Recent senior tax hires by EY in the US……

Andy Baik returns to EY’s National Tax Department as a Principal in International Tax Services, splitting his time between Lyndhurst, NJ, and Singapore. Baik spent his 21-year career with EY in the US and Singapore until 2013, when he joined PwC to lead the Sovereign Wealth Fund tax group in Asia and serve as the Asia lead tax partner on key global MNC accounts. At EY, he will focus on serving private equity and Sovereign Wealth Fund clients. 

Jose Murillo has been named the Director of the EY National Tax Department’s Washington International Tax Services group, where his practice focuses on cross border acquisitions, dispositions, and restructurings. Murillo worked in the US Treasury Department’s Office of Tax Policy from 2007-2010, where he assisted with the development of international tax policy and legislative proposals and Treasury regulations and in the negotiation of income tax treaties. 

Brian Abbey returns to EY as an Executive Director in International Tax Services based in Pittsburgh, PA.  Previously, he served as International Tax Director with Dentsply International and has also worked with Deloitte.

Edel Flynn joins EY as an Executive Director in New York as a member of the Indirect Tax Services team focusing on VAT.

Flynn was previously with KPMG for 12 years (in Ireland and then later in Manhattan) and also spent time at Abbott Medical Optics as the company’s European Indirect Tax Manager.

Kevin Kaiser joins the Transaction Advisory Services practice of EY in Minneapolis as an Executive Director. He will be a leader in the Transaction Tax practice with a focus on financial services clients. Previously, he was a Partner with Lindquist & Vennum LLP in Minneapolis focused on M&A tax and corporate finance, and was previously with KPMG. He earned his JD from William Mitchell College of Law and his MS in Accountancy from San Diego State University.