Tom Phalen Appointed West Coast Representative of Temmes Management Services
Temmes Management Services B.V. (“Temmes”) has announced that Thomas Phalen has been appointed to represent Temmes on the west coast of the United States. Mr. Phalen is a senior tax executive who will be responsible for business development and client relationship management. He is based in the San Jose, California area.
“We are delighted that Tom will represent Temmes Management Services. His extensive international tax experience with a number of west coast companies provides an excellent background for expanding the services offered by Temmes to multinationals companies in that region”, said Pieter van Tol, Managing Director and Co-founder of Temmes Management Services B.V.
Mr. Phalen has over 30 years of experience as a senior tax executive with high-technology companies including VeriFone, First Solar, KLA-Tencor and Plantronics. He is a founding member of the Silicon Valley Tax Directors Group which is composed of representatives from leading high-technology companies with corporate offices predominantly located in the area between San Francisco and San Jose, California. In addition, Mr. Phalen assisted in forming the Santa Clara Chapter of the Tax Executives Institute, the preeminent association of in-house tax professionals worldwide, and served as a director.
Since 2011, Mr. Phalen has provided federal, state and international tax consulting and compliance services through Phalen & Associates. He will continue to provide these services in addition to representing Temmes. Some of his recent speaking engagements have addressed Subpart F income, international site selection and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. He received an MBA degree with a concentration in Taxation from St. John’s University and a BA degree in Accounting from Pace College.
Mr. Phalen will work closely with Gene White who is based in Charlotte, North Carolina and who has represented Temmes (www.temmes-management.com) in the United States since 2004. Temmes provides management services to international holding, finance, intellectual property and operating companies in France, Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands and Switzerland. These services include accounting, tax, treasury support, corporate secretarial, resident director, staffing, office rental and management services.
Temmes is affiliated with Weidema van Tol (www.wvant.com), a partnership of attorneys and tax advisors which focuses on providing corporate legal and tax services to multinational corporations. It specializes in assisting its clients with international holding, finance, intellectual property and operating structures. Weidema van Tol has offices in Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United States (Washington, DC).