Pascal Saint-Amans
Director, Centre for Tax Policy & Administration, OECD
Pascal Saint-Amans took on his duties as Director of the Center for Tax Policy and Administration at the OECD on 1 February 2012. Mr. Saint-Amans, a French national, joined the OECD in September 2007 as Head of the International Co-operation and Tax Competition Division in the CTPA. He played a key role in the advancement of the OECD tax transparency agenda in the context of the G20. In October 2009 he was appointed Head of the Global Forum Division, created to service the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, a programme with the participation of over 100 countries.
Mr. Saint-Amans graduated from the National School of Administration (ENA) in 1996, and was an official in the French Ministry for Finance for nearly a decade. He held various positions within the Treasury, including heading the supervision of the EU work on direct taxes and overseeing legislation and policy on wealth tax and mergers and spin offs. He was also the head of tax treaty negotiations and mutual agreement procedures. In this capacity, he participated in the OECD Working Party No. 1 of the Committee on Fiscal Affairs as the delegate for France before being elected Chair of WP1 in 2005. He was also a member of the UN Group of Experts on International Co-operation in Tax Matters, becoming a “rapporteur” in 2006. Before leaving government service, he was Deputy Director in charge of litigation at the Direction Générale des Impôts.
Mr. Saint-Amans also served as Financial Director of the Energy Regulation Committee between 1999 and 2002 and was responsible for the introduction of new electricity tariffs.
Having earned a degree in history, Mr. Saint-Amans also received a degree from the Institut d’études politiques of Paris.

The 13th annual Global Transfer Pricing Forum will give delegates an opportunity to speak to revenue officials, hear from the OECD and other global organisations and take part in sessions on topics such as financial transactions, dispute resolution and management fees.

This year’s event will be enhanced by the participation of leading tax and transfer pricing executives, and current and former administrators.

The T P Week and ITR Global Transfer Pricing Forum 2013 will be the event where you can learn how to adapt the latest trends and developments to your business.

Why attend?
-Find out how the OECD's BEPS project could change your company's approach to transfer pricing
-Apply the latest court decisions on related parties to your business
-Discover how you can use transfer pricing to improve your company's business model
-Learn how government's transfer pricing priorities will affect you
-Update your knowledge of the opportunities and risks in IP migration
-Gain insights into the latest thinking on dispute resolution and how it can help your company
-Add to your understanding of how transfer pricing can affect your financial transactions

Agenda:
Day 1
8.30 Registration & Breakfast
9.00 Opening Remarks
9.10 Keynote Address
9.30 OECD BEPS Update
10.40 Coffee & Networking
11.45 Issues Relating to Intangibles
12.30 Lunch
14.00 APA Discussion
15.15 Coffee & Networking
15.45 Industry Focus
17.00 Chairman's Closing Remark

Day 2
8.30 Registration & Breakfast
9.10 Opening Remarks
9.30 Transfer Pricing Controversy
10.45 Coffee & Networking
11.45 Integrating Transfer Pricing
12.30 Lunch
14.00 Supply Chain Restructuring
15.15 Coffee & Networking
15.45 Ask the Authorities
17.00 Chairman's Closing Remarks
17.30 Chairman's Closing Remarks