Avalara, Inc, a global tax compliance provider, announces the appointment of Manjula MuthuKrishnan as Managing Director of its Indian Subsidiary. Based in Pune, Manjula will oversee Avalara’s strategic operations across India with special focus on strengthening the company’s end-to-end tax automation offerings to enable the customers to navigate the complexities of the local GST.

Talking about the new appointment, Pascal Van Dooren, EVP, International at Avalara, comments, “We’re thrilled to welcome Manjula to the team. She brings a powerhouse combination of deep experience in global digital transformation, a creative leadership style, and a passion for her team. Under her leadership, I believe we will continue to strengthen Avalara’s position in the market and help our customers navigate tax compliance changes.”

Manjula brings in over 25 years of experience in leading digital and transformational initiatives for global business. Recently, she has served as a strategic consultant at Socion Advisors, an advisory firm that works with social initiatives; committed to resolving all the large scale challenges. Prior to that, Manjula was associated with HSBC, where she served as the head of Digital Engineering for Commercial Banking. She has also spent nearly 20 years with Infosys and helped to restructure the pre-sale team for efficiency and develop the Learning Services offering for the organization.

Commenting on the appointment Manjula says, “In India, the process of collecting tax and complying with tax laws is changing quickly. I’m excited to join the company and look forward to helping businesses address tax complexity with smart technologies and excellent service.”

Prior to Manjula’s appointment, the company had hired Alessandra Almeida as MD of Brazil & Latin America operations, Steve Lomax as MD of EMEA operations. In addition, Avalara has recently acquired assets from Indix, an Artificial Intelligence- based product information platform, based in Chennai.