPROs works with state governments on GCC and FDI strategy, bringing operators' evidence into the room where incentives and infrastructure get decided.
Signing and exchanging the MoU in Lucknow, as covered by Dainik Jagran and Invest UP.
Uttar Pradesh · Signed 9 July 2026, Lucknow
An MoU with the Government of Uttar Pradesh
MoU
GCCPROs (Chartered Times LLP) × State Transformation Commission, Government of Uttar Pradesh. Signed by Shri Manoj Kumar Singh, IAS, CEO of the Commission, and Shammi Prabhakar Singh, Founder of GCCPROs.
~144
GCCs operating in Uttar Pradesh today
95%
of them in the Noida region
NoidaGreater NoidaLucknow
A joint annual UP GCC Report and a monthly UP GCC Index
A UP GCC Leaders Council, giving industry and government dialogue a formal home
Shri Manoj Kumar Singh gave a special address at the Pune Summit, and 10 GCC leaders met him and his team there
Next: a curated GCC leaders' workshop in Noida or Lucknow, now in planning
Maharashtra
A seat at the Chief Minister's table
Hosted the CM, Deputy CM and Industries Minister at the Pune Summit
Convened the CM's closed roundtable with 19 GCC CEOs
Within two weeks, the GCC incentive guidelines industry had waited for were issued
Advisory on FDI and GCC strategy
Maharashtra's GCC policy explained on the Research hub
Chartered Accountant. 21 years inside global finance and capability centers before founding GCCPROs.
The operator's record
Seven centers, built from the inside.
Everything GCCPROs advises on, he has done with his own P&L: location strategy, insourcing, transitions, automation, and keeping people through it.
7GCCs built & scaled
across India and the Philippines
110+countries served
by the centers he built and ran
4,800+people managed
across finance and shared services
2IPOs
BFSI group on the London Stock Exchange; data analytics group on the NYSE
100%retention for 2 years
while delivering 90%+ improvement, and 4 processes insourced from BPOs
Founder & CEO · GCCPROs
Chief Researcher and convener of the GCCPROs summits, council and expert network.
Executive Director, SDL & GPO · NielsenIQ
Led NYSE listing efforts and support for Finance Operations; drove global accounting transformation across 89 countries; grew India hubs 80% to 280+ finance professionals; set up a Statutory Accounting CoE for 60+ markets.
GCC Consultant · Independent
Set up a GCC for a US-based company end to end: location, compliance, transition and handover under a GCC-as-a-Service model.
GCC Architect & CFO · Billion-dollar conglomerate
Built a finance capability center in Pune from the ground up; served as interim CFO of the FMCG division.
Senior Director · Teleperformance
Headed India's F&A practice for Fortune 500 clients.
Business CFO & Finance Shared Services Head · Unimoni
Built a 22-country finance shared services center across India and the Philippines with 1,200+ people; USD 5M in annual savings; LSE IPO readiness.
Finance & GCC Leadership · NGA HR · HSBC · Sarens
Group finance, finance transformation and accounting shared-services setup across Belgium, the Netherlands, the UK and Norway.
Footprint: Pune · Bengaluru · Chennai · Delhi · Kerala · Manila
