Wyman Symposium: Future of the tax adviser

Chris Sanger, Global Government Tax Leader, UK Tax Policy Leader, EY
Chris is chartered accountant and tax adviser and EY's Global Tax Leader for Government, as well as being the Tax Policy leader for the UK and the EMEIA (Europe, Middle East, India and Africa) Tax Centre. Chris is a Chair of the Treasury’s Forum of Tax Professionals, from where he advises on the making of tax policy. He is a former member of the Tax Faculty Board and a member of the Council of the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) and the Tax Law Review Committee of the IFS. He is a regular writer and commentator on tax policy and frequently features in print and broadcast media, including appearances on TV and the Today programme.

Chelsea Aldridge, Manager, Tax Planning and Netherlands Compliance, Mondelez International
Chelsea is Manager, Tax Planning and Netherlands Compliance, at Mondelez International. Chelsea’s main focus is on the impact of intragroup and external financial transactions across holding companies. Chelsea also manages compliance for the Netherlands. Chelsea is a chartered accountant and a member of the ICAEW Tax Board as well as being a student of the Advanced Diploma in International Taxation (ADIT) and the Diploma in Tax Technology (DITT).

Paul Aplin, Deputy President of Chartered Institute of Taxation
Paul is a writer & speaker on tax & technology. He is a former President of ICAEW and is a member of, and former chair of, the ICAEW Tax Faculty Board. He is Deputy President of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, a member of HMRC Admin Burdens Advisory Board and a member of the Tax Advisers Europe’s Technology Committee. Paul was recently appointed to HMRC’s tax gap advisory committee.

Jane McCormick, ICAEW Tax Faculty Board 
Jane was formerly Global Head of tax at KPMG and has over 30 years of professional and industry sector leadership experience advising clients in the financial services sector. At KPMG Jane was responsible for the development and execution of the firm’s strategy across 155 countries, including the digitisation of a global business, changes in governance, risk management and management for growth. Jane has a particular interest in good governance and speaks regularly on tax transparency and responsibility. Jane is a member of the ICAEW Tax Faculty Board and was recently appointed to HMRC’s Professional Standards Committee, which provides oversight of how HMRC administers the tax system and how HMRC’s actions may affect trust in the tax system.

Jonathan Athow, Director General Customer Strategy and Tax Design, HMRC
Jonathan has overall responsibility for the design of tax strategy, assurance, policies, products and processes that meet taxpayer and agents’ needs; make it easier for taxpayers to get things right; and reduces the risk of honest mistakes and opportunities to dodge tax. He also advises ministers on UK tax policy, works internationally to improve the global tax framework, and produces the strategy for all of HMRC’s core functions, not just its tax operation. Before rejoining HMRC in 2021, where he had been Departmental Chief Economist until June 2015, Jonathan was the Deputy National Statistician and Director General for Economic Statistics at the Office for National Statistics.