Biography:

Naomi Kakundu Mudyiwa holds a BCom LLB degree from the University of Cape Town and a Masters in Tax Law from the University of Pretoria. She has experience in providing international tax solutions to individuals and employees' taxes.

Naomi is the contributor for the South Africa country guide in Tolley’s Global Mobility/Employment Taxes.

Biography:

Liz started her career with EY in Bristol in 1992, where she passed the AAT exams and then trained as a Certified Accountant. Once qualified, she became involved in the recruitment and internal training of graduate accounting and tax trainees at EY. She joined BPP Bristol as a tutor in 1999 and passed CTA in May 2007, winning The Ian Walker Medal for the highest mark in Paper I.

Over her last 5 years at BPP Liz managed Bristol Tax Courses, taught across a broad range of qualifications and subject areas and wrote materials for CTA, ATT and ICAEW exams.

Liz joined Tolley Exam Training in 2012 as a tutor and a writer. Liz is head of the Bristol Centre and provides an unrivalled level of service to local clients and students, and manages the learning resource nationally.

Liz still loves being in the classroom, and teaches across the CTA and ATT qualifications.

Biography:

Ali Akesbi is a certified chartered accountant, holding the “Expert-Comptable” (French CPA) and with 15 years’ experience in technical accounting and external audit mainly at PwC Paris / Sydney and AD Associes.

Currently Partner at AD Associes Casablanca - Morocco, he is in charge of the audit department and international desk which provide a wide range of services to foreign investors.

Biography:

Irfan  is a Tax Partner in the London Real Estate tax team at RSM Tax and Advisory Services LLP. He advises both Shariah compliant and conventional real estate investors and fund managers on all aspects of tax structuring of funds and UK and pan-European real estate transactions and strategies across commercial, retail, residential, logistics, hotels, and student accommodation properties.

Over the years he has led and advised on numerous high profile real estate transactions as well as acquisition of real estate related distressed loan portfolios and loan work out strategies for distressed debt funds.

Irfan contr0ibutes to Tolley's International Tax Planning.

Biography:

Claire started tutoring students whilst at University studying for a Maths degree.

She joined Deloitte in 2003 where she worked in the Expatriate Tax team dealing with secondments to and from the UK. Whilst working at Deloitte, Claire studied both ATT and CTA and also continued to tutor GCSE/A Level maths students in her spare time.

Given her love of tax and teaching, after qualifying for CTA Claire joined BPP where she trained students in ATT, CTA, ICAEW,ACCA and AAT qualifications. She was also involved in producing materials for the ATT and CTA courses.

Claire is known for bringing her wacky methods into classrooms and in June 2009 she had her maths notes published into a GCSE textbook 'Maths the Wacky Way'. Claire also has popular videos on YouTube to assist maths students.

In early 2011, she joined the Tolley Exam Training team and teaches across the CTA and ATT qualifications in our London venue. Claire is also head of our online courses, looking after the OTL courses and the Tolley Academy.

Biography:

Gill is a compelling seminar, in house and conference speaker with a strong gift for making topics in private client practice practical, engaging, authoritative and informative.

Gill works as a consultant and trainer with a number of large and small legal firms. She ran her own practice providing a consultancy service to practitioners on issues concerning Wills, Probate, Trusts and Tax between 1996-2013.

In 2000 Gill set up LawSkills Ltd offering technical and skills training for the Private Client Practitioner complemented by a dedicated and active website www.lawskills.co.uk.

Gill is author of The Law Society's Trust Practitioner's Handbook, Consultant editor for Tolley's IHT & Trusts & Estates online service, a solicitor with an MBA in Legal Practice Management and a consultant with Blake Morgan.  She is also a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) UK Practice Committee and the Association of Taxation Technicians.

Biography:

Hira is a Real Estate Tax Partner within BDO’s award winning Real Estate and Construction Group. He has specialised in property taxation for almost all his professional career and currently advises a wide range of clients in relation to their UK and global property interests. A particular specialism is UK and overseas collective investment schemes, both regulated and unregulated.

Hira is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, a Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation and has sat on the Tax Committees of the British Property Federation and INREV.

Biography:

I am a US Corporate Tax and Global Mobility specialist with focus on US tax advisory and compliance for small and medium-sized businesses with US based offices and employees. I provide integrated US corporate and personal tax solutions to international businesses with US operations and their employees on short-term or long-term assignment in the US.

Biography:

Claire is a partner specialising in incentives. She advises clients on all forms of management and employee incentive arrangements, including option plans and other share-based incentives, cash plans and UK tax-favoured plans. She works with clients from start-ups to listed multinationals in a variety of sectors, in particular technology, energy and infrastructure and life sciences.

During her career, as well as law Claire has worked in executive remuneration consulting and in-house reward which gives her a 360 view of incentives, enabling her to partner with her clients to find the right solutions for their businesses.

Biography:

Morag is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Accountants in England and Wales and an Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Governance, with almost thirty years’ experience in advising clients on accounting and tax matters. Morag has a wealth of experience and knowledge, specifically of the healthcare sector [private and NHS], with over 25 years working with clients across all aspects of healthcare provision.

Based in Armstrong Watson’s Leeds office, Morag is a partner and head of the specialist Healthcare Services Team. Morag leads by example and ensures her team all adopt a proactive approach to developing and managing robust client relationships. “Understanding our clients’ aspirations enables us to share timely and relevant advice with them, and where appropriate, affording time to implement mitigating action to minimise any potential financial risk”.

With regards to the healthcare sector, Armstrong Watson is a member of AISMA [Association of Independent Specialist Medical Accountants], a strategic partner to the MDU / DDU, listed as a specialist medical accountant and tax advisor with Medics Money and a member of the UK200 Healthcare Group, all of which demonstrate our expertise in this field.

Morag contributes to Tolley’s Tax Planning and to TolleyGuidance OMB.

Biography:

Sebastián Vicuña is a seasoned professional with over 10 years of experience in the field of tax law, international tax law, corporate law, and regulatory compliance. He has a deep understanding of these areas, as well as a strong commitment to ensuring that his clients are in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

He is highly skilled in the areas of corporate formation and structure, mergers and acquisitions, tax consulting, legal advisory, and regulatory compliance. He works closely with his clients to understand their needs and to develop strategies that help them achieve their goals while minimizing risk.

He has been a lecturer in different academic programs and training courses for different universities and other public and private institutions.

He's the editor of LCP's weekly Pensions Bulletin and undertakes other technical writing for the firm.

Sebastian is the author of the Chile country guide for Tolley’s Global Mobility/Employment Taxes.

Biography:

Scott is a US Tax Partner at Tax Advisory Partnership. He has over 25 years of US/UK tax experience where his clients are mostly Americans living outside of the US and predominantly in the UK. He and his team provide US/UK income tax advice and US and UK tax return compliance services. Scott is a Certified Acceptance Agent which means he can also assist non-US individuals in obtaining an “ITIN” should they need to file non-resident US tax returns.

Biography:

Mike Thexton has been talking and writing about tax since passing the examinations of ICAEW in 1983 and CIOT in 1984. He currently spends his working time presenting regular VAT updates for the specialist staff of several large and medium-sized firms of accountants, writing the Quarterly Online VAT Update for LexisNexis, and providing tax and accountancy services to personal and small company clients.

Mike won the Taxation Magazine Tax Writer of the Year Award 2010 for his articles in the professional press, leaflets for the clients of accountancy firms and technical material on VAT. Among the pieces submitted to the judging panel were answers to Taxation magazine's Readers' Queries, concealed behind a mysterious pseudonym.

He has also published a book, "What happened to the hippy man?", about his experience at the centre of the hijacking of PanAm 073 in Karachi in September 1986. He is working on "VAT the heck!", a collection of weird and wonderful stories from the world of VAT, and looking for a publisher…

Biography:

Nicole started her career working in the tax division at Ernst & Young, where she passed her ACA and CTA (ATII) examinations.

Nicole enjoyed studying so much she thought it might be ‘fun’ to experience a career at the front of the classroom and joined BPP as a tax tutor in 2000. She loves the challenge of breaking down a complex concept and explaining it in understandable terms.

At BPP Nicole taught tax papers for all accountancy qualifications as well as for ATT and CTA. She also produced teaching material for tax courses.

Nicole was responsible for managing relationships with key tax courses’ clients and in particular designing, managing and teaching on bespoke client courses.

As well as having extensive experience delivering face to face courses, Nicole has much experience of teaching online live courses, pioneering the use of interactive tools to engage students in remote study.

Nicole joined Tolley Exam Training in 2017 and teaches mainly in our London centre. She is also subject manager for ATT Paper 1 and CTA APS Individuals and as such is involved in the updating of material for these papers and giving exam feedback. Nicole has also written a number of articles for Taxation magazine.

Biography:

I'm an international tax and transfer pricing specialist, working with a wide range of clients across all aspects of international corporate taxes.

I joined Smith & Williamson as a graduate, and have experience ranging from fast growth FinTech companies, through to well established, global groups. I'm an active member within the Nexia International network, assisting multinationals with cross-border structuring, transactions, financing and transfer pricing.

Biography:

Helen McGhee is a solicitor and chartered tax advisor as well as a member of the Society of Tax and Estate Practitioners and a CEDR accredited mediator. Helen is a partner at the law firm Joseph Hage Aaronson LLP, where she specialises in UK and international tax disputes. She advises both individuals and corporates either engaged directly or as a consultant to other professional firms and financial institutions. Helen was recently ranked Band 2 in the Chambers HNW guide and is named as a rising leader by the Private Client Global Elite as well as included in the Top 100 private client lawyers by Citywealth. Helen writes prolifically for numerous tax publications and is an active committee member at the Chartered Institute of Tax and the Worshipful Company of Tax Advisers.

Biography:

Tracey is a Partner in the Tax team at Osborne Clarke.

Part of Tracey's practice is advising on employment tax matters, especially in the recruitment sector, having advised in this area for many years. She often writes on the subject.

Tracey is also a chartered tax advisor.

Biography:

Stéphane Schwedes has more than 30 years of experience serving international clients in France from incorporation to large local businesses. He is a French chartered accountant and auditor (expert-comptable & commissaire aux comptes). Stéphane is German and French, and fluent in English.

Stéphane’s expertise is knowing how to explain to foreign entrepreneurs how to deal with French complexity and specificities.

Most of his experience was gained during 30 years at PwC of which he is a former partner.

Stéphane is author of the France country guide for Tolley’s Global Mobility/Employment Taxes.