Led tax initiatives that lowered the company’s overall effective tax rate by more than 20 percentage points from approximately 33% to approximately 7% on a Non-GAAP basis over my tenure, including transforming the company’s IP holding company structure and transfer pricing structure and negotiating unilateral US APA and various bilateral APA associated with the new structure.
Additional Accomplishments Include:
• Worked extensively on large acquisitions, including finalized plan for an inversion and out-from understructure involving the Netherlands, US, and Singapore, ultimately abandoned because of anti-trust.
• Negotiated beneficial tax incentives in several countries including Singapore, and Israel.
• Resolved major tax audits with various countries (i.e., US, Singapore, Italy, Switzerland, and Israel) resulting in favorable settlements.
• Assembled a strong compliance and planning team (33 global team members with 5 directors reporting me) and
equally strong advisory team.
• Held quarterly meetings with the company’s Audit Committee and additional special meetings when new planning initiatives and tax planning around acquisitions required them.

Led worldwide tax team of seventy-five which included a tax hub in India. Significant responsibility for M&A transactions, primarily divestures leading to the formation of such companies as Avago, now known as Broadcom. Negotiated various cutting-edge incentives such as the first IP company ever negotiated in Singapore, a unique parent company structure for Avago.

(VP Tax 2006-2009)

Tax Counsel for Asia Pacific and Latin American region with responsibility for managing Asia Pacific tax matters from Singapore in 1997-2000. Primary responsibilities involved M&A transactions, transfer pricing, and a wide range of US and international tax matters.

Responsibilities primarily in the areas of international tax planning and compliance for inbound investments into the United States.