Notice of Annual
General Meeting
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting
of Members of the Chartered Institute of Taxation will
be held on Tuesday 9 May 2017 at 16.45.
1. To receive and adopt the Report of the Council for
2016.
2. To receive and adopt the audited Financial
Statements of the Institute for the year ended 31
December 2016.
3. To re-elect as Members of the Council the following,
who retire by rotation under Members’ Regulation 21:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
(k)
Gary Ashford
John Barnett
Keith Bell
Glyn Fullelove
Keith Gordon
Chris Jones
Chris Lallemand
Daniel Lyons
Ray McCann
Amanda Pearson
John Preston
4. To re-elect as a Member of the Council the following,
who were co-opted and retire under Members’
Regulation 20:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
Susan Ball
John Endacott
Claire Hooper
Janine Juggins
Peter Rayney
Jonathan Riley
Nichola Ross Martin
Mike Thexton
Location:
The Smeaton Room, One Great George Street,
Westminster, London SW1P 3AA
Special Business
6. To consider and if thought fit to pass the following as
a Special Resolution:
It is hereby resolved that Byelaw 2. (11) (a) shall
be replaced by the following (subject to any minor
amendments the Privy Council may require):
2. (11) (a) If a member enters into an Individual Voluntary
Arrangement (“IVA”) with his creditors or becomes
subject to a bankruptcy order he shall notify the Institute
within 60 days of the date of the IVA or order. If a member
fails to notify the Institute, his membership of the
Institute shall cease automatically upon the expiry of the
60 days, and the terms of paragraphs (ii) and (iii) of the
proviso to Byelaw 2(10) shall apply.
Explanatory note:
The Institute is increasing the time by which a member
needs to notify the Institute if he has entered into an IVA
or become subject to a bankruptcy order from 30 days to
60 days. This is to provide greater flexibility.
By order of the Council
Rosalind Baxter
Secretary
The Chartered Institute of Taxation
1st Floor, Artillery House
11-19 Artillery Row
London SW1P 1RT
14 March 2017
5. To approve the appointment of Buzzacott LLP as
auditor to the Institute from the termination of the
meeting until the termination of the next succeeding
Annual General Meeting.
Notes
(a) A person entitled to attend and to vote is entitled to appoint a proxy or proxies to attend and on a poll to vote instead of him or her. A proxy must
be a Member of the Institute. A form of proxy appears on the reverse of the April Tax Adviser address wrapper for use in connection with the
meeting. Votes can be cast online (using the unique security codes on the form) or by post. If voting by post the proxy form must reach the Electoral
Reform Services, 33 Clarendon Road, London N8 0NW no later than 48 hours before the time of the meeting; that is 16.45 on 7 May 2017.
(b) A person who has appointed a proxy may nevertheless attend the meeting and vote, in which case any votes cast by proxy will be superseded.
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Set out below are brief details of the Members who are standing for election to the Council at the
Annual General Meeting to be held on 9 May 2017.
Gary Ashford
Age 52. CTA (Fellow), ATT. Partner (non-lawyer), Harbottle and Lewis LLP. Council Member since 2011. Member of
Management of Taxes Sub-Committee, Professional Standards Committee, European Branch Committee and the
Birmingham and West Midlands Branch Committee. CIOT representative CFE Professional Affairs Committee and
attends the CFE General Assembly. Previously a Partner at Kinetic Partners and before that Partner, National Head
of Tax Investigations and Disputes at RSM. Previously Head of Tax Disputes for Central England at Grant Thornton.
Formerly a Tax Inspector at HM Revenue & Customs.
Susan Ball
Age 49. ATT CTA (Fellow). Partner, Head of National Employers Advisory Services, Employment Tax/NIC, Reward &
Expatriate Tax, Crowe Clark Whitehill LLP. Council member since 2017. Member of Employment Taxes Sub-Committee.
Past Joint Chair and founder member of the CIOT/ATT Suffolk Branch. Writes and lectures on employment tax and NIC.
John Barnett
Age 47. MA (Oxon) CTA (Fellow) TEP Solicitor. Partner and Head of Private Client and Tax at Burges Salmon, Bristol and
London. Council member since 2014. Member and Former Chairman of Capital Gains Tax and Investment Income SubCommittee. Member of the Succession Taxes Sub Committee. Member of Technical Committee. Former member of
the GAAR Interim Panel.
Keith Bell
Age 64. CTA (Fellow), ATT. Consultant, Rickard Luckin Ltd. Council Member since 2008. Past Chair and ongoing
member of Membership and Branches Committee. Member of Finance and General Purposes Committee and the
Communications and Brand Management Committee. Past Chair and Past Secretary of Essex Branch. Chair of the
Membership Committee of the Worshipful Company of Tax Advisers.
John Endacott
Age 49. BSc (Econ) FCA CTA (Fellow). Partner, Head of Tax PKF Francis Clark. Council Member since 2016. Previously
with PwC and KPMG. Member of the Membership and Branches Committee and the Digitalisation and Agent Strategy
Working Group. Past CIOT Examiner.
Glyn Fullelove
Age 56. BA (Hons), CTA (Fellow), Group Corporate Services Director, Informa. Council member since 2014. Chair of
Technical Committee. Previously Head of Tax for three major UK plcs and a past Chairman of the Member Advisory
Panel for Winmark’s Tax Director Network. Specialties: International Tax, M&A Taxation, Treasury Taxation, Tax Risk
Management.
Keith Gordon
Age 47, MA, CTA (Fellow), FCA, Barrister. Practises at Temple Tax Chambers London. Council Member since 2009.
Member of Management of Taxes Sub-Committee. Member of Succession Taxes Sub-Committee. Past Chair of London
Branch. Author and Lecturer. Keith won the LexisNexis Chartered Tax Adviser of the Year category in 2009 and the tax
writer of the year award 2013.
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Claire Hooper
Age 45. BSc, CTA (Fellow), ACA. Partner, International Tax Services, Head of Tax Technical Policy & Knowledge, at EY.
Council member since 2017. Member of the Technical Committee and International Tax Sub-Committee. Chair of the
Corporate Tax Sub-Committee.
Chris Jones
Age 49. BA (Hons), CTA (Fellow), ATT. Executive Director of the tax business at LexisNexis until 31 March and now NonExec Chairman of Tolley. Council Member since 2004. Chair of Communications and Brand Management Committee.
Chair, Conferences Working Party. Member of Education Committee. Past CIOT President 2015-2016. Member of HMRC
Taxpayers’ Advisory Committee since January 2016.
Janine Juggins
Age 53. BA (Hons), CTA (Fellow), ACA, AMCT. Executive Vice President of Global Tax, Unilever. Council member since
2017. Chair of the CBI Tax Committee. Previously Global Head of Tax at Rio Tinto.
Chris Lallemand
Age 55. BSc, CTA (Fellow), FCA. National Tax Consultant, Smith & Williamson Ltd. Senior Tax Manager, Mazars from May
2017. Council Member since 2011. Past Chair of London Branch and Commerce & Industry Group. Member of Property
Tax and Corporation Tax Technical Sub-Committees. Advisory Committee Member CIOT Commerce and Industry Group.
Vice-Chair and member of Membership and Branches Committee.
Daniel Lyons
Age 50. BA, CTA (Fellow), Solicitor non-Practicing. Tax Policy partner at Deloitte LLP, London, Bristol and Cardiff.
Council Member since 2011. Previously in the Solicitor’s office at HM Customs & Excise. Member and Past Chair of
the Education Committee. Vice-Chair of Examination Committee and member of Examination Review-Sub-Committee.
Member of VAT and Indirect Tax Sub-Committee.
Ray McCann
Age 61. CTA (Fellow), ATT. CIOT Vice-President. Partner at Joseph Hage Aaronson LLP, formally partner at New Quadrant
Partners, London. Former Partner at Pinsent Masons. Previously Director of PwC and formerly an Assistant Director of
HM Revenue & Customs. Council Member since 2012. Past Chair and Member of Professional Standards Committee.
Member of the Anti-Money Laundering Working Party and Professional Indemnity Insurance Working Party.
Amanda Pearson
Age 51. BSc, CTA (Fellow), ACA. Tax Partner at KPMG in London. Previously specialised in Mergers and Acquisitions.
Now responsible for Tax Risk and Policy at KPMG. Council member since 2014. Member of Professional Standards
Committee. Chair of Professional Conduct in Relation to Taxation Working Party.
John Preston
Age 58. BSc, CTA (Fellow), FCA. CIOT Deputy President. A consultant, trustee and non-executive director. He retired
from PwC in 2014 where he was a member of the Global Tax Leadership team responsible for External Relations,
Regulation and Policy. Council member since 2012. Chair of the Institute’s Examination Committee, a past Chair and
ongoing member of Education Committee and past Chair of Membership and Branches Committee. He has also chaired
the Student Conference Working Party.
Peter Rayney
Age 59. CTA (Fellow), FCA TEP. Chartered Tax Adviser at Peter Rayney Tax Consulting. Previously at BDO LLP. Council
Member since 2016. Member of the Education Committee and Capital Taxes Sub-Committee. Won the Chartered
Institute of Taxation Fellowship Thesis prize for his thesis on “Selling companies for a deferred consideration (with
particular reference to earn-outs)”. Mid-Anglia Branch Vice-Chair. Past CIOT examiner. Currently chairs the ICAEW Tax
Faculty’s Tax Technical Committee. Tax writer and speaker and lectures regularly at CIOT Conferences.
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Jonathan Riley
Age 54. CTA (Fellow). Partner, National Head of Tax at Grant Thornton UK LLP. Council member since 2017. Member
of HM Treasury Tax Professionals Forum and of Mid-Tier Agents Forum. Formerly a Tax Inspector at HM Revenue &
Customs, Department of Trade & Industry, Coopers & Lybrand.
Nichola Ross Martin
Age 54. CTA (Fellow), FCA. Tax Director, Ross Martin Tax Consultancy Ltd who provide an online tax service for medium
and smaller sized firms of accountants and tax advisers. Council member since 2017. Supported the development of
Gift Aid on the CIOT Website. Member of ATT Technical Steering Group.
Mike Thexton
Age 57. CTA (Fellow), FCA. Director Thexton Training Ltd. Member of Council since 2016. Member of Examination
Committee, past member of Education Committee. Past CIOT examiner. Writes and lectures on VAT and lectures at
CIOT and ATT conferences.
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