Archive for the 'Arthur Andersen' Category

12 May

Former Andersen partner, David Sproul, appointed Head of Tax for Deloitte EMEA region

Deloitte has named David Sproul as its head of tax for the EMEA region with immediate effect.
David, head of tax for Deloitte in the UK, is a member of the UK firm’s executive management team and board, and the global tax executive.
Alberto Terol, global head of tax at Deloitte, commented: “David has significant experience providing […]

01 Feb

New CFO at Fiberweb plc: Daniel Abrams

Fiberweb plc, the international nonwoven fabrics group, has announced that Daniel Abrams has been appointed a Director and Chief Financial Officer of Fiberweb. He will replace Simon Bowles with effect from 1st February 2008.
Mr Abrams was most recently Chief Financial Officer of Cambridge Display Technology Inc until July 2006 and, prior to this […]

29 Jan

New Tax Counsel at Diamond Resorts International

Diamond Resorts International® (DRI), a global leader in the vacation ownership industry, has appointed Keith Holmes as Vice President & Tax Counsel. Holmes will be reporting to David Palmer, Chief Financial Officer of DRI.
Prior to joining DRI, Holmes held the position of Vice President and Tax Counsel with Caesars Entertainment, Inc., providing tax and legal […]

02 Dec

Aon Consulting Worldwide Announces Mark Blumenthal as new Chief Financial Officer

Aon Consulting Worldwide, the leading global human capital consulting organization of Aon Corporation has announced the appointment of Mark Blumenthal, a seasoned professional with more than 25 years of human capital and strategic consulting, and financial management experience, as its chief financial officer. Blumenthal reports to Andrew Appel, chief executive officer of Aon Consulting Worldwide, […]

30 Oct

New Tax Partner for KPMG Prague

KPMG Czech Republic has been strengthened by the appointment of a number of new partners.
Radek Halicek has become a partner in the Tax department at KPMG Czech Republic with responsibility for banking sector, financial institutions and international taxation. Halicek specialises primarily in structuring, acquisitions, and tax planning projects in the financial and real estate […]

02 Sep

Linklaters Lisbon nabs Rui Palma from Deloitte to be new Head of Tax

Linklaters has appointed Rui Palma, a tax specialist with particular experience in international tax planning, as head of tax in its Lisbon office. He has joined the firm from Deloitte where he was international tax service manager in Lisbon.
Linklaters has been involved in a wide range of tax transactions in Lisbon on the cutting edge […]

10 Aug

Auclair to head Grant Thornton’s (US) National Tax Office

David Auclair will lead Grant Thornton LLP’s National Tax Office (NTO) as the group’s managing principal. Dean Jorgensen, who previously headed the group, has moved into the role of the New York cluster’s tax practice leader and the Northeast region tax partner.
Grant Thornton’s NTO, based in Washington, DC, supports tax professionals in the firm’s 50 […]

14 Jun

John Viterisi named VP Tax at Scripps

John E. Viterisi, who has more than 20 years experience in tax planning and related financial management disciplines, has been named a vice president of The E. W. Scripps Company.
As vice president, tax, Viterisi will be responsible for managing and directing the company’s tax functions, including strategic tax planning, tax reporting and disclosure, tax compliance […]

18 May

Former Andersen HK Tax Partner joins Board of RG Global Lifestyles

RG Global Lifestyles has announced that David L. Koontz has been appointed as the newest member of the Board of Directors.
Mr. Koontz is currently CFO of a publicly traded logistics group, whose revenues grew from $17 million two years ago to $100 million in 2006 from its operations in Asia, Australia and the U.S. From […]

16 May

Former Andersen Tax Advisor Goes Green

Mr. Anish Makim has been appointed to the Parc Downsview Park Inc. board of directors.
Mr. Anish Makim holds a master of business administration degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business, and a bachelor of business administration degree from Wilfrid Laurier University. He is currently responsible for client retention programs and strategy as a manager […]

02 May

ACA from Arthur Andersen, London gets CFO job at Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley yesterday announced that David H. Sidwell, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has decided to retire from the Firm at the end of 2007. Colm Kelleher, who currently serves as the Head of Global Capital Markets, will replace Mr. Sidwell.
Mr. Kelleher, 49, currently Head of Global Capital Markets, joined […]

23 Mar

Peter Hunt promoted to VP Tax at Cabot

Cabot recently announced the election of a new Vice President: Peter M. Hunt.
Mr. Hunt has served as Director of Tax since 2000. He has held severalsenior positions in the Tax function, including Manager of Tax Planning andSenior Tax Counsel. He joined Cabot’s Finance group in 1980. Before comingto Cabot, Mr. Hunt worked for Arthur Andersen […]