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TP Minds - Transfer Pricing Summit 2013 - Asia
Raffles City, Singapore
September 25th, 2013 - September 26th, 2013
8:00 AM (UTC +8:00), Singapore, SGP
Event Speaker
Lee Corrick
Senior Adviser , OECD
From November 2011 Lee has been a Senior Advisor on Transfer Pricing for the OECD. He works in the OECD Tax and Development programme on transfer pricing capacity building in developing countries. From 2009 to 2011 Lee was the Senior Specialist for Transfer Pricing at the South African Revenue Service (SARS). Lee was responsible for ensuring the effective implementation of the South African transfer pricing legislation and advised SARS and the National Treasury on changes to the transfer pricing and thin capitalisation legislation. The revised legislation was introduced in 2010. Before working for SARS Lee was Assistant Director for Transfer Pricing at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in the UK with responsibility for HMRC’s transfer pricing including its litigation work. He was responsible for ensuring the transfer pricing legislation was fit for purpose and that it was being implemented effectively by HMRC. He led HMRC’s work on its largest and most complex transfer pricing disputes and led the HMRC litigation of the DSG Retail Ltd transfer pricing dispute.
Senior Adviser , OECD
From November 2011 Lee has been a Senior Advisor on Transfer Pricing for the OECD. He works in the OECD Tax and Development programme on transfer pricing capacity building in developing countries. From 2009 to 2011 Lee was the Senior Specialist for Transfer Pricing at the South African Revenue Service (SARS). Lee was responsible for ensuring the effective implementation of the South African transfer pricing legislation and advised SARS and the National Treasury on changes to the transfer pricing and thin capitalisation legislation. The revised legislation was introduced in 2010. Before working for SARS Lee was Assistant Director for Transfer Pricing at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in the UK with responsibility for HMRC’s transfer pricing including its litigation work. He was responsible for ensuring the transfer pricing legislation was fit for purpose and that it was being implemented effectively by HMRC. He led HMRC’s work on its largest and most complex transfer pricing disputes and led the HMRC litigation of the DSG Retail Ltd transfer pricing dispute.
Himanshu Shekhar Sinha
Transfer Pricing Director , Deloitte (India)
Himanshu Shekhar Sinha is a Director in our Transfer Pricing practice. He has more than 15 years of experience in taxation, law and regulatory matters. He specializes in Tax Controversies, especially in the field of Transfer Pricing and International Tax. Himanshu has been regularly representing taxpayers before the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal and the Delhi High Court. Himanshu began his career in the Indian Revenue Service in 1994 and over a span of 13 years worked as Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax (Business Tax), Deputy Director (Investigation), Deputy Director (International Tax) and Transfer Pricing Officer. As Transfer Pricing Officer, New Delhi he played a pioneering role in implementing the newly introduced Transfer Pricing regulations by carrying out audits of more than 100 MNCs.
Transfer Pricing Director , Deloitte (India)
Himanshu Shekhar Sinha is a Director in our Transfer Pricing practice. He has more than 15 years of experience in taxation, law and regulatory matters. He specializes in Tax Controversies, especially in the field of Transfer Pricing and International Tax. Himanshu has been regularly representing taxpayers before the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal and the Delhi High Court. Himanshu began his career in the Indian Revenue Service in 1994 and over a span of 13 years worked as Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax (Business Tax), Deputy Director (Investigation), Deputy Director (International Tax) and Transfer Pricing Officer. As Transfer Pricing Officer, New Delhi he played a pioneering role in implementing the newly introduced Transfer Pricing regulations by carrying out audits of more than 100 MNCs.
Bela Mao
Country Tax Lead , Shell India
Bela is a Chartered Accountant by profession and is an alumini of the Indian Revenue Service. Her professional experience includes working with government as a tax officer, with KMPG as a tax consultant and then with industry as a business tax advisor. This unique work experience has helped her in developing as a tax professional. She is also a member of direct/indirect tax committees of some Indian trade organisations. She has been actively involved on advocacy initiatives with the government like on the Dispute Resolution Panel and on Goods and Service Tax . She is presently employed with Shell India as Country Tax Lead for South Asia and is based in Mumbai, India.
Country Tax Lead , Shell India
Bela is a Chartered Accountant by profession and is an alumini of the Indian Revenue Service. Her professional experience includes working with government as a tax officer, with KMPG as a tax consultant and then with industry as a business tax advisor. This unique work experience has helped her in developing as a tax professional. She is also a member of direct/indirect tax committees of some Indian trade organisations. She has been actively involved on advocacy initiatives with the government like on the Dispute Resolution Panel and on Goods and Service Tax . She is presently employed with Shell India as Country Tax Lead for South Asia and is based in Mumbai, India.
Murray Clayson
Tax Partner , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Murray is a tax partner in London. He specialises in international tax, finance and capital markets taxation, corporate structuring, transfer pricing, banking and securities tax, asset and project finance, derivatives and financial products, particularly cross-border. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, past-Chairman of the British Branch of IFA and a member of worldwide IFA's Executive Committee, a member of the CBI's main Tax Committee and its International Taxes Working Group, and a member of the ICC's Committee on Taxation.
Tax Partner , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Murray is a tax partner in London. He specialises in international tax, finance and capital markets taxation, corporate structuring, transfer pricing, banking and securities tax, asset and project finance, derivatives and financial products, particularly cross-border. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, past-Chairman of the British Branch of IFA and a member of worldwide IFA's Executive Committee, a member of the CBI's main Tax Committee and its International Taxes Working Group, and a member of the ICC's Committee on Taxation.
Michael Butler
Head of Tax & Revenue Practice , Finlaysons
Michael Butler is the Partner in Charge of Finlaysons' Tax & Revenue Group, based in Adelaide, South Australia. Michael advises a wide range of domestic & foreign clients on Australian federal, state & international tax matters. Michael has a special interest in property, mining and international tax issues; estate & succession planning for HNWIs; and tax disputes. Michael is the author of the textbook Australian Federal Company Taxation (Butterworths) and Visiting Lecturer in Taxation at the University of Adelaide Law School. Before establishing the Finlaysons Tax Group in 2001, Michael spent a number of years working in the Tax Departments of leading law firms in London, New York and Sydney.
Head of Tax & Revenue Practice , Finlaysons
Michael Butler is the Partner in Charge of Finlaysons' Tax & Revenue Group, based in Adelaide, South Australia. Michael advises a wide range of domestic & foreign clients on Australian federal, state & international tax matters. Michael has a special interest in property, mining and international tax issues; estate & succession planning for HNWIs; and tax disputes. Michael is the author of the textbook Australian Federal Company Taxation (Butterworths) and Visiting Lecturer in Taxation at the University of Adelaide Law School. Before establishing the Finlaysons Tax Group in 2001, Michael spent a number of years working in the Tax Departments of leading law firms in London, New York and Sydney.
Jeff Cozzo
Director, ktMINE
Jeff is the Director of Operations and an Economist at ktMINE and is responsible for managing customer relationships, partnerships and for bringing new products to market. Jeffrey has previous transfer pricing consulting experience and has performed various services for multinational companies including tangible, intangible, and services analyses. In addition, he has experience in litigation support, including section 936 exit strategies and intellectual property valuation. Jeffrey has worked with clients in a variety of industries including pharmaceutical, software, industrial goods, automotive, logistics, retail, and financial services.
Director, ktMINE
Jeff is the Director of Operations and an Economist at ktMINE and is responsible for managing customer relationships, partnerships and for bringing new products to market. Jeffrey has previous transfer pricing consulting experience and has performed various services for multinational companies including tangible, intangible, and services analyses. In addition, he has experience in litigation support, including section 936 exit strategies and intellectual property valuation. Jeffrey has worked with clients in a variety of industries including pharmaceutical, software, industrial goods, automotive, logistics, retail, and financial services.
P V Srinivasan
Senior Vice President – Corporate Taxation , Wipro
P V Srinivasan has been working with Wipro Limited, Bangalore heading the Corporate Tax Function for the past 16 years. He is presently Senior Vice President – Corporate Taxation. PVS has 30 years of hands-on experience in industry with regard to corporate tax compliance across tax jurisdictions including the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific, addressing structuring requirements, international mergers & acquisitions, business re-organizations, transfer pricing, employees taxation, Indirect taxes in India, VAT, IPRs, social security issues etc. He was nominated on the Expert Panel of the Working Group on Transfer Pricing and has contributed many papers and delivered lectures on international taxation issues at various forums.
Senior Vice President – Corporate Taxation , Wipro
P V Srinivasan has been working with Wipro Limited, Bangalore heading the Corporate Tax Function for the past 16 years. He is presently Senior Vice President – Corporate Taxation. PVS has 30 years of hands-on experience in industry with regard to corporate tax compliance across tax jurisdictions including the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific, addressing structuring requirements, international mergers & acquisitions, business re-organizations, transfer pricing, employees taxation, Indirect taxes in India, VAT, IPRs, social security issues etc. He was nominated on the Expert Panel of the Working Group on Transfer Pricing and has contributed many papers and delivered lectures on international taxation issues at various forums.
Jimy Cruz
Head of Transfer Pricing , PKF
Jimy Cruz holds 15 years of experience as a transfer pricing economist. He is the Leader of Transfer Pricing Services at PKF Mexico and LATAM Region in charge of planning and advisory projects, local and regional documentation, controversy management, advance pricing agreements, mutual agreement procedures and business and intangible valuation services. He has also designed effective transfer pricing strategies to support clients in controversy cases and is a leading speaker in several Forums and Summits annually. He founded Transfer Pricing and Tax University, a concept dedicated to impart Courses and Forums specialized in these topics. He has worked in the past in BDO, Ernst & Young, Baker & McKenzie and KPMG.
Head of Transfer Pricing , PKF
Jimy Cruz holds 15 years of experience as a transfer pricing economist. He is the Leader of Transfer Pricing Services at PKF Mexico and LATAM Region in charge of planning and advisory projects, local and regional documentation, controversy management, advance pricing agreements, mutual agreement procedures and business and intangible valuation services. He has also designed effective transfer pricing strategies to support clients in controversy cases and is a leading speaker in several Forums and Summits annually. He founded Transfer Pricing and Tax University, a concept dedicated to impart Courses and Forums specialized in these topics. He has worked in the past in BDO, Ernst & Young, Baker & McKenzie and KPMG.
Richard Atkinson
General Manager Transfer Pricing , Rio Tinto
Richard currently leads the tax advisory group in Melbourne Australia for Rio Tinto, one of the world’s largest mining and exploration companies. After specialising in international corporate tax at Coopers & Lybrand in London he moved to APV and then to Rio Tinto’s London headquarters in 1994. A two year secondment to Perth Australia in 1998 turned into a permanent position in Melbourne in 2002. Richard has over 20 years of international tax experience, including transfer pricing experience in USA, Canada, Europe and Australia. Richard has had significant experience in dealing with tax authorities on a number of matters in particular the ATO.
General Manager Transfer Pricing , Rio Tinto
Richard currently leads the tax advisory group in Melbourne Australia for Rio Tinto, one of the world’s largest mining and exploration companies. After specialising in international corporate tax at Coopers & Lybrand in London he moved to APV and then to Rio Tinto’s London headquarters in 1994. A two year secondment to Perth Australia in 1998 turned into a permanent position in Melbourne in 2002. Richard has over 20 years of international tax experience, including transfer pricing experience in USA, Canada, Europe and Australia. Richard has had significant experience in dealing with tax authorities on a number of matters in particular the ATO.
Amit Gupta
Tax Director - Asia Pacific & Japan , Dell Global B.V.
Amit Gupta is the Director – Tax for Dell in Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region. In this role, Amit is responsible for all tax matters across Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea and Singapore. Prior to joining Dell, Amit was the Tax Leader (VP) at GE Capital in India where his responsibilities included managing taxes (corporate and indirect) for various legal entities and advising/implementing tax efficient structures for equity investments, cross-border funding/loans, leases, joint ventures and acquisitions. Amit has also worked as South Asia Tax Manager for Intel and inter alia managed transfer pricing audits, negotiations with Government on tax holidays, duty/tariff reductions and exemptions. Prior to joining Intel, Amit has worked as Senior Consultant at Arthur Andersen/E&Y and was advising clients on various indirect tax and corporate tax matters and started his career with Kellogg in India as Financial Analyst. In his career spanning 15 years, Amit has managed tax functions end-to-end i.e. from tax planning to tax controllership/compliance.
Tax Director - Asia Pacific & Japan , Dell Global B.V.
Amit Gupta is the Director – Tax for Dell in Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region. In this role, Amit is responsible for all tax matters across Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea and Singapore. Prior to joining Dell, Amit was the Tax Leader (VP) at GE Capital in India where his responsibilities included managing taxes (corporate and indirect) for various legal entities and advising/implementing tax efficient structures for equity investments, cross-border funding/loans, leases, joint ventures and acquisitions. Amit has also worked as South Asia Tax Manager for Intel and inter alia managed transfer pricing audits, negotiations with Government on tax holidays, duty/tariff reductions and exemptions. Prior to joining Intel, Amit has worked as Senior Consultant at Arthur Andersen/E&Y and was advising clients on various indirect tax and corporate tax matters and started his career with Kellogg in India as Financial Analyst. In his career spanning 15 years, Amit has managed tax functions end-to-end i.e. from tax planning to tax controllership/compliance.
Peter Poulos
Partner , Maddocks
Peter has extensive experience in advising on tax audits, including on the exercise of the Commissioner of Taxation's access powers and exercise of discretions. His experience includes advising on the application of the income tax, GST and FBT Acts, including the general anti-avoidance provisions of those Acts, and on transfer pricing and in the conduct of tax and tax related litigation. He previously headed the tax practice of the Australian Government Solicitor (AGS) where he advised the ATO on tax compliance, audits and recovery of debts owed to the ATO. Peter was also responsible for the conduct of tax litigation in several significant and complex tax disputes in the Federal and High Courts. Prior to joining Maddocks, Peter was a partner at PwC Legal, advising large corporations on managing their tax compliance issues, administrative law and FOI applications. Since September 2000, Peter has been a member of the Tax Office's Test Case Litigation Funding Panel.
Partner , Maddocks
Peter has extensive experience in advising on tax audits, including on the exercise of the Commissioner of Taxation's access powers and exercise of discretions. His experience includes advising on the application of the income tax, GST and FBT Acts, including the general anti-avoidance provisions of those Acts, and on transfer pricing and in the conduct of tax and tax related litigation. He previously headed the tax practice of the Australian Government Solicitor (AGS) where he advised the ATO on tax compliance, audits and recovery of debts owed to the ATO. Peter was also responsible for the conduct of tax litigation in several significant and complex tax disputes in the Federal and High Courts. Prior to joining Maddocks, Peter was a partner at PwC Legal, advising large corporations on managing their tax compliance issues, administrative law and FOI applications. Since September 2000, Peter has been a member of the Tax Office's Test Case Litigation Funding Panel.
Danny Beeton
Head of Transfer Pricing Economics , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Danny is head of transfer pricing economics and advises on the pricing of all types of transactions and the valuation of intangible assets, with a particular focus on international tax planning and transfer pricing dispute resolution. Danny is listed in Euromoney's Guide To The World's Leading Transfer Pricing Advisers and International Tax Review's Guide to the World's Leading Tax Controversy Advisers and is a member of the CBI's International Direct Taxes Sub-Committee. Danny received his PhD in economics from Queen Mary College, London.
Head of Transfer Pricing Economics , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Danny is head of transfer pricing economics and advises on the pricing of all types of transactions and the valuation of intangible assets, with a particular focus on international tax planning and transfer pricing dispute resolution. Danny is listed in Euromoney's Guide To The World's Leading Transfer Pricing Advisers and International Tax Review's Guide to the World's Leading Tax Controversy Advisers and is a member of the CBI's International Direct Taxes Sub-Committee. Danny received his PhD in economics from Queen Mary College, London.
Patrick Cheung
Transfer Pricing Partner , Deloitte (Hong Kong)
Patrick is a Transfer Pricing Partner and the Leader of the South China Transfer Pricing practice for Deloitte China. Prior to joining Deloitte, Patrick was a senior transfer pricing partner of another Big Four accounting firms in Hong Kong. Patrick began his Big Four international tax and transfer pricing consulting career 15 years ago in Canada. Prior to that, he has also worked for the Canada Revenue Agency. Patrick is recognized by LMG's Expert Guides as a Leading Transfer Pricing Adviser in Hong Kong. Patrick is part of the Joint Liaison Committee for Taxation Transfer Pricing Committee that advises the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department on Transfer Pricing policy matters. He is also a frequent speaker at PRC State Administration of Taxation and other local tax bureaus training events on the subject of Transfer Pricing.
Transfer Pricing Partner , Deloitte (Hong Kong)
Patrick is a Transfer Pricing Partner and the Leader of the South China Transfer Pricing practice for Deloitte China. Prior to joining Deloitte, Patrick was a senior transfer pricing partner of another Big Four accounting firms in Hong Kong. Patrick began his Big Four international tax and transfer pricing consulting career 15 years ago in Canada. Prior to that, he has also worked for the Canada Revenue Agency. Patrick is recognized by LMG's Expert Guides as a Leading Transfer Pricing Adviser in Hong Kong. Patrick is part of the Joint Liaison Committee for Taxation Transfer Pricing Committee that advises the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department on Transfer Pricing policy matters. He is also a frequent speaker at PRC State Administration of Taxation and other local tax bureaus training events on the subject of Transfer Pricing.
Amit Bhalla
VP, Tax & Customs , APAC Schneider Electric
Amit Bhalla is the Vice President Tax & Customs APAC for Schneider Electric based in Singapore. In his role, he is responsible for the tax & customs affairs for the region, which includes Greater China,Japan, India, Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia region. Amit began his tax career in India with the accounting firm Arthur Andersen in 1994 and was in tax consulting for more than 8 years. Thereafter, he moved into industry specialising in the technology sector. He worked for Huawei Technologies, Cisco Systems and more recently Nortel Networks. During his career, he has worked and lived in India, China, UK and Singapore. Amit is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a graduate from SRCC, University of Delhi.
VP, Tax & Customs , APAC Schneider Electric
Amit Bhalla is the Vice President Tax & Customs APAC for Schneider Electric based in Singapore. In his role, he is responsible for the tax & customs affairs for the region, which includes Greater China,Japan, India, Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia region. Amit began his tax career in India with the accounting firm Arthur Andersen in 1994 and was in tax consulting for more than 8 years. Thereafter, he moved into industry specialising in the technology sector. He worked for Huawei Technologies, Cisco Systems and more recently Nortel Networks. During his career, he has worked and lived in India, China, UK and Singapore. Amit is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a graduate from SRCC, University of Delhi.
Patrick Thompson
Head of Asia Transfer Pricing , Morgan Stanley
Patrick is Morgan Stanley’s head of transfer pricing in Asia. He is also responsible for Morgan Stanley’s global TP documentation function. Patrick is a Lawyer and Chartered Accountant, with more than 14 years experience in international tax and transfer pricing in New Zealand, United Kingdom and Australia. His experience covers a wide range of issues, across multiple business lines and countries, with particular focus on audit defence, APAs and policy setting. Patrick is also a past chairperson of the CMTC transfer pricing sub-committee in Asia.
Head of Asia Transfer Pricing , Morgan Stanley
Patrick is Morgan Stanley’s head of transfer pricing in Asia. He is also responsible for Morgan Stanley’s global TP documentation function. Patrick is a Lawyer and Chartered Accountant, with more than 14 years experience in international tax and transfer pricing in New Zealand, United Kingdom and Australia. His experience covers a wide range of issues, across multiple business lines and countries, with particular focus on audit defence, APAs and policy setting. Patrick is also a past chairperson of the CMTC transfer pricing sub-committee in Asia.
Christina Price
Research Analyst , RoyaltyStat
As a research analyst for RoyaltyStat, Christina specializes in examining license agreements and contracts for inclusion in the database and assists in the development and growth of the database itself. She performs research for transfer pricing and intangible valuation projects, and also develops and conducts training sessions for tax authorities, consultants and clients worldwide. Christina is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and has been with RoyaltyStat for over 10 years.
Research Analyst , RoyaltyStat
As a research analyst for RoyaltyStat, Christina specializes in examining license agreements and contracts for inclusion in the database and assists in the development and growth of the database itself. She performs research for transfer pricing and intangible valuation projects, and also develops and conducts training sessions for tax authorities, consultants and clients worldwide. Christina is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and has been with RoyaltyStat for over 10 years.
Jesse Kavanagh
Head of Tax, Asia ex-Japan , Nomura International
Jesse is Nomura’s Head of Tax for Asia-ex-Japan, and was previously Asia Pacific tax head for Lehman Brothers and Partner at a Big-4 firm. He’s worked in Hong Kong and Sydney, specializing in international tax, financial services and mergers and acquisitions. Jesse is the Chairperson of the Capital Markets Tax Committee and has written a number of articles on financial services taxation and spoken at numerous seminars on international tax. He graduated with Bachelor’s degrees in Asian Studies and in Law, holds Master’s degrees in Commerce and in Law, and is a Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA).
Head of Tax, Asia ex-Japan , Nomura International
Jesse is Nomura’s Head of Tax for Asia-ex-Japan, and was previously Asia Pacific tax head for Lehman Brothers and Partner at a Big-4 firm. He’s worked in Hong Kong and Sydney, specializing in international tax, financial services and mergers and acquisitions. Jesse is the Chairperson of the Capital Markets Tax Committee and has written a number of articles on financial services taxation and spoken at numerous seminars on international tax. He graduated with Bachelor’s degrees in Asian Studies and in Law, holds Master’s degrees in Commerce and in Law, and is a Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA).
Kriti Velji
Principal Advisor, Transfer Pricing & International Audit , Inland Revenue (New Zealand)
Kriti has has been employed with the Inland Revenue Department for the last nineteen years in various positions within the Department including: Investigator, Team Leader (Investigations), Manager (Investigations) and she currently holds a position of a Principal Advisor Transfer Pricing. In her current role, Kriti is responsible for the negotiation of Advanced Pricing Agreements, providing technical transfer pricing analysis, providing support and training for Investigation staff and the resolution of complex transfer pricing disputes. Kriti is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Principal Advisor, Transfer Pricing & International Audit , Inland Revenue (New Zealand)
Kriti has has been employed with the Inland Revenue Department for the last nineteen years in various positions within the Department including: Investigator, Team Leader (Investigations), Manager (Investigations) and she currently holds a position of a Principal Advisor Transfer Pricing. In her current role, Kriti is responsible for the negotiation of Advanced Pricing Agreements, providing technical transfer pricing analysis, providing support and training for Investigation staff and the resolution of complex transfer pricing disputes. Kriti is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Jason Levine
Group Taxation Manager , General Motors Holden
Jason Levine leads the tax team at Holden, a subsidiary of General Motors. Holden is a strong brand in Australia and is currently one of only three companies in Australia that designs, builds, and sells motor vehicles. Jason also has a regional tax role for General Motors in the ASEAN region. He has over 20 years of experience, both in Big 4 practices and at Holden and has a specialised interest in corporate tax matters, tax audits, transfer pricing, tax risk management and corporate tax reform.
Group Taxation Manager , General Motors Holden
Jason Levine leads the tax team at Holden, a subsidiary of General Motors. Holden is a strong brand in Australia and is currently one of only three companies in Australia that designs, builds, and sells motor vehicles. Jason also has a regional tax role for General Motors in the ASEAN region. He has over 20 years of experience, both in Big 4 practices and at Holden and has a specialised interest in corporate tax matters, tax audits, transfer pricing, tax risk management and corporate tax reform.
Nobuo Mori
Managing Director, Asia , Alix Partners
As a seasoned management and economic consultant, Nobuo helps companies succeed in international business by assessing how their global organization needs to be structured and operated, including negotiation with local partners and regulatory bodies (for instance defending effective arm's length transfer pricing strategies with tax authorities including Japanese National Tax Administration, the US IRS and China’s SAT), law/tax compliance, intellectual property, as well as resolution of strategic and operational issues such as antitrust related to economic matters both inside and outside of Japan. Nobuo has significant experience in Japanese courts and in international arbitrations assisting Japanese and Western companies by providing written expert reports based on economic research analysis. Prior to joining AlixPartners Nobuo started and built up the Tokyo office of his previous firm, with capabilities in various areas of economic consulting; a first for professional service firms in Japan.
Managing Director, Asia , Alix Partners
As a seasoned management and economic consultant, Nobuo helps companies succeed in international business by assessing how their global organization needs to be structured and operated, including negotiation with local partners and regulatory bodies (for instance defending effective arm's length transfer pricing strategies with tax authorities including Japanese National Tax Administration, the US IRS and China’s SAT), law/tax compliance, intellectual property, as well as resolution of strategic and operational issues such as antitrust related to economic matters both inside and outside of Japan. Nobuo has significant experience in Japanese courts and in international arbitrations assisting Japanese and Western companies by providing written expert reports based on economic research analysis. Prior to joining AlixPartners Nobuo started and built up the Tokyo office of his previous firm, with capabilities in various areas of economic consulting; a first for professional service firms in Japan.
Guiness Chan
Senior Director - International Taxes (Asia) , Applied Materials
Guiness Chan is responsible for all aspects of taxes in Applied’s Asia Pacific operations.Guiness oversees all taxes including direct and indirect taxes, tax planning, transfer pricing, tax audit, funding and capitalization, and provides tax advice and consulting to business units operating with Asia-Pacific. He participates in and leads overall process of researching, identification and implementation of tax planning initiatives. Guiness has been on an expatriate assignment in Shanghai, China since October, 2003. He provides business and tax advisory to Applied operations in China on how to structure investments, and advises on supply chain. Guiness performs due diligent analysis on site selections and negotiates with the local governments regarding tax incentives. Prior to coming to Asia, Guiness’s has worked in Applied Materials’s tax department in the US. He prior work experience also includes positions with Cisco Systems and Apple Inc. in the US.
Senior Director - International Taxes (Asia) , Applied Materials
Guiness Chan is responsible for all aspects of taxes in Applied’s Asia Pacific operations.Guiness oversees all taxes including direct and indirect taxes, tax planning, transfer pricing, tax audit, funding and capitalization, and provides tax advice and consulting to business units operating with Asia-Pacific. He participates in and leads overall process of researching, identification and implementation of tax planning initiatives. Guiness has been on an expatriate assignment in Shanghai, China since October, 2003. He provides business and tax advisory to Applied operations in China on how to structure investments, and advises on supply chain. Guiness performs due diligent analysis on site selections and negotiates with the local governments regarding tax incentives. Prior to coming to Asia, Guiness’s has worked in Applied Materials’s tax department in the US. He prior work experience also includes positions with Cisco Systems and Apple Inc. in the US.
Caitlyn Richards
Senior Solutions Consultant, ONESOURCE Transfer Pricing , Thomson Reuters
Caitlyn works with clients on both the implementation and use of the ONESOURCE Transfer Pricing products and services. Prior to joining Thomson Reuters, Caitlyn worked in the Economic & Valuation Services group at KPMG LLP. In her role at KPMG, Caitlyn provided multinational clients with transfer pricing documentation, planning, and bilateral Advanced Pricing Agreements. As a member of the Solutions Consultant team, Caitlyn assists prospects across various industries in determining transfer pricing solutions and services for their individual needs.
Senior Solutions Consultant, ONESOURCE Transfer Pricing , Thomson Reuters
Caitlyn works with clients on both the implementation and use of the ONESOURCE Transfer Pricing products and services. Prior to joining Thomson Reuters, Caitlyn worked in the Economic & Valuation Services group at KPMG LLP. In her role at KPMG, Caitlyn provided multinational clients with transfer pricing documentation, planning, and bilateral Advanced Pricing Agreements. As a member of the Solutions Consultant team, Caitlyn assists prospects across various industries in determining transfer pricing solutions and services for their individual needs.
Ketan Madia
Vice President - Tax , General Electric
Ketan Madia is Vice President - Tax in the GE India Corporate Tax team and brings with him over 18 years of varied tax, finance and operations experience. Ketan started his career with Arthur Andersen in 1994, advising MNCs across industry segments on tax treaties, local taxes, foreign direct investment and exchange control regulations. He joined the GE Tax Team in 1999 and in his current role focuses on tax issues related to GE’s industrial and infrastructure businesses, with specific oversight for big-ticket M&A transactions and high stake litigations.
Vice President - Tax , General Electric
Ketan Madia is Vice President - Tax in the GE India Corporate Tax team and brings with him over 18 years of varied tax, finance and operations experience. Ketan started his career with Arthur Andersen in 1994, advising MNCs across industry segments on tax treaties, local taxes, foreign direct investment and exchange control regulations. He joined the GE Tax Team in 1999 and in his current role focuses on tax issues related to GE’s industrial and infrastructure businesses, with specific oversight for big-ticket M&A transactions and high stake litigations.
Jean-Louis Barsac
Regional Tax Director , Alcatel-Lucent
Jean-Louis Barsac heads the APAC regional Tax & Trade dept. of Alcatel-Lucent, a Fortune 500 telecom equipment and solution supplier, formed in 2006 by the merger of Alcatel and Lucent. Jean-Louis is overseeing 20 countries including major Asian markets such as China, India, Japan and Australia, with a total revenue over 3 billion Euros and over 70 legal entities. Jean-Louis is involved in operational and corporate tax management including commercial tax issues, M&A and internal restructuring, cash management and other projects involving tax consequences. Before joining Alcatel-Lucent, Jean-Louis was the Africa and Middle East regional tax leader for Stolt Offshore (now Subsea 7), an oil & gas engineering and construction company. Jean-Louis holds a Master degree in Tax Law from Paris Dauphine University.
Regional Tax Director , Alcatel-Lucent
Jean-Louis Barsac heads the APAC regional Tax & Trade dept. of Alcatel-Lucent, a Fortune 500 telecom equipment and solution supplier, formed in 2006 by the merger of Alcatel and Lucent. Jean-Louis is overseeing 20 countries including major Asian markets such as China, India, Japan and Australia, with a total revenue over 3 billion Euros and over 70 legal entities. Jean-Louis is involved in operational and corporate tax management including commercial tax issues, M&A and internal restructuring, cash management and other projects involving tax consequences. Before joining Alcatel-Lucent, Jean-Louis was the Africa and Middle East regional tax leader for Stolt Offshore (now Subsea 7), an oil & gas engineering and construction company. Jean-Louis holds a Master degree in Tax Law from Paris Dauphine University.
Jacques Van Rhyn
Partner , Deloitte
Jacques Van Rhyn is an international tax and transfer pricing partner, and national leader of the Deloitte Transfer Pricing team in Australia. He has also founded Deloitte's Australia-Africa Services Group, based on his experience in dealing with international tax and transfer pricing issues faced by multinational companies investing into Africa or with African operations. Jacques has been practising for over 20 years and has extensive experience advising multinational companies on various cross-border tax and transfer pricing issues, including assisting clients to defend their transfer pricing arrangements in risk review and audit situations. Jacques has also advised companies in relation to structuring their international operations to achieve sustainable and defensible tax risk management policies aligned with commercial operations. Jacques has managed several multi-jurisdictional international tax and transfer pricing projects for multinational groups, from both a compliance and planning perspective. Jacques is able to provide a seamless service offering across multiple countries given his strong global networks, knowledge of the OECD Guidelines, double tax treaties and in-country transfer pricing rules, and awareness of revenue authorities' enforcement of these rules in various jurisdictions.
Partner , Deloitte
Jacques Van Rhyn is an international tax and transfer pricing partner, and national leader of the Deloitte Transfer Pricing team in Australia. He has also founded Deloitte's Australia-Africa Services Group, based on his experience in dealing with international tax and transfer pricing issues faced by multinational companies investing into Africa or with African operations. Jacques has been practising for over 20 years and has extensive experience advising multinational companies on various cross-border tax and transfer pricing issues, including assisting clients to defend their transfer pricing arrangements in risk review and audit situations. Jacques has also advised companies in relation to structuring their international operations to achieve sustainable and defensible tax risk management policies aligned with commercial operations. Jacques has managed several multi-jurisdictional international tax and transfer pricing projects for multinational groups, from both a compliance and planning perspective. Jacques is able to provide a seamless service offering across multiple countries given his strong global networks, knowledge of the OECD Guidelines, double tax treaties and in-country transfer pricing rules, and awareness of revenue authorities' enforcement of these rules in various jurisdictions.
Sam Sim
Head of Transfer Pricing, Wholesale Standard Chartered Bank
Mr. Sam T Y Sim chairs the Capital Markets Tax Committee Transfer Pricing Sub-committee and is Head of Wholesale Banking Transfer Pricing for Standard Chartered Bank, a U.K. global banking group with networks in over 70 countries with a focus on Asia, Africa and the Middle East. He leads a team of professionals in Singapore and India covering tax transfer pricing globally for the institutional and commercial banking businesses of Standard Chartered across Corporate Finance, Global Markets (including FICC and Equities), Capital Markets & Syndications, Principal Finance and Transaction Banking.
Head of Transfer Pricing, Wholesale Standard Chartered Bank
Mr. Sam T Y Sim chairs the Capital Markets Tax Committee Transfer Pricing Sub-committee and is Head of Wholesale Banking Transfer Pricing for Standard Chartered Bank, a U.K. global banking group with networks in over 70 countries with a focus on Asia, Africa and the Middle East. He leads a team of professionals in Singapore and India covering tax transfer pricing globally for the institutional and commercial banking businesses of Standard Chartered across Corporate Finance, Global Markets (including FICC and Equities), Capital Markets & Syndications, Principal Finance and Transaction Banking.
Nguyen Chi Dung
Deputy Head of TP Division , General Department of Taxation Vietnam
Nguyen Chi Dung is the Deputy Head of Transfer Pricing (TP) Division of General Department of Taxation of Vietnam (GDT). He is also the member of TP Task Force of GDT. Since joining the GDT in 2006, Dung has been working in the field of international tax including transfer pricing. Dung was also involved in developing the Circular providing guidelines on related party transactions (Circular 66, issued in 2010). Currently, Dung is in charge of planning and implementing the action program of mornitoring TP activities in Vietnam.
Deputy Head of TP Division , General Department of Taxation Vietnam
Nguyen Chi Dung is the Deputy Head of Transfer Pricing (TP) Division of General Department of Taxation of Vietnam (GDT). He is also the member of TP Task Force of GDT. Since joining the GDT in 2006, Dung has been working in the field of international tax including transfer pricing. Dung was also involved in developing the Circular providing guidelines on related party transactions (Circular 66, issued in 2010). Currently, Dung is in charge of planning and implementing the action program of mornitoring TP activities in Vietnam.
Paul McSavage
Asia Pacific Transfer Pricing Leader , Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Paul is the Asia Pacific transfer pricing leader for Bank of America Merrill Lynch based in Australia. He has over 13 years’ experience in finance/banking in various roles in Asia-Pacific, UK and Europe, including in-house Investment Banking transfer pricing roles in Australia and Hong Kong. Paul has considerable experience in developing solutions to a wide range of complex transfer pricing issues and in the practical design, implementation and defense of transfer pricing policies.
Asia Pacific Transfer Pricing Leader , Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Paul is the Asia Pacific transfer pricing leader for Bank of America Merrill Lynch based in Australia. He has over 13 years’ experience in finance/banking in various roles in Asia-Pacific, UK and Europe, including in-house Investment Banking transfer pricing roles in Australia and Hong Kong. Paul has considerable experience in developing solutions to a wide range of complex transfer pricing issues and in the practical design, implementation and defense of transfer pricing policies.
Kenny Yap
Transfer Pricing Manager , Huawei
Prior to joining Huawei, Kenny was a transfer pricing auditor with the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) where he helped to set up the transfer pricing audit team shortly after the IRAS released its transfer pricing guidelines in 2006. At Huawei, kenny provides tax and transfer pricing advisory for international transactions, which includes analyses of intangibles and financial transactions. As an economist, he believes that companies, who have access to more information than tax authorities should apply an economics-based analysis in setting the prices of their related party transactions.
Transfer Pricing Manager , Huawei
Prior to joining Huawei, Kenny was a transfer pricing auditor with the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) where he helped to set up the transfer pricing audit team shortly after the IRAS released its transfer pricing guidelines in 2006. At Huawei, kenny provides tax and transfer pricing advisory for international transactions, which includes analyses of intangibles and financial transactions. As an economist, he believes that companies, who have access to more information than tax authorities should apply an economics-based analysis in setting the prices of their related party transactions.
Li Ying
Tax Director - Transfer Pricing , Siemens
Ms. Li Ying is a Tax Director – Transfer Pricing of Siemens North East Asia Region based in Beijing. She practiced transfer pricing with Siemens from 2005. She led a dedicated TP team to build comprehensive in-house TP expertise from scratch. Currently, the team is the centre of competence of Siemens North East Asia Cluster, taking full responsibilities for TP compliance, risk management, value chain planning, transfer pricing due diligence and audit defense. By moving the expertise in-house, significant cost saving was achieved. More importantly, this in-house practice gives Siemens the edge of more direct risk control and increases opportunities for proactive transfer pricing planning. Previously, she worked with a big 4 firm for 5 years focusing on corporate tax consulting.
Tax Director - Transfer Pricing , Siemens
Ms. Li Ying is a Tax Director – Transfer Pricing of Siemens North East Asia Region based in Beijing. She practiced transfer pricing with Siemens from 2005. She led a dedicated TP team to build comprehensive in-house TP expertise from scratch. Currently, the team is the centre of competence of Siemens North East Asia Cluster, taking full responsibilities for TP compliance, risk management, value chain planning, transfer pricing due diligence and audit defense. By moving the expertise in-house, significant cost saving was achieved. More importantly, this in-house practice gives Siemens the edge of more direct risk control and increases opportunities for proactive transfer pricing planning. Previously, she worked with a big 4 firm for 5 years focusing on corporate tax consulting.
Hui Ching Tan
Head of Transfer Pricing for Asia (ex-Japan) , Nomura International
Hui Ching is Nomura’s Head of Transfer Pricing for Asia-ex-Japan, and was previously a transfer pricing advisor in a Big-4 and a boutique Firm. She has worked in Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney and Germany specializing in transfer pricing for over 10 years. Hui Ching is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and graduated with Bachelor Degree in Commerce.
Head of Transfer Pricing for Asia (ex-Japan) , Nomura International
Hui Ching is Nomura’s Head of Transfer Pricing for Asia-ex-Japan, and was previously a transfer pricing advisor in a Big-4 and a boutique Firm. She has worked in Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney and Germany specializing in transfer pricing for over 10 years. Hui Ching is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and graduated with Bachelor Degree in Commerce.
Carlo Navarro
Transfer Pricing Partner , Deloitte (Singapore)
Carlo is a Partner in Deloitte Southeast Asia who specializes in transfer pricing, cross-border taxation, and tax-effective supply chain transformations. He covers or leads several transfer pricing practices in Southeast Asia. Before joining Deloitte in Singapore, Carlo has led transfer pricing and international tax practices of a Big 4 firm and has over 16 years of experience working in various jurisdictions in Southeast Asia as an International Tax and Transfer Pricing practitioner, giving him practical experiences in dealing with Tax Authorities of these countries. He has published various articles in international tax journals, and is a recognized subject matter expert in transfer pricing and international taxation.
Transfer Pricing Partner , Deloitte (Singapore)
Carlo is a Partner in Deloitte Southeast Asia who specializes in transfer pricing, cross-border taxation, and tax-effective supply chain transformations. He covers or leads several transfer pricing practices in Southeast Asia. Before joining Deloitte in Singapore, Carlo has led transfer pricing and international tax practices of a Big 4 firm and has over 16 years of experience working in various jurisdictions in Southeast Asia as an International Tax and Transfer Pricing practitioner, giving him practical experiences in dealing with Tax Authorities of these countries. He has published various articles in international tax journals, and is a recognized subject matter expert in transfer pricing and international taxation.
Jackie Chan
Tax Director , Lear Corporation
Jackie has more than 15 years of experience in the tax industry of which, the first 10 years were spent in professional firms such as Ernst & Young and KPMG, before joining Lear Corporation (Shanghai) Limited (“Lear Shanghai”) in 2008 working as a Tax Director. His prime responsibility as a Tax Director of Lear Shanghai is to oversee the tax matters in the Asia Pacific region covering Korea, Japan, China, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Australia, India, Singapore, Thailand and Mauritius. In December 2012, Jackie has won the award of Tax Risk Management Practitioner of the Year, which was jointly organized by Thomson Reuters and GTS.
Tax Director , Lear Corporation
Jackie has more than 15 years of experience in the tax industry of which, the first 10 years were spent in professional firms such as Ernst & Young and KPMG, before joining Lear Corporation (Shanghai) Limited (“Lear Shanghai”) in 2008 working as a Tax Director. His prime responsibility as a Tax Director of Lear Shanghai is to oversee the tax matters in the Asia Pacific region covering Korea, Japan, China, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Australia, India, Singapore, Thailand and Mauritius. In December 2012, Jackie has won the award of Tax Risk Management Practitioner of the Year, which was jointly organized by Thomson Reuters and GTS.
Mohammed Iqbal
Global Head of Transfer Pricing , Deutsche Bank
Mohammed Iqbal is the Global Head of Transfer Pricing at Deutsche Bank.Having joined in 2006 and based in London, Mohammed leads the transfer pricing function in Deutsche Bank with a global team located in Frankfurt, London, New York and Hong Kong. Mohammed has over 16 years of experience in the field. He began specialising in Financial Services transfer pricing in BNP Paribas. After four years he moved to Merrill Lynch in 2000 where he was part of a small team small team managing transfer pricing across all divisions of the organisation. Mohammed qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young. He graduated with Honours from King’s College London reading Biotechnology.
Global Head of Transfer Pricing , Deutsche Bank
Mohammed Iqbal is the Global Head of Transfer Pricing at Deutsche Bank.Having joined in 2006 and based in London, Mohammed leads the transfer pricing function in Deutsche Bank with a global team located in Frankfurt, London, New York and Hong Kong. Mohammed has over 16 years of experience in the field. He began specialising in Financial Services transfer pricing in BNP Paribas. After four years he moved to Merrill Lynch in 2000 where he was part of a small team small team managing transfer pricing across all divisions of the organisation. Mohammed qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young. He graduated with Honours from King’s College London reading Biotechnology.
Shanto Ghosh
Partner , Deloitte
Shanto Ghosh is a transfer pricing partner in Deloitte India. He has recently relocated to the United States and is located in Boston. Shanto has over 14 years of transfer pricing experience, nine of those years working in the United States. Shanto has advised clients from the life sciences, technology (including media and telecom), and automobile sectors. He also established and successfully set up Deloitte’s Global Transfer Pricing Center in India, which supports the global Deloitte network in performing global documentation studies for multinational companies.
Partner , Deloitte
Shanto Ghosh is a transfer pricing partner in Deloitte India. He has recently relocated to the United States and is located in Boston. Shanto has over 14 years of transfer pricing experience, nine of those years working in the United States. Shanto has advised clients from the life sciences, technology (including media and telecom), and automobile sectors. He also established and successfully set up Deloitte’s Global Transfer Pricing Center in India, which supports the global Deloitte network in performing global documentation studies for multinational companies.
Bryan Mecham
Senior International Tax Director , Micron Semiconductor
Bryan's professional career has given him the opportunity to work with such companies as Arthur Andersen, Taylor Made Golf Company, Price Waterhouse, and Micron Technology. He is currently on a two year assignment with Micron Semiconductor Asia in Singapore. He has worked in many areas during his tax profession, including U.S. Income Taxation, Multi-State taxation, and International Taxation. For the past 13 years he has lead the international tax work at Micron. His areas of focus are transfer pricing, accounting for income taxes, local compliance, international aspects of U.S. compliance, expatriate tax, transactional taxes, mergers and acquisition and tax planning. He is significantly involved in the transfer pricing activities for Micron, including product flows, intercompany agreements, intercompany transactions, and business transformation activities.
Senior International Tax Director , Micron Semiconductor
Bryan's professional career has given him the opportunity to work with such companies as Arthur Andersen, Taylor Made Golf Company, Price Waterhouse, and Micron Technology. He is currently on a two year assignment with Micron Semiconductor Asia in Singapore. He has worked in many areas during his tax profession, including U.S. Income Taxation, Multi-State taxation, and International Taxation. For the past 13 years he has lead the international tax work at Micron. His areas of focus are transfer pricing, accounting for income taxes, local compliance, international aspects of U.S. compliance, expatriate tax, transactional taxes, mergers and acquisition and tax planning. He is significantly involved in the transfer pricing activities for Micron, including product flows, intercompany agreements, intercompany transactions, and business transformation activities.
Jing Nealis
Global Tax Director , Suntech Power
Ms. Jing Nealis is currently the Global Tax Director of Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., the largest producer of silicon solar modules in the world with offices in 13 countries. Prior to joining Suntech, Ms. Nealis worked in the Deloitte offices in Chicago, Shanghai and Hong Kong for 7 years. Through her current and prior work, Ms. Nealis acquired extensive knowledge and experience in development and implementation of strategies to manage companies' global earnings after tax, cross-border merger and acquisition deal structuring, tax-aligned global supply chain structuring, Intellectual Property planning, earnings repatriation techniques, global tax risk management, transfer pricing planning and etc.
Global Tax Director , Suntech Power
Ms. Jing Nealis is currently the Global Tax Director of Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., the largest producer of silicon solar modules in the world with offices in 13 countries. Prior to joining Suntech, Ms. Nealis worked in the Deloitte offices in Chicago, Shanghai and Hong Kong for 7 years. Through her current and prior work, Ms. Nealis acquired extensive knowledge and experience in development and implementation of strategies to manage companies' global earnings after tax, cross-border merger and acquisition deal structuring, tax-aligned global supply chain structuring, Intellectual Property planning, earnings repatriation techniques, global tax risk management, transfer pricing planning and etc.
Mark Freed
Head of Global Transfer Pricing , Intel Corporation
Mark Freed is the Director of Global Transfer Pricing at Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, California, where he has worked in transfer pricing for the past 17 years after spending his first 2 years at Intel in the Operations Finance group as a sr. financial analyst supporting Intel’s manufacturing and R&D operations. In his current role, Mr. Freed leads a team of 9 transfer pricing professionals who work at Intel locations in the U.S., Canada, the UK and China. Mr. Freed has responsibility for all transfer pricing matters, including those in the U.S. and in the numerous countries where Intel’s foreign affiliates are located. His specific responsibilities include the determination of transfer pricing for all of Intel’s intercompany transactions, fulfilling documentation requirements for all related party subsidiaries (where required), defending transfer pricing in both U.S. and foreign audits, negotiating unilateral and bilateral APAs, and leading Intel’s engagements that occur with U.S. and foreign Competent Authorities. In addition to his transfer pricing responsibilities, Mr. Freed’s group leads two internal cross-functional consulting teams which provide Tax and Trade advice to Intel’s business units on proposed business initiatives and to Intel’s Legal Team on proposed contracts with 3rd parties. Mr. Freed graduated from the University of California at Berkeley (Cal) with a BS in Business in 1986, from the University of Michigan with an MBA in 1991, and from Golden Gate University with an MST in 2000.
Head of Global Transfer Pricing , Intel Corporation
Mark Freed is the Director of Global Transfer Pricing at Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, California, where he has worked in transfer pricing for the past 17 years after spending his first 2 years at Intel in the Operations Finance group as a sr. financial analyst supporting Intel’s manufacturing and R&D operations. In his current role, Mr. Freed leads a team of 9 transfer pricing professionals who work at Intel locations in the U.S., Canada, the UK and China. Mr. Freed has responsibility for all transfer pricing matters, including those in the U.S. and in the numerous countries where Intel’s foreign affiliates are located. His specific responsibilities include the determination of transfer pricing for all of Intel’s intercompany transactions, fulfilling documentation requirements for all related party subsidiaries (where required), defending transfer pricing in both U.S. and foreign audits, negotiating unilateral and bilateral APAs, and leading Intel’s engagements that occur with U.S. and foreign Competent Authorities. In addition to his transfer pricing responsibilities, Mr. Freed’s group leads two internal cross-functional consulting teams which provide Tax and Trade advice to Intel’s business units on proposed business initiatives and to Intel’s Legal Team on proposed contracts with 3rd parties. Mr. Freed graduated from the University of California at Berkeley (Cal) with a BS in Business in 1986, from the University of Michigan with an MBA in 1991, and from Golden Gate University with an MST in 2000.
Ian Cremer
Technical Officer Head of Valuation, WCO
Ian worked in HM Customs and Excise and HMRC in a number of areas, including excise and inland Customs, VAT enforcement and Origin. Since 1998 he has worked on customs valuation. He was UK delegate to the EC Customs Code Committee and WCO Technical Committee on Customs Valuation. From 2005 to 2008, Ian was Chairperson of the Technical Committee. He joined the WCO in February 2009 as a Technical Officer in the Valuation sub-Directorate and is now head of Valuation.
Technical Officer Head of Valuation, WCO
Ian worked in HM Customs and Excise and HMRC in a number of areas, including excise and inland Customs, VAT enforcement and Origin. Since 1998 he has worked on customs valuation. He was UK delegate to the EC Customs Code Committee and WCO Technical Committee on Customs Valuation. From 2005 to 2008, Ian was Chairperson of the Technical Committee. He joined the WCO in February 2009 as a Technical Officer in the Valuation sub-Directorate and is now head of Valuation.
Kiyoshi Nakayama
Advisor; Fiscal Affairs Department , IMF
Kiyoshi Nakayama is Advisor in the Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund since 2007. He has worked mainly on technical assistance in tax policy and tax administration. Before joining the Fund in 2007, he was Professor of Tax Law at Graduate School of Business Science, University of Tsukuba, Tokyo. He had been with the National Tax Agency (NTA), Japan, at the divisions of VAT, Small and Medium Corporations, Large Taxpayer Office, International Examinations, and Mutual Agreement Procedures, and with the Ministry of Finance at the International Tax Policy Division as a tax treaty negotiator. He was Director for Transfer Pricing and International Examination of NTA from 2000 to 2002, and Director for Mutual Agreement Procedures (competent authority) from 2003 to 2005.
Advisor; Fiscal Affairs Department , IMF
Kiyoshi Nakayama is Advisor in the Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund since 2007. He has worked mainly on technical assistance in tax policy and tax administration. Before joining the Fund in 2007, he was Professor of Tax Law at Graduate School of Business Science, University of Tsukuba, Tokyo. He had been with the National Tax Agency (NTA), Japan, at the divisions of VAT, Small and Medium Corporations, Large Taxpayer Office, International Examinations, and Mutual Agreement Procedures, and with the Ministry of Finance at the International Tax Policy Division as a tax treaty negotiator. He was Director for Transfer Pricing and International Examination of NTA from 2000 to 2002, and Director for Mutual Agreement Procedures (competent authority) from 2003 to 2005.
Michael Lennard
Chief Intl. Tax Cooperation, FfDO United Nations (UN)
Michael Lennard is Chief of International Tax Cooperation in the Financing for Development Office (FfDO) of the United Nations. This work has a particular focus on ensuring the fairness and workability of international tax norms, including achieving greater developing country input into those norms, and encouraging cooperation to improve tax systems and administrations, as a spur to sustained development. Previously Mr Lennard was a tax treaty adviser in the OECD Tax Treaty Secretariat in Paris for three years and prior to that he worked on tax treaty and other international tax matters at the Australian Tax Office. He had earlier worked in the Australian government’s Office of International Law. He has led Australian negotiating teams on trade, investment, environmental and tax treaty matters and has prepared argument for matters before the Australian High Court, the US Supreme Court and the WTO. His published work on treaty interpretation has been cited before WTO panels and before the WTO Appellate Body. Mr Lennard has degrees from the University of Tasmania, the Australian National University and Cambridge.
Chief Intl. Tax Cooperation, FfDO United Nations (UN)
Michael Lennard is Chief of International Tax Cooperation in the Financing for Development Office (FfDO) of the United Nations. This work has a particular focus on ensuring the fairness and workability of international tax norms, including achieving greater developing country input into those norms, and encouraging cooperation to improve tax systems and administrations, as a spur to sustained development. Previously Mr Lennard was a tax treaty adviser in the OECD Tax Treaty Secretariat in Paris for three years and prior to that he worked on tax treaty and other international tax matters at the Australian Tax Office. He had earlier worked in the Australian government’s Office of International Law. He has led Australian negotiating teams on trade, investment, environmental and tax treaty matters and has prepared argument for matters before the Australian High Court, the US Supreme Court and the WTO. His published work on treaty interpretation has been cited before WTO panels and before the WTO Appellate Body. Mr Lennard has degrees from the University of Tasmania, the Australian National University and Cambridge.
Event Description
TP Minds Asia Pacific 2013
The Premier Forum for Corporate Transfer Pricing Leaders & their Advisers: ■ Dozens of expert speakers from some of the world's largest MNEs ■ OECD, UN and APAC Tax Authorities ■ Big 4 Thought Leadership
The Premier Forum for Corporate Transfer Pricing Leaders & their Advisers: ■ Dozens of expert speakers from some of the world's largest MNEs ■ OECD, UN and APAC Tax Authorities ■ Big 4 Thought Leadership