Deloitte announces new tax partners in the UK and Switzerland

Deloitte, today announced a number of senior appointments within its tax practice, with the promotion of eight senior tax specialists to partner, and three to associate partner.

David Sproul, UK head of tax for Deloitte, commented: “Deloitte strives to provide clients with a consistently high quality service. These promotions demonstrate our commitment to invest in talent of the highest calibre to continually strengthen the depth of specialist knowledge within the tax practice, even in a tough economic environment. Congratulations to these eight new partners and three associate partners for gaining this achievement.”

There have been eight promotions to partner:

Pippa Booth – based in London, Pippa is a member of the tax transformation, risk and co-sourcing team and has extensive experience of tax accounting and compliance and reporting outsourcing. She also specialises in tax risk and transformation of tax compliance and reporting processes including implementation of technology solutions. Pippa leads the Deloitte tax accounting competency group for the UK and EMEA and is a corresponding member on the Tax Advisory Panel for the Accounting Standards Board. Pippa joined Deloitte in 1998.

Andy Brook – a member of the tax depreciation team with over 12 years experience. Andy specialises tax issues in respect of property expenditure and heads up this team in the regions. He has extensive experience of working with a broad range of sectors, with particular expertise in the utility, gaming and health care sectors. Andy joined Deloitte in 2002 and is based in Birmingham.

Stephen Brown – based in the mergers & acquisitions practice in London, Stephen specialises in advising private equity and infrastructure fund clients on the tax aspects of their international acquisitions and disposals. A graduate of the University of Manchester, Stephen joined Deloitte in 2001 after initially training with the National Audit Office.

Christie Buck – based in Reading, Christie is an international corporate tax specialist. His particular expertise lies in providing tax advice to overseas headquartered groups investing into the UK. A graduate of Oxford University, Christie has been with Deloitte for eight years, including three years leading the Deloitte UK tax desk in New York.

Sue Holmes – a corporate tax specialist in our national financial services team, Sue leads our financial services tax practice across the North. Sue advises on a wide variety of tax issues for building societies, retail banks, insurers and investment and wealth management businesses. During the last 12 months, she has been extensively involved in providing tax advice on a number of restructuring transactions, particularly in the building society sector. Sue joined Deloitte in 2002 and is based in the Leeds office.

Anbreen Khan – based in London, Anbreen is an indirect tax specialist and lawyer with expertise dealing with tax disputes. Anbreen has an impressive record for successfully advising on landmark VAT cases including Marks & Spencer Plc; Association of Investment Companies; and, The Rank Group Plc. She has been at the heart of some fundamental changes in UK VAT law, winning The ‘Tax Journal Rising Star Award’ in 2008 and with her team twice the Best VAT team award in 2007 and 2009. Anbreen is responsible for indirect tax dispute resolution and has built an EMEA Deloitte team of experts in tax disputes and controversy across the network.

David McNeil – based in Geneva, David leads the tax accounting and tax management consulting group for Deloitte in Switzerland. He has over 14 years of experience working with multinational groups on both UK, Swiss and international tax projects including, tax process and risk management projects, as well as in tax reporting and compliance under IFRS, US GAAP, UK GAAP and Swiss GAAP. Prior to commencing his training as a chartered accountant, David studied pharmacology at University College London at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, and worked with Glaxo within their Neuropharmacology research team.

Marcus Rea – based alongside the reorganisation services practice in London, Marcus specialises in providing tax advice on reorganisations and reconstructions (particularly under-performing companies) and to companies in or facing insolvency. He has over 14 years’ experience dealing with corporate transactions and providing tax consulting advice in this area. He also sits on the tax committee of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals. Marcus joined Deloitte in 2005.

In addition, three tax specialists have been promoted to associate partner. They are:

Andrew Cox – based in London, Andrew provides corporate tax advice to the energy sector. Focussing primarily on utility companies, Andrew advises both UK based and inbound companies on tax planning opportunities, tax related M&A advice and tax accounting support.

Ashley Hollinshead – a member of the business tax team in Birmingham specialising in entrepreneurial businesses. Ashley advises businesses and their owners on the complex interaction of corporate and personal taxes. He has a particular focus on taxes in the real estate market and matters affecting professional practices. Ashley joined Deloitte in 2002.

Claire Wayman – a member of the global employer services team, specialising in international personal tax and advises multinational employers on all areas of global mobility. Claire has over 20 years of experience working with a wide range of global expatriate populations in a diverse array of sectors having spent 12 years working overseas herself. Claire joined Deloitte in 2001 and is based in London.