New Appointments at Chartered Institute of Tax

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has announced the appointment of three new Officers, with effect from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting on 12 May 2009. Andrew Hubbard, currently Deputy President, takes over from Nick Goulding to become President.

Andrew Hubbard is National Tax Policy Director at Tenon, specialising in the taxation of entrepreneurial businesses and their proprietors. Andrew is a past President of the Association of Taxation Technicians. In 2006 Andrew won the LexisNexis Butterworths Tax Writer of the Year Award.

Vincent Oratore, currently Vice-President, becomes Deputy President. Vincent Oratore is a Fellow and Council member of The Chartered Institute of Taxation.

He served as Chairman of its Technical Committee from May 2001 to May 2003. He remains on the Technical Committee as the Special Banking and Financial Products Representative. He works for AIG Inc., and specialises in the taxation of financial instruments.

The final appointment made was that of Anthony Thomas to the position of Vice President.

Anthony Thomas has more than 20 years of business experience covering all major areas of accountancy and taxation.

Anthony Thomas is in tax practice in Coventry and has considerable experience of dealing with the smaller business. He is a past Council member of ACCA and AAT and is also a past president of ATT.

Currently on the General Assembly of CFE, he is also the Chartered Institute of Taxation Treasurer and a member of the Standards Committee.[/private]