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Women in Tax Forum - Europe 2020

September 17-18, virtual event

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The Women in Tax Forum - Europe is going virtual

The ITR Women in Tax Forum - Europe will be taking place virtually over two days on September 17-18. Welcoming junior corporate tax professionals all the way through to managers, directors and heads of tax, and newly admitted lawyers through to managing partners (both men and women). The forum aims to support the advancement of women in tax over two days and provide a professional development opportunity.

 

There has now never been a more important time to keep up to date. This virtual event provides women in tax the opportunity to network and learn from industry thought leaders. Subjects will include: tax reform changes and international tax developments; digital taxation; transfer pricing; managing tax controversy; and much more

WHAT IS A VIRTUAL FORUM?

Much like an in-person conference, a virtual conference is an online event that brings together top industry experts and industry peers. All content, presentations, and panel discussions can be viewed live from a desktop computer or mobile device. You can also view all sessions on demand at a time that suits you.
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Network with a global audience of Tax professionals via chat function and virtual networking rooms. Choose to share your professional details on this secure platform and experience a new way of building your network like never before.
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Join live panel discussions, presentations and a variety of digital formats or watch at a more convenient time to suit your needs. Engage with our speakers in live Q&A and polling to get insights and answers to your questions like never before.
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In addition to being able to attend due to global travel restrictions, you can access all of the event content without travel and accommodation expenses and support an environmentally friendly event.

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VIRTUAL AGENDA 2020

Panel discussions, presentations and more will be hosted over two days. Click through the dates below to plan your schedule.

September 17

September 18

Thursday, September 17

Opening comments
9:45-9:50 BST
Taking stock of the current tax landscape
9:50-10:40
BST
  • Hear from Heads of Tax on their key concerns for the year to come
  • Short-term and long-term impacts of Covid-19
Jessica Kemp
Jessica Kemp
Partner, Travers Smith (moderator)
Gaynor Nutbrown
Gaynor Nutbrown
Head of EMEA tax, Avis Budget Group
Janine Juggins
Janine Juggins
EVP global tax & treasury, Unilever
Karine Halimi-Guez
Karine Halimi-Guez
Managing director tax, FedEx
Networking break
10:40-11:10 BST
DAC6: Preparing for a new level of transparency
11:10-12:00
BST
  • Practical implications of the new EU mandatory disclosure rules
  • Working with your in-house team and advisers to prepare
  • Navigating different variations across jurisdictions
  • Impact of Brexit
Margriet Lukkien
Margriet Lukkien
Partner, Loyens & Loeff (moderator)
Patrycja Brzostowska
Patrycja Brzostowska
Lead international tax and transfer pricing, Zalando
Sylvia Schmatz
Sylvia Schmatz
Head of tax, Prinzhorn Group
Raisa Nowab
Raisa Nowab
Head of global tax operations, BMI Group
Lunch and networking
12:00-13:10 BST
Opportunities and applications of tax technology
13:10-14:00
BST
  • Making Tax Digital – will we have real-time transaction reporting?
  • Building your RPA strategy
  • How are emerging technologies being applied to different tax purposes?
  • What will the tax team of the future look like?
Patricia Oakley
Patricia Oakley
Senior director VAT compliance, Avalara (moderator)
Catherine O’Hare
Catherine O’Hare
Head of tax, Grosvenor
Gemma Low
Gemma Low
Tax automation manager, Royal Mail
Joanne Walker
Joanne Walker
Group tax director, BT
Networking break
14:00-14:20 BST
Global transfer pricing developments
14:20-15:10
BST
  • TP and COVID-19 losses: re-evaluating comparability and TPMs; operational TP challenges
  • TP for a pandemic economy: identifying where fresh OECD guidance is needed; considerations for APA taxpayers
  • The OECD’s pillar one: departing from the arm’s length principle; key issues around simplification and dispute resolution
  • TP documentation: evaluating CbCR’s impact and potential changes; recent experience
Elizabeth Stevens
Elizabeth Stevens
Partner, Caplin & Drysdale (moderator)
Catherine Harlow
Catherine Harlow
Head of transfer pricing, AstraZeneca
Rocío Bermúdez
Rocío Bermúdez
Transfer pricing & tax global practices senior manager, Repsol
Closing comments and close of day one
15.10 BST
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September 17

September 18

Friday, September 18

Opening comments
9.30-9.35 BST
Tackling structural racism within the tax sector
9.35-10.15
BST
Racism is an enduring problem within the tax sector, with a distinct lack of representation of minorities in senior positions. Recent research conducted by ITR of 26 law firms across 12 jurisdictions showed very few individuals who could be identified as Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME). Even at the associate level, BAME individuals accounted for less than a quarter of employees. This session will look at what steps are needed to tackle structural racism in the tax sector and how companies can support their employees who are facing racial discrimination within the workplace.
Anjana Haines
Anjana Haines
Managing editor, ITR (moderator)
Betty Fualefac
Betty Fualefac
Assistant tax director, Expro
Tasneem Kadiri
Tasneem Kadiri
Tax director UK & Ireland, L'Oréal
Networking break
10.15-10.35 BST
Career progression
10:35-11:15
BST
  • Mentorship and the importance of good role models in upper management
  • Building an effective CV and LinkedIn profile
  • Recognising and capitalising on key opportunities
Sangini Sewmangal
Sangini Sewmangal
Global head of tax, Centrient Pharmaceuticals
(moderator)
Lesley Flowerdew
Lesley Flowerdew
Senior director, EMEA tax governance, Astellas Pharma
Egoamaka Shennaike
Egoamaka Shennaike
In-house head of tax
Caroline Conder
Caroline Conder
Head of tax, Lloyd’s Development Capital
Networking break
11.15-11.35 BST
Managing the in-house tax department
11:35-12:15
BST
Managing the in-house tax department
  • Keeping up to date and handling increased workloads with limited resources
  • Managing remote employees
  • Collaborating with HR on recruiting, on-boarding and retaining talent
Charlotte Winzer
Charlotte Winzer
Director international tax operations, Procter & Gamble (moderator)
Sarah Ng
Sarah Ng
Regional tax director, AbbVie
Tasneem Kadiri
Tasneem Kadiri
Tax director UK & Ireland, L'Oréal
Closing comments and close of conference
12:15 BST
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SPEAKERS

If you feel you have something to contribute or would like to position yourself as an expert in your field, please get in touch with Lucy Huckle for corporate speaking enquiries or Jamil Ahad for tax advisories or service provider opportunities.
Jessica Kemp
Travers Smith
Jessica Kemp
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Jessica Kemp

Partner, Travers Smith



Jessica's practice includes advising on mergers and acquisitions in both the public and private space, advising corporates, private equity houses, investee companies, and management teams on a wide range of transactional, structural, and incentive-based issues. She also provides ongoing advisory work to clients including in relation to enquiries and disputes.


Jessica is president of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) Tax Law Commission and is an officer of the Taxes Committee of the International Bar Association. She is a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Taxation and sits on the editorial board of Thomson Reuter's Corporate Finance Magazine on Taxnet Pro. She is a member of the board of charitable trustees of the National Children's Choir of Great Britain and of the Ambassador Forum of the Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment.


Jessica has been shortlisted as a 'Rising Star' by We are the City and her work has been published by AIJA, the IBFD and Tax Journal.


Before joining Travers Smith Jessica worked as a legal professional in Dubai and as a death penalty defender in Malawi. She read law at Merton College Oxford and Harvard Law School.


 Speaking session 

Taking stock of the current tax landscape

Thursday, September 17 - 9.55-10.45 BST

Gaynor Nutbrown
Avis Budget Group
Gaynor Nutbrown
Learn more ›
Gaynor Nutbrown

Head of EMEA tax, Avis Budget Group



To be confirmed.


 Speaking session 

Taking stock of the current tax landscape

Thursday, September 17 - 9.55-10.45 BST

Janine Juggins
Unilever
Janine Juggins
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Janine Juggins

EVP global tax & treasury, Unilever



Janine graduated in French with German from Manchester University and trained as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG in London. She has over 30 years international corporate tax experience gained with companies in the engineering, energy, mining and consumer goods sectors. In 2013 Janine became the Executive Vice President of Global Tax at Unilever, joining from Rio Tinto where she was Global head of tax. In 2016 she became Chair of the UK CBI Tax Committee. In 2018 Janine also became Group Treasurer at Unilever. Janine has presented on the practical perspectives of a multinational company in the areas of tax and development, the OECD’s BEPS and Pillar 1, the tax policy and design considerations of natural resources taxation regimes, and on the subject of tax transparency, and contributed a chapter to the IMF book International Taxation and the Extractive Industries published in 2016. Janine spent her early childhood in Malawi and Malaysia, but most of her professional career has been spent in the UK and the US.


 Speaking session 

Taking stock of the current tax landscape

Thursday, September 17 - 9.55-10.45 BST

Karine Halimi-Guez
FedEx
Karine Halimi-Guez
Learn more ›
Karine Halimi-Guez

Managing director tax, FedEx



To be confirmed.


 Speaking session 

Taking stock of the current tax landscape

Thursday, September 17 - 9.55-10.45 BST

Margriet Lukkien
Loyens & Loeff
Margriet Lukkien
Learn more ›
Margriet Lukkien

Partner, Loyens & Loeff



To be confirmed.


 Speaking session 

DAC6: Preparing for a new level of transparency

Thursday, September 17 - 11.15 - 12.05 BST

Patrycja Brzostowska
Zalando
Patrycja Brzostowska
Learn more ›
Patrycja Brzostowska

Lead international tax and transfer pricing, Zalando



Patrycja Brzostowska leads the International Tax and Transfer Pricing Team at Zalando SE. She specializes in designing and implementing transfer pricing processes for Zalando Group. In her role she manages TP projects related to e-commerce and intellectual property. She also supports the group tax compliance and manages tax audit defense on TP matters. She is a board member of the Young IFA Network for Berlin-Brandenburg and member of several TP working groups.


 Speaking session 

DAC6: Preparing for a new level of transparency

Thursday, September 17 - 11.15 - 12.05 BST

Sylvia Schmatz
Prinzhorn Group
Sylvia Schmatz
Learn more ›
Sylvia Schmatz

Head of tax, Prinzhorn Group


 

Sylvia Schmatz heads the Group Taxes at Prinzhorn Group. She is certified Austrian tax advisor and holds a “Magister” degree in International Business Administration as well as a LL.M degree in International Tax Law from WU Vienna. In the last 15 years, she was able to gain in-depth experience in tax by working in different tax consulting firms in Vienna (including KPMG). Her main areas of expertise are national, international and reorganization tax law, transfer pricing, tax planning and accounting. In December 2017, she joined the Prinzhorn Group as a Group Tax Manager in Vienna where she established an in-house tax department.

 

 Speaking session 

DAC6: Preparing for a new level of transparency

Thursday, September 17 - 11.15 - 12.05 BST

Patricia Oakley
Avalara
Patricia Oakley
Learn more ›
Patricia Oakley

Senior director VAT compliance, Avalara


 

To be confirmed.

 

 Speaking session 

Opportunities and applications of tax technology

Thursday, September 17 - 13.10 - 14.00 BST

Catherine O’Hare
Grosvenor
Catherine O’Hare
Learn more ›
Catherine O’Hare

Head of tax, Grosvenor



To be confirmed.


 Speaking session 

Opportunities and applications of tax technology

Thursday, September 17 - 13.10 - 14.00 BST

Elizabeth Stevens
Caplin & Drysdale
Elizabeth Stevens
Learn more ›
Elizabeth Stevens

Partner, Caplin & Drysdale


 

To be confirmed.

 

 Speaking session 

Global transfer pricing developments

Thursday, September 17 - 14.15 - 15.05 BST

Catherine Harlow
AstraZeneca
Catherine Harlow
Learn more ›
Catherine Harlow

Head of transfer pricing, AstraZeneca



To be confirmed.


 Speaking session 

Global transfer pricing developments

Thursday, September 17 - 14.15 - 15.05 BST

Sangini Sewmangal
Centrient Pharmaceuticals
Sangini Sewmangal
Learn more ›
Sangini Sewmangal

Global head of tax, Centrient Pharmaceuticals


 

To be confirmed.

 

 Speaking session 

Career progression

Thursday, September 18 - 11.00 - 11.35 BST

Lesley Flowerdew
Astellas Pharma
Lesley Flowerdew
Learn more ›
Lesley Flowerdew

Senior director, EMEA tax governance, Astellas Pharma



To be confirmed.


 Speaking session 

Career progression

Thursday, September 18 - 11.00 - 11.35 BST

Sarah Ng
AbbVie
Sarah Ng
Learn more ›
Sarah Ng

Regional tax director, AbbVie


 

To be confirmed.

 

 Speaking session 

Managing the in-house tax department

Thursday, September 18 - 11.35 - 12.10 BST

Charlotte Winzer
Procter & Gamble
Charlotte Winzer
Learn more ›
Charlotte Winzer

Directional international tax operations, Procter & Gamble


 

To be confirmed.

 

 Speaking session 

Managing the in-house tax department

Thursday, September 18 - 11.35 - 12.10 BST

Raisa Nowab
BMI Group
Raisa Nowab
Learn more ›
Raisa Nowab

Head of global tax operations, BMI Group


 

To be confirmed.

 

 Speaking session 

DAC6: Preparing for a new level of transparency

Thursday, September 17 - 11.15 - 12.05 BST

Gemma Low
Royal Mail
Gemma Low
Learn more ›
Gemma Low

Tax automation manager, Royal Mail



To be confirmed.


 Speaking session 

Opportunities and applications of tax technology

Thursday, September 17 - 13.10 - 14.00 BST

Joanne Walker
BT
Joanne Walker
Learn more ›
Joanne Walker

Group tax director, BT



To be confirmed.


 Speaking session 

Opportunities and applications of tax technology

Thursday, September 17 - 13.10 - 14.00 BST

Rocío Bermúdez
Repsol
Rocío Bermúdez
Learn more ›
Rocío Bermúdez

Transfer pricing & tax global practices senior manager, Repsol



To be confirmed.


 Speaking session 

Global transfer pricing developments

Thursday, September 17 - 14.15 - 15.05 BST

Egoamaka Shennaike

Egoamaka Shennaike
Learn more ›
Egoamaka Shennaike

In-house head of tax


 

To be confirmed.

 

 Speaking session 

Career progression

Thursday, September 18 - 11.00 - 11.35 BST

Anjana Haines
ITR
Anjana Haines
Learn more ›
Anjana Haines

Managing editor, ITR


 

To be confirmed.

 

 Speaking session 

Tackling structural racism within the tax sector

Friday, September 18 - 9.35 - 10.15 BST

Betty Fualefac
Expro
Betty Fualefac
Learn more ›
Betty Fualefac

Assistant tax director, Expro



To be confirmed.


 Speaking session 

Tackling structural racism within the tax sector

Friday, September 18 - 9.35 - 10.15 BST

Tasneem Kadiri
L'Oréal
Tasneem Kadiri
Learn more ›
Tasneem Kadir

Tax director UK & Ireland, L'Oréal


 

To be confirmed.

 

 Speaking session 

Tackling structural racism within the tax sector

Friday, September 18 - 9.35 - 10.15 BST

 

Managing the in-house tax department

Thursday, September 18 - 11.35 - 12.10 BST

Caroline Conder
Lloyd’s Development Capital
Caroline Conder
Learn more ›
Caroline Conder

Head of tax, Lloyd's Development Capital


 

To be confirmed.

 

 Speaking session 

Career progression

Thursday, September 18 - 11.00 - 11.35 BST

ATTENDEE PROFILE

With more opportunities to connect than ever before, the region's largest meeting of tax professionals is set to welcome a truly global audience.
200+ tax professionals
tax executive audience
build an international network of women in tax
"The ability to network and speak with so many smart and talented women
"Course content, ability to network and emphasis on woman leaders
"Open discussion among stakeholders with different perspectives: regulators, corporates and advisors
"The substance and speakers were excellent
"Knowledgeable speakers and topics that keep us current.

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