Stephen Kitching joins Grant Thornton UAE as Tax Partner
Grant Thornton has recruited Stephen Kitching as tax partner. He joined the Dubai office earlier this month.
Mr Kitching is an indirect tax specialist who actually started his career with the Royal Mail (in a non-tax role) and worked there for 20 years. In 2004 he joined HMRC where he was a VAT Inspector. He then spent 7 years with UK accountancy firms (including Grant Thornton) before moving in-house in 2014 to AECOM in London as their Global VAT Manager. In 2015 he relocated to Aberdeen to work for Deloitte for 2 years.
He joins Grant Thornton from BDO Bahrain where he led the VAT implementation for clients in Bahrain, Oman and Qatar.