Daniel Rusbridge
Policy Advisor, Financial Services, HM TREASURY
During his time in the Treasury, Daniel has worked on the negotiations of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and the Packaged Retail Products Initiative. Previously, he has worked for RBS and Barclays bank.

Liza Taylor
Head of Product & Operational Tax
FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL

Richard Middleton
Managing Director
ASSOCIATION OF FINANCIAL MARKETS IN EUROPE
Richard Middleton is a managing director at the Association for Financial Markets in Europe, which represents a broad range of European and global participants in the financial markets.


Richard is responsible for the tax and accounting divisions of AFME. The tax division represents member firms and helps them to analyse and communicate the impact of proposed legislation. Recent work includes analysis of the European Commission’s proposed directive on a financial transaction tax, and building the evidence base as to the potential impact.

Prior to joining AFME, Richard held line roles in industry – he was an Executive Director at GE - and a Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns – having started his career at Ernst & Young, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Richard was previously a Fellow in Mathematics at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford University, from which he holds an MA and a DPhil.

Paul Symons
Head of Public Affairs
EUROCLEAR
Paul Symons is Head of Public Affairs at Euroclear SA/NV. He is responsible for managing Euroclear’s relationships with those stakeholders that influence the regulatory and political context in which Euroclear operates. He is a board member of the European Central Securities Depositories Association and chairs the Association’s Policy Working Group.

Mr. Symons joined Euroclear in 2002, following the merger with CRESTCo (now Euroclear UK & Ireland), the central securities depository for UK and Irish securities. At CRESTCo, he was responsibe for marketing, public relations and CRESTCo’s strategic approach to the retail market.

Previously, Mr. Symons spent seven years working in the Banking Supervision division of the Bank of England. Mr. Symons holds a degree in History from the University of London (UK).

Rod Roman
Partner, Banking and Capital Markets Tax Leader, EMEIA
ERNST & YOUNG
A partner since 1996, in his current role Rod leads Ernst & Young’s banking tax practice. He is a chartered accountant and corporate treasurer and a specialist in the taxation of debt, equity and derivatives. He is Ernst & Young’s lead partner on financial transaction tax leading a network of professionals on EU FTT both across the 11 member states and with the major global financial centres.

Jorge Morley-Smith
Head of Tax
IMA

Christopher Mitchell
Head of UK Tax Services EMEA
BNY MELLON
I am a Certified Accountant and Chartered Insurer and I have in excess of 30 years experience in Financial Services Tax. For the long period up to February 2000 I worked for Axa Sun Life and as Tax Manager I was responsible for various tax projects and operations including Life Assurance taxation. Since March 2000 I have worked for the Bank of New York, which is now the Bank of New York Mellon, firstly as Head of Tax in UK Fund Accounting operations and since March 2012, as Head of UK Tax services in the EMEA Asset Servicing Tax Services team. My current role includes development and enhancement of our tax services, liaising with our clients concerning tax regulatory changes, and participation in industry associations in respect of tax developments.

Richard Raeburn
Chairman
EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF CORPORATE TREASURERS

Malcolm Powell
Head of Tax
INVESTEC ASSET MANAGEMENT
Malcolm joined Investec Asset Management in October 2012 where he has responsibility for tax services for the asset management business globally. He has over 17 years’ experience in the investment management and wider financial services sector, including time at PwC, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley. Malcolm is currently Vice-Chair of AIMA's Tax Committee and formerly a member of the IMA Tax Committee. His current work includes specific focus on FATCA and FTT.

ames Walsh
Senior Policy Adviser: EU & International
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PENSION FUNDS
James joined the NAPF in 2009 and is Senior Policy Adviser: EU and International. He leads the NAPF’s policy work on EU issues, including the review of the EU pensions Directive and the Financial Transaction Tax. He also covers regulation of Defined Benefit pension schemes.Prior to joining the NAPF, James was Public Policy Manager for ASDA Stores Ltd and Head of Public Affairs at the Institute of Directors. Earlier in his career he held a series of positions in the Conservative Research Department, serving as Head of Economic Section and then as Deputy Director. He has worked with political leaders in Namibia, Sri Lanka and Belarus.

Matthieu Dautriat
Lead Partner, Financial Service Tax Practice
ERNST & YOUNG - FRANCE
Matthieu leads Ernst & Young’s French financial service tax practice. He has been active in helping large French institution with industry and international tax issues. In particular he has participated in and/or lead multi-disciplinary engagements dealing with business, regulatory or tax changes. Matthieu and his team advised many financial institutions in the London market on the impact of French financial transaction tax.

Hugo Borges
Executive Director - Deputy Market Manager for Africa
BANK JULIUS BAER & CO
Hugo Borges joined Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd. in 2012 as Deputy Market Manager Africa, where he is currently implementing an holistic and client centric “value proposition” to provide the UHNW and HNW client base with management services. Given rapidly evolving tax, legal, succession and regulatory complexities, specific focus is being placed on providing clients with peace of mind through the provision of both globally compliant structures and asset management services. This model is supported by an experienced team offering diverse and specialist expertise including relationship managers, investment specialists, plus wealth and tax planning experts. Before joining Julius Baer, Hugo spent 12 years with Barclays and since 2009 was responsible for executing Barclays Wealth “One Africa” strategy as South and Southern Africa Regional Director, representing the Private Investment Banking division of Barclays.

Dan Neidle
Partner
CLIFFORD CHANCE
Dan Neidle is a tax partner at Clifford Chance specialising in the UK and international tax treatment of corporate and financial transactions. He has recently been focusing on the proposed EU FTT, and has been advising corporates, financial institutions, funds, representative bodies, regulators and governments on the legality and impact of the tax.

Felix Klinger
Lead Partner, Financial Service Tax Practice
ERNST & YOUNG - GERMANY
Felix is the lead partner of Ernst & Young’s German Financial Services tax practice. Felix has been with Ernst & Young for 23 years. Since joining the firm in 1990, he has been servicing multinationals and high-net-worth individuals and specialising in international tax and taxation of financial institutions and financial products. Felix is an Attorney at Law and a Certified Tax Consultant. In 1989 he was awarded a doctorate degree in private banking law.

David Hughes
Partner
ALLEN & OVERY
David advises on all tax aspects of financing transactions including loan and bond financings. David also advises on the tax treatment of banking business including securities dealing, investment management, stock lending, repo transactions, derivatives trading and structured note issues. David specialises in working with clients to structure transactions which achieve commercial objectives in a tax efficient way. He also specialises in advising on the tax treatment of all classes of capital markets transactions, innovative derivative transactions and structured products.

Marco Ragusa
Lead Partner, Financial Service Tax Practice
ERNST & YOUNG - ITALY
Marco is the lead partner of Ernst & Young’s Italian Financial Services Tax practice. Marco’s experience lies mainly in direct and indirect taxation in the banking and financial area, with particular reference to domestic and international tax, investment banking business analysis (transaction proposals, financial derivatives and structured finance operations), capital markets and in asset securitization transactions.Marco has been very closely involved in the evolution of Italian financial transaction tax and has strong links with the ministry of finance and tax authorities.

Geoff lloyd
Executive Director
ERNST & YOUNG
Geoff is an Executive Director in Ernst & Young's Tax Controversy Risk Management team. Geoff joined Ernst & Young in September 2011 from HM Revenue & Customs where he was Director, Dispute Resolution. In that role he developed HMRC's strategy for collaborative dispute resolution, the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) for tax disputes, and the re-launch of the HMRC Litigation and Settlement Strategy.

Providing Clarification & Guidance on the EU Financial Transation Tax
The task of considering the numerous operational and commercial impacts of an EU FTT on any one business is complex and time consuming.
In response, this unique Forum has been structured to provide you with the latest regulatory developments, practical guidance and insights into your peers’ strategies.

Associated Afternoon workshop - 18 September 2013
Recent Developments & On-Going Opportunities for
European Withholding Tax
Refund Claims
Workshop - Afternoon of 18 September 2013

This workshop will consider the technical principles underlying these claims, the current status of claims across Member States and existing opportunities for filing refund claims both for EU and third country investment funds. Attending this workshop will enable you to:

Understand the relevant EU law principles supporting investment funds’ claims
Evaluate recent developments across Member States, and how these impact funds’ claims
Understand the current position in Member States which have not yet begun to refund withholding taxes
Assess the potential for third country funds (both those established in treaty locations, and offshore) to file claims