Dr. Bert Kimpel (34) joined the Taylor Wessing tax team in Dusseldorf on 1 February 2008. He previously worked as a senior manager in the Financial Services Tax department of PwC after several years at the Dusseldorf office of Lovells, where he also worked in transaction tax law and tax structuring.
Mr Kimpel started specialising at […]
Professional services firm, RSM Bentley Jennison continues its steady growth in Manchester with the appointment of George Lovell as Tax Partner.
George joins RSM Bentley Jennison from KPMG, where he spent the last 8 years leading their M&A tax team in Leeds. During this time he advised clients in a variety of sectors on the […]
Paints giant, Valspar, has announced that Tyler N. Treat has been promoted to Vice President and Treasurer and becomes an officer of the company.
He will report to Walker. Treat joined Valspar in 2003 after extensive treasury and tax experience with General Mills, Diageo and Ernst & Young. He was named to his most recent position […]
Mecom Group plc today announced the next stage in its establishment of an appropriate pan- European management structure with the appointment of Keith Allen as Chief Operating Officer for the Group and John Allwood as Group Finance Director, such appointments to take effect from 14 March 2008 although John joins the Board as a director […]
Janne Juusela has been invited to join the partnership at Attorneys at Law Borenius & Kemppinen Ltd.
Janne Juusela heads the Tax practice at B&K. He advises on Finnish and international taxation matters, both personal and corporate. Juusela specialises in tax matters relating to mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and financing. He also has extensive experience in […]
Vertex Inc., the leading provider of tax technology solutions, has announced the addition of Ric Andersen, a global operating executive with expertise in ERP and business process outsourcing, to its Board of Directors. […]
Stephen Daintith has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer of Dow Jones & Company, Chief Executive Officer Les Hinton announced this week.Mr. Daintith will be responsible for the company’s finance functions, including business unit finance, corporate accounting, general accounting, credit, internal audit and tax as well as corporate technology and general services.
Motorola, Inc. has announced that Paul J. Liska has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) of Motorola, effective March 1, 2008. Mr. Liska will report directly to Greg Brown, president and chief executive officer. Tom Meredith, the company’s acting CFO will continue as a non-management board member and will work closely […]
Jan Ellis has recently joins London Firm Blick Rothenberg as a tax partner.
Jan is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and a former fully trained Inspector of Taxes. She specialises in one-off tax planning for companies, groups and individuals. She has particular experience in buying and selling businesses, group […]
Begbies Traynor Group plc, the specialist professional services organisation, has announced the acquisition of Shaw Tax, the largest independent firm of dedicated Chartered Tax Advisors in the UK.
The acquisition of Shaw Tax marks another step in line with the Group’s strategy to extend its professional services offering. It follows the acquisition, in May 2007, […]
BTG Financial Partners, the tax consultancy division of professional services organisation Begbies Traynor Group, has appointed VAT expert and author, Barry Stocks, to head up its new VAT service offering.
Stocks has joined the Manchester-based specialist tax, financial and investigations consultancy as director of VAT and indirect tax services.
Steve Bold, partner at BTG Financial Partners, said: […]
Eversheds has strengthened its UK tax team with the appointment of partner Clive Jones.
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icWales has reported that KPMG has made two new appointments to its tax team based in Cardiff.Derek Kelly, director, transfers from the Manchester office to lead the firm’s local people services practice, which advises organisations on pensions, employment tax, executive compensation and public sector recruitment.
Also joining the tax department is former HMRC Inspector Howard Davies.To […]
According to an article in the Yorkshire Post yesterday, Baker Tilly has announced it is merging its Leeds office with Horwath Clark Whitehill (Yorkshire), to create the largest accountancy group outside the ‘Big Four’ in West Yorkshire.
The combined firm will take effect from April 1 and operate under the Baker Tilly name, creating a group […]
Balfour Beatty has announced the appointment of Anthony Rabin, currently its Finance Director, as Deputy Chief Executive of Balfour Beatty plc. In this role, he will take responsibility for the management and development of the Group’s infrastructure investment businesses in the UK, Europe, South-East Asia and the US, including direct line management responsibility for GMH. […]
Grant Thornton UK has announced the promotion of Liz Brion to partner in the firm’s Media and Entertainment team.
Liz, who joined Grant Thornton in 2001 and is Head of Media Tax, has been a member of the Media and Entertainment team since she joined the firm and works predominately with entrepreneurial, AIM listed and offshore […]
Renowned Hong Kong tax litigator, Brian Gilchrist, is to join Clifford Chance from 1 May 2008.
Brian joins one the strongest litigation teams in Asia, with four partners based in Hong Kong, including leading practitioner Martin Rogers and 40 litigation lawyers working across Asia.
“His courtroom and advisory record in Hong Kong speaks for itself, and he […]