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Catherine has 20 years’ experience of advising on transfer pricing matters both in industry and in practice. She has been Head of Transfer Pricing at AstraZeneca since September 2017 where she has global responsibility for all aspects of AstraZeneca’s transfer pricing matters including planning, managing and defending their transfer pricing arrangements. Prior to this, Catherine was Head of Transfer Pricing for the RELX group for 10 years where she managed a multinational team and lead negotiations with tax authorities on transfer pricing matters including APAs. She is a regular speaker at transfer pricing conferences and at the OECD where she most recently represented AstraZeneca in the Consultation on Profit Splits. Catherine trained as a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Tax Advisor with Ernst and Young and has a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) from Oxford University.

Wilbert studied economics in Rotterdam at Erasmus University. He then worked for nine years as a Tax Inspector Corporate Income Tax at the Tax Authorities, followed by a job as a political advisor at the Ministry of Financial Affairs, before returning to the tax authorities in various management positions. In 2005, Wilbert started at Shell in The Hague. He lives there too.

Lex is Head of Tax for Shell captive insurance companies, and he is Global Tax Lead for Treasury. He is responsible for the identification and implementation of projects in the Holdings and Treasury business. He is the Shell lead for DAC6 (or MDR). As Tax Technology Lead, he is responsible for Shell’s tax technology strategy.

Joe is Senior Director with responsibility for Medtronic’s Tax Department Transformation and Technology initiative, using solutions such as RPA, AI/Machine Learning, SharePoint, PowerBI and Alteryx to help improve efficiency and effectiveness. Prior to this, Joe led VAT for Medtronic globally. Over the course of his career, Joe has worked in senior Finance and Tax roles for a number of MNCs including GE Capital, Hewlett Packard, Avery Dennison and Tyro in addition to working in Tax advisory role with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Joe holds various Tax and Accounting qualifications and a MBA from University College Dublin’s Smurfit School of Business.

Sanna is the head of Transfer Pricing at Outokumpo since 2019. she was previously Senior Advisor, Transfer Pricing APA & MAP, at the Finnish Tax Administration, having earlier also served as Tax Advisor for the Finnnish Tax Admin's Large Taxpayer's Office. She was also a Senior Tax Advisor at EY Finland.

Siegert is an experienced tax executive with a demonstrated history of working in a global multinational environment. He is highly skilled in a variety of taxes including VAT, GST, Excise Tax, Tax Control Frameworks, Tax Department Transformation, Transfer Pricing, Customs, Tax Technology, Oursourcing, Cash Flow Improvements, M&A Tax and more. He is responsible for and extensive experience with managing Tax Audits, Tax Litigation and Rulings (e.g. BTI’s, APA’s and MAP) for all Taxes Globally.
And, he has worked and lived in different locations around the world (e.g. Netherlands, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland, HK, Thailand and UAE).

Daniel joined Falck in 2021 and is leading the Global Tax department, with the aim of forming a forward-thinking and technology driven tax function. He has over 10 years’ of experience working with indirect taxes. Prior to joining Falck, Daniel worked as an indirect tax advisor and SAP tax architect at Deloitte Sweden. He has also worked as a VAT specialist in Vestas and the Swedish Tax Authorities.

Reijo is heading Fortum’s tax team. He focuses mostly on strategic planning, tax policies, tax governance and tax transparency. He supports and gets support from B Team and European Business Tax Forum (EBTF).

Giacomo is an international tax and transfer pricing expert with over 10 years of experience gained in advisory and in-house roles. He is the Head of Global Tax and Transfer Pricing at GfK, a German market research and data analytics group. At GfK, Giacomo is responsible for overseeing the global tax compliance process and steering international tax projects such as business reorganizations, acquisitions, divestitures and new product launches. He is also accountable for leading and designing the end-to-end transfer pricing process. Lastly, Giacomo participates and leads the tax controversy across the globe.

Renata Ardous is the Head of Global Transfer Pricing at Chanel. She has been with Chanel since 2021 and is based in London. Prior to joining Chanel, Renata started her career in tax consulting where she has held senior tax positions and Global Head of Financial Services (“FS”) Insurance Tax at Mazars. Within this role, her responsibilities include determining the strategic direction of the service offering, developing a shared vision for those involved with FS Insurance Tax and driving marketplace growth alongside global FS tax experts. She is very passionate about her work and feel inspired and motivated by Chanel leadership and her colleagues. She was awarded with the Worshipful Company of Tax Advisers Medal by the Chartered Institute of Taxation in 2013. She also has a LL.M in International, TP and EU tax and a second LL.M in Banking and Finance at Queen Mary University of London. She is very passionate about supporting successful female talents and breaking the glass ceiling for the next generation of leaders.

Before taking his current position as Head of Group Tax & Transfer Pricing, Erik was working as Country Manager for H&M in The Netherlands. In 2007 The H&M Group applied its first up-to-date Transfer Pricing model, Erik’s role was to introduce the model and made him a ‘TP story teller’ where his experience as a country manager was leveraged to create the right understanding in all the jurisdictions The H&M Group was back then having operations. His move from a commercial position in a country to the current central position has everything to do with the view central management has on the responsibilities and performances within the area of TP and taxation. The latter function is merely seen as a part of the total public affairs and CSR of The H&M Group. The H&M Group embraces a pro-active attitude in the field of TP and as a result Erik holds a wide experience in all procedures available to avoid disputes going public.

Marta Pankiv is an international tax and transfer pricing professional with over 18 years of practical experience on a managerial level in-house and in various jurisdictions at PwC and Swiss multinational groups. She currently leads the global tax function at Tricentis, a tech company with dual headquarters in the USA and Austria; reporting to the group CFO. In her role she focuses on transfer pricing, M&A taxation, tax risk management in Europe, NORAM and APAC regions. Marta is a Guest Lecturer at EPTP - Executive Program in Transfer Pricing at HEC Lausanne, Switzerland and a Member of the Austrian branch of IFA. She publishes in professional tax journals, including the International Transfer Pricing Journal, Florida Tax Review and BNA Bloomberg. Marta is also a regular speaker at tax and finance conferences in London, Amsterdam, Baltimore, Tokyo. Her book was cited in the 2018 Tax Court of Canada decision on transfer pricing: https://www.ibfd.org/IBFD-Products/Contemporary-Application-Arm-s-Length-Principle-Transfer-Pricing. She holds a PhD in International Business Taxation from the Vienna University (WU) and LL.M. in International Tax Law (WU).

Ivan embarked on his voyage through the vast sea of international taxation nearly two decades ago, journeying through various advisory firms across multiple jurisdictions. Since 2017, he has been part of DHL's Transfer Pricing Team, progressively immersing himself in the currents of digitalization. He now eagerly anticipates engaging in insightful discussions with you about navigating these thrilling times where the boundaries between tax and data science are slowly dissolving.

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 2014 Andrea left consulting industry and joined Erste Group where she assumed different roles including Head of Group cost controlling, project controlling and transfer pricing. Since January 2022 Andrea works in Raiffeisenbank Group as Tax Manager.

Lisa is a Senior Tax Expert at OMV where she is leading OMV’s Pillar II implementation and will present some interesting takes and insights on the project.

She previously was a Senior Associate at PwC, and has pursued Doctorate studies at the Vienna University’s Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law.

Karine has been an in-house tax practitioner for more than 25 years, advising multinationals in all areas of international taxation. She has most recently joined Booking.com as their Head of Tax. She is also a frequent speaker at international conferences and a former lecturer to master students at the University of Paris-Dauphine. She currently lives in the Netherlands

My passions are tax and teaching. I love reading and understanding treaties, laws and directives; seeing how they are shaped in case law and then explaining all that in clear, simple terms with references to real life practical examples. I also work as an interim in-house tax specialist during several months of the year. Assignments differ, but are usually focussed on transfer pricing, sometimes in connection with tax audits.

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