Global Transfer Pricing Forum - Europe 2020

Alistair Pepper

Adviser, OECD

Biography coming soon.

 Speaking session 

OECD address

Tuesday, September 29 - 9.40-10.05 CET

Justin Heugh

Associate director – transfer pricing, Diageo

Justin Heugh is an Associate Director for Transfer Pricing at Diageo based in London, UK. Justin has global responsibilities for Diageo’s transfer pricing strategy, projects, implementation and execution, compliance and defence. Prior to joining Diageo Justin was part of PwC’s London transfer pricing practice where he assisted clients across a number of industries including consumer products, mining, pharmaceuticals and technology. Justin holds a Law with Hispanic Law degree from UCL and trained as a Chartered Accountant.

 Speaking session 

Global transfer pricing review – current landscape and future outlook

Tuesday, September 29 - 10.15-11.15 CET

Louisa Tlale

Head of transfer pricing, strategic indirect tax and technology, Sasol

Louisa is currently holding the position of: Head of Tax: Transfer Pricing, BEPS and International Tax at Sasol, she has 12 years’ experience in Sasol serving in various roles mainly in international tax and transfer pricing. Louisa is mainly responsible for transfer pricing and international tax in Sasol which is present in over 30 jurisdictions. She also participates in tax advisory for in-house treasury and corporate finance activities such as divestments, mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining Sasol, Louisa worked for EY, PWC and South African Revenue Services Large Business Centre.

 Speaking session 

Global transfer pricing review – current landscape and future outlook

Tuesday, September 29 - 10.15-11.15 CET

Cintli Chacon

Global head of transfer pricing,, Puma Energy

Over 18 years of experience, I have gained valuable experience in multicultural environments, providing exceptional expertise and value added to Blue Chip companies. I have been collaborating on different aspects such as finance, international taxation and transfer pricing with proven record of success on different jurisdictions across the Globe.

Always looking forward to generate positive impact within the organization and develop a healthy work environment based on sharing ideas, designing strategies, mitigating exposures and collaborating with a proactive approach with peers as the fundamentals for a proper goal achievement approach.

I have a fruitful and comprehensive experience on M&A transactions, Transfer Pricing, International Taxation on cross border transactions, Customs and foreign trade issues, Tax Planning strategies and management of Dispute Resolutions and Tax Audits. Strong Business acumen based on 360º approach and assessment of risks, exposure mitigation and best practices of Tax Risk Management in a Global perspective.

 Speaking session 

Global transfer pricing review – current landscape and future outlook

Tuesday, September 29 - 10.15-11.15 CET

Francois Chadwick

Vice president, finance tax and accounting, Uber

Biography coming soon.

 Speaking session 

Taxation of digital business models

Tuesday, September 29 - 11.40-12.30 CET

Graeme Wood

Vice president, global taxes - transfer pricing, Procter & Gamble

Biography coming soon.

 Speaking session 

Taxation of digital business models

Tuesday, September 29 - 11.40-12.30 CET

Marta Pankiv

Director of tax, Tricentis

Biography coming soon.

 Speaking session 

Taxation of digital business models

Tuesday, September 29 - 11.40-12.30 CET

Igor Groenewegen-Mackintosh

Director of tax, Gitlab

Igor is Director of Tax at GitLab. GitLab is an all-remote high-growth company with its roots in Silicon Valley. GitLab is a complete DevOps platform, delivered as a single application. This makes GitLab unique and makes Concurrent DevOps possible, unlocking your organization from the constraints of a pieced together toolchain. Igor proudly chairs the Tax Department at GitLab which oversees the Global Tax Position. Igor is the DRI for GitLab's Corporate Structure, its International Expansion and he has been appointed as Statutory Director of GitLab BV and GitLab Ireland. If not at work he spends time with his family of four kids or makes an effort to windsurf.

 Speaking session 

Taxation of digital business models

Tuesday, September 29 - 11.40-12.30 CET

Kalale Mambwe

Transfer pricing manager, Zambia Revenue Authority

Biography coming soon.

 Speaking session 

Financial transactions

Tuesday, September 29 - 13.35-14.25 CET

Javier Letamendia

Global transfer pricing manager, Omnicom Group

Biography coming soon.

 Speaking session 

Financial transactions

Tuesday, September 29 - 13.35-14.25 CET

Zofia Mika

Global tax & transfer pricing manager, Arcadis

Biography coming soon.

 Speaking session 

Transfer pricing and technology

Tuesday, September 29 - 14.45-15.35 CET

Kathrin Zoeller

AVP tax, transfer pricing and GPL controller, Weatherford

Biography coming soon.

 Speaking session 

EU State Aid and transfer pricing

Wednesday, September 30 - 9.55-10.45 CET

Avni Dika

Head global transfer pricing & tax lead Italy/Iberia, Syngenta

Avni Dika has more than 20 years of experience on advising business on transfer pricing and international tax related matters.

Avni is since 2010 Global Head Transfer Pricing of Syngenta (a Swiss based leading agriculture company), where he has global end-to-end responsibility for all transfer pricing related matters and global tax risk management.

Prior to joining Syngenta he worked as a Senior Transfer Pricing Manager for Daimler AG (Automotive), Deloitte and Arthur Andersen, all based in Stuttgart/Germany and primarily dealing with transfer pricing and international tax related matters.

He is regular speaker at tax/transfer pricing conferences and active member in several industry (tax) organizations (SwissHoldings in Switzerland, AWV TP-Directors forum in Germany) to promote “tax certainty with clear and simple tax policy developments”.

Avni holds a MBA and a MBLT (Business Law & Taxation) both from the University of Mannheim/Germany and is a CFA Charterholder. In 2020 Avni has received the award European Transfer Pricing Director of the Year 2020 by International Tax Review.

 Speaking session 

Tax governance and transfer pricing

Wednesday, September 30 - 13.10-14.00 CET

Vineet Rachh

Senior director – Europe, India, Middle East & Africa tax, Procter & Gamble

Vineet Rachh is a Senior Director – Taxes with Procter & Gamble. He leads

Business Model and Transfer Pricing for Europe, India, Middle East and Africa region (EIMEA), and regional tax for MEA. His responsibilities include developing and implementing global supply chain solutions and handling international tax, transfer pricing, M&A and cross-border matters.  This is in addition to leading regional tax compliance, audits and controversies.  

In his 27 years career, he has engaged with several tax authorities in Asia Pacific and Middle East Africa on various subjects, including APAs and MAPs. He has also represented at OECD’s Task Force on Tax and Developments Sub-Group on Transfer Pricing and the G20 Tax Summit on BEPS.  Prior to joining P&G, he has worked with other MNCs and Big 4.  He is currently based in Geneva Switzerland, prior to this he lived in Singapore and India.  

He is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a Graduate from the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India. He is also a member of several tax network groups and a regular speaker at tax conferences in Europe, Asia and Africa including at the University of Lausanne. 

 Speaking session 

Tax governance and transfer pricing

Wednesday, September 30 - 13.10-14.00 CET

Kim Boylan

Partner, White & Case

Biography coming soon.

 Speaking session 

APAs and the rise in MAP

Wednesday, September 30 - 14.20-15.10 CET

Brian Gleicher

Partner, White & Case

Biography coming soon.

 Speaking session 

APAs and the rise in MAP

Wednesday, September 30 - 14.20-15.10 CET

Anders Allvin

Head of transfer pricing, Volvo

Biography coming soon.

 Speaking session 

APAs and the rise in MAP

Wednesday, September 30 - 14.20-15.10 CET

Christian Runge

Global head of transfer pricing and tax technology, Shell

Biography coming soon.

 Speaking session 

APAs and the rise in MAP

Wednesday, September 30 - 14.20-15.10 CET

Hema Khurana

Global transfer pricing – senior expertise manager, ASML

Biography coming soon.

 Speaking session 

APAs and the rise in MAP

Wednesday, September 30 - 14.20-15.10 CET

Jesús Bravo Fernandez

Head of transfer pricing, strategic indirect tax and technology, Coca-Cola European Partners

Biography coming soon.

 Speaking session 

Global transfer pricing review – current landscape and future outlook

Tuesday, September 29 - 10.15-11.15 CET

Thomas Hug

Executive director/group tax, Julius Baer

Biography coming soon.

 Speaking session 

Financial transactions

Tuesday, September 29 - 13.35-14.25 CET

Andrea Lee

Head of group project and group cost controlling and TP,, Erste Bank

Andrea was born in Czech Republic. She studied University of Economics in Prague and Postgraduate of International Tax Law in Vienna, Austria. During her studies she joined Horwath TPA and worked in Czech, Slovakia and Austria with main responsibility in M&A and international tax advisory. In 2005 she was posted to Shanghai (still with Horwath) as the Head of Representative Office. In 2008 she joined Deloitte and moved to HCMC, Vietnam as Tax Director where she took over responsibility for transfer pricing topics. In 2011 she returned to Vienna to work for Deloitte, during which time she was seconded for 3 months to Brussels to further develop her skills in TP of financial transactions.

In September 2014, after nearly 15 years in consulting industry, she joined Erste Group as Head of Transfer Pricing. Since 2014 Andrea held different roles in the CFO division of Erste Group, while always keeping responsibility for Transfer Pricing. Her current position is Executive Assistant to CFO/CRO of the Austrian subsidiary of Erste Group.

 Speaking session 

Financial transactions

Tuesday, September 29 - 13.35-14.25 CET

Matteo Crispi

Group international tax and transfer pricing director, Barilla

Matteo Crispi is the Head of Global International Tax and Transfer Pricing at Barilla where he is responsible for the all TP activities for the Group. Leading major TP projects, centralized TP Compliance, audits and APAs. Prior to this, Matteo was Europe Tax Manager at Barilla and Senior Advisor at Ernst & Young in the international tax service line. He has more than ten years of experience including management of tax audits, negotiation of APAs, business restructuring and M&As, Tax Control Framework and use of Tax Technology for Transfer pricing processes. Matteo has an LL.M. from Leiden University, he is Chartered Accountant and Auditor and has a degree in Economics.

 Speaking session 

Transfer pricing and technology

Tuesday, September 29 - 14.45-15.35 CET

Andrea Grainger

Swiss Re

Andrea is the Global Head of Transfer Pricing at Swiss Re, one of the world's largest reinsurers.  Since 2002, she has specialized in insurance tax and transfer pricing.  Before joining Swiss Re in 2017, she worked in EY, KPMG, and two European life insurance groups in London and Edinburgh.

She is a Chartered Tax Adviser in the UK, and holds a juris doctor from Duke University. Andrea started her career as US Navy Lawyer before moving to the UK and requalifying in tax.

 Speaking session 

Transfer pricing and technology

Tuesday, September 29 - 14.45-15.35 CET

Gustavo Machado

Tax manager,AstraZeneca

Biography coming soon

 Speaking session 

Jurisdiction focus: LATAM

Wednesday, September 30 - 11.15-12.05 CET

Zahira Quattrocchi

Group head of tax, Anglo American

Biography coming soon.

 Speaking session 

Tax governance and transfer pricing

Wednesday, September 30 - 13.10-14.00 CET

Dominic Morgan

Head of transfer pricing, Colfax Corporation

Dominic Morgan is Head of Transfer Pricing for Colfax Corporation (NYSE: CFX) a leading diversified technology company that provides fabrication technology and medical technology products and services, principally under the ESAB and DJO brands.

Based in Switzerland, Dominic has worked for Colfax for 6 years, having previously worked at Emerson Electric and PwC. Dominic is close to completion of a US Tax Masters at New York University. He also holds an MBA from Durham, is a Chartered Accountant, Chartered Tax Advisor and holds the Advanced Diploma in International Taxation.

 Speaking session 

Tax governance and transfer pricing

Wednesday, September 30 - 13.10-14.00 CET

Marina Gentile

Global transfer pricing lead, Withum

Marina Gentile leads Withum’s Global Transfer Pricing Strategies practice. With over 20 years of experience, she provides transfer pricing services to businesses operating in various industries, across multiple countries. Marina assists global businesses in navigating and complying with the vast array of transfer pricing guidelines in local countries, as well as with OECD guidelines.

The full line of global transfer pricing services Marina provides includes documentation for compliance/penalty protection, planning analyses to establish market rate pricing, as well as analyses to support corporate objectives including cashflow management, tax efficiencies, and transfer pricing risk mitigation. She provides services related to the OECD BEPS initiative (Country-by-Country Reporting, Master Files, Local Files) and has expertise in controversy/audit defense and advance pricing agreement negotiations.

Prior experience includes KPMG LLP (Boston, Melbourne Australia, New York) where she advised a diverse client base in multiple industries including technology, consumer goods, entertainment, professional services, financial services, e-commerce, and pharmaceutical firms, among others. She was a Director at Thomson Reuters, supporting corporate transfer pricing.

 Speaking session 

Global transfer pricing review – current landscape and future outlook

Tuesday, September 29 - 10.15-11.15 CET

Andrew Cousins

Director, transfer pricing, Duff & Phelps

Biography coming soon.

 Speaking session 

Taxation of digital business models

Tuesday, September 29 - 11.40-12.30 CET

Mark van Casteren

Tax partner, Loyens & Loeff

Mark van Casteren is a tax partner in the Amsterdam offices of Loyens & Loeff. He is a member of the Transfer Pricing Team and the International Corporate Tax Practice Group. Mark studied tax law at the University of Amsterdam where he obtained his degree in 1990. In 1991, he participated in an LLM tax program at Emory University, Atlanta Georgia, studying US corporate income tax and Taxation of pass through entities. In 1992, Mark joined Loyens & Volkmaars, the tax law firm which merged with Loeff Claeys Verbeke to become Loyens & Loeff in 2000. Soon after becoming a partner of the firm in 2001, he moved to the US, to head the Loyens & Loeff office in New York until the fall of 2005. Since then, Mark is practising from the Amsterdam Loyens & Loeff office again. Mark’s practice is focused on the Transfer Pricing aspects of multi-nationally operating groups. Together with his team, he approaches these aspects on a quantitative basis.

Mark frequently lectures on international tax and transfer pricing. He is a member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA), the International Bar Association (IBA), the American Bar Association (ABA) and the Dutch Association of Tax Advisors (NOB).

 Speaking session 

Financial transactions

Tuesday, September 29 - 13.35-14.25 CET

Lennart van den Kommer

Transfer pricing adviser, TP Tuned

Biography coming soon.

 Speaking session 

Transfer pricing and technology

Tuesday, September 29 - 14.45-15.35 CET

Rafael Barbosa de Sousa

head of appellate & legal services, , City of São Paulo Bureau of Revenue

Biography coming soon.

 Speaking session 

Jurisdiction focus: LATAM

Wednesday, September 30 - 11.15-12.05 CET

Ted Keen

managing director, Duff & Phelps

Biography coming soon.

 Speaking session 

EU State Aid and transfer pricing

Wednesday, September 30 - 9.55-10.45 CET

Marta Kazimierczak

transfer pricing lead, LeasePlan

Biography coming soon.

 Speaking session 

EU State Aid and transfer pricing

Wednesday, September 30 - 9.55-10.45 CET

Marta Kazimierczak

transfer pricing lead, LeasePlan

Biography coming soon.

 Speaking session 

EU State Aid and transfer pricing

Wednesday, September 30 - 9.55-10.45 CET