International tax specialist, Kathi Mettler, joins WTP Advisors as Director of Learning & Education

Kathi Mettler, a nationally recognized authority with over 25 years’ experience in international tax, has been named Director of Learning and Education at WTP Advisors.

Mettler is also an Assistant Professor of the Practice teaching at Fairfield University, and formerly led PwC’s international tax learning and education program.

“We are privileged to have Kathi join WTP. She has a rare talent that blends the international tax technical skills of a Big Four director, with a natural aptitude for teaching complex material, and is the perfect choice to head our training programs,” says Michael Minihan, co-founder and partner at WTP Advisors.

Mettler was drawn to WTP Advisors because of its distinctive business model that ensures each client project is staffed with more senior leaders than junior staff.

“Unlike the Big Four, at WTP, there are no learning curve costs that are passed to clients, and this precept mirrors the value that I place on the importance of relationships.  It is connections and trust that help give clients’ comfort that WTP is the best advisor for their needs in that they want to create a long-term relationship that is more of a partnership, instead of merely a service provider relationship,” says Mettler.

In addition to teaching, Mettler will also engage in client service projects, as well as business development at WTP Advisors.

Kathi, while at PwC, was responsible for international tax L&E curriculum, which was a part of PwC’s overall training curriculum that was ranked #1 in Training Magazine’s annual Training Top 125 list for 2008, 2009 and 2010. At WTP, she will develop a new curriculum for professional staff that all tax associates will complete.  Unlike previous training, this curriculum will be activity-based instead of lecture-based, and will follow the life cycle of how a typical client grows its business and expands.

“With Kathi on board, we’re ensuring that we continue to enhance our trainings, furthering our evolution of the best training for our staff, and raising their level of value added to clients,” says Minihan.