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Albena joined EY in 1997 and she became Partner in 2013. In addition to client service, Albena has been active in Quality & Risk Management as part of her role as an Associate Director and now Partner.

She is based in Maputo, Mozambique from where she serves a large portfolio of multinational clients, operating in the natural resources (oil & gas) and infrastructure sectors, as well as provides tax advisory services for inbound investors.

Contact: [email protected]

Adrian is a Partner in the Advisory Services practice in South Africa, focusing on Enterprise Intelligence across Africa. He joined EY in 2014 as a result of the acquisition of 8th Man Consulting, a niche Oracle EPM consultancy of which he was the CEO.

Adrian is an ACMA, CGMA from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants with over 15 years of consulting and management experience. His focus areas being the fi nance function, fi nance function systems strategy and project management.

Adrian is a subject matter expert on implementing Integrated Reporting and IFRS reporting requirements.


Akinbiyi has over 12 years of consulting and industry experience in Global Structuring and Corporate Finance function. His areas of expertise include income tax planning and compliance, mergers & acquisition, including due diligence and fi nancial statement analysis, fi nance close & consolidation, strategic planning & cost reduction, project management, budgeting & planning, market research & forecasting, benchmarking, transfer pricing, business valuation, Sarbanes Oxley 404, income tax auditing and presentation, and business development.

Industries covered include, fi nancial services, consumer business, oil & gas, technology, media & telecom (TMT), and manufacturing, Akinbiyi has proven excellence in achieving results, and introducing cost saving strategies. He holds a BBA Accounting, a Master in Taxation and a Member, American Institute of Certifi ed Public Accountant.


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Adrian van der MerwePartnerEnterprise Intelligence EY South Africa

Akinbiyi AbuduPartnerTaxEY Nigeria

Albena TodorovaPartnerTaxEY Mozambique

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Annet is a professor of tax law and the tax law subject head in the College of Law at the University of South Africa.

Prof. Oguttu has published many articles in national and internationally accredited journals on various international tax law topics and is a rated researcher under South Africa’s National Research Foundation.

In 2014 President Zuma appointed her as one of the Commissioners of the South African Law Reform Commission. In 2013, Prof Oguttu was appointed by the Minister of Finance as a member of the Davis Tax Committee to assess South Africa’s tax policy framework – she chairs the BEPS Subcommittee.

In 2013, South Africa’s Minister of Finance, Mr Pravin Gordhan, appointed Prof Oguttu as one of the members of the “Tax Review Committee” headed by Judge Dennis Davis. Prof Oguttu chairs the Sub-committee writing the Report on “Base Erosion and Profi t Shifting from a South African perspective”.

She is the author of the book “International Tax Law: Offshore Tax Avoidance in South Africa” (Juta, 2015) and a co-author of “Tax Law: An Introduction” (Juta, 2013).

Prof Oguttu is the Board President of the South African Institute of Tax Practitioners; a Board member of the South African Fiscal Association and a Board member of the African Tax Research Network which is based at the African Tax Administration Forum.

Anselme joined EY Cameroon offi ce in 2012. As from late 2012, he has been appointed as the head of the tax and legal department in the new offi ce of Chad.

He also has a strong, close and challenging relationship with the Revenue Authorities, the Central Banks in Central Africa.

Anselme has assisted foreign investors / purchasers in various countries in the frame of various investments.

Anselme’s main areas of expertise lie in the Tax advisory for the Oil & Gas, Utilities, Mining and Telecoms.


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Professor Annet OguttuProfessor of Tax LawUNISA

Anselme Patipewé NjiakinSenior ManagerTaxEY Chad

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Anthony is a Director, located within EY’s Tax Performance Advisory practice in EMEIA focusing on people, process and technology to support the global tax function.

He has been with EY since 1994 primarily located across Asia and Europe and brings deep experience and breadth in working across mature market environments (Europe, Asia Pac, US) and also emerging markets environments (Africa, India, Continental Eastern Europe).

Anthony has lead and managed numerous global and regional client projects of which the focus has been to create an effi cient and effective tax operating environment through process and resource model redesign, tax data quality standards and requirements for fi nance systems and tax technology enablement

Executive Director, located within EY’s Tax Performance Advisory practice in EMEIA focusing on people, process, data and technology to support effective global tax function operations


Anthony DavisEurope, Middle East, India, Africa (EMEIA) Tax Center - Tax Performance AdvisoryEY London

Catherine is a Partner and the Leader for the EY’S East Africa Tax Cluster overseeing tax service line operations in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Rwanda and South Sudan.

Catherine has been the team leader on assignments which spans a range of industries, and in particular specialist experience in international and transaction tax advisory services from the perspective of direct and indirect taxes.

Catherine has a wealth of valuable experience spanning over 25 years gained in inbound and outbound tax planning engagements and tax compliance services in both direct and indirect tax.

She has extensive knowledge of both income tax and indirect tax in the telecommunication and Banking industry.


Charles is a Partner in International Tax Service where he provides international tax and exchange control solutions for inbound and outbound investment. He has extensive experience advising on various aspects of international taxation and exchange controls, including, corporate reorganisations, inbound and outbound tax exposure reviews and planning, multi-country tax health checks, operating model effectiveness, fi nancial instruments structuring, holding structure, IP and capital structure planning.

Charles joined EY in November 2013 as an (International Tax) Senior Manager after spending four years at the South African National Treasury as a Director, where he was instrumental in writing international tax legislation affecting all multinationals operating locally and negotiation of tax treaties.

He lectured at several South African Universities since 2001 and to-date, maintains a close relationship with the University of Pretoria as a visiting lecturer of Tax.

He graduated with LLB, LLM (UP), and H Dip (Tax) (UJ).


Calle Schlettwein is a Namibian politician who has served in the government of Namibia as Minister of Finance since 2015. Previously he was Minister of Trade from 2012 to 2015.

Beginning at Namibian Independence in 1990, he served as permanent secretary in various ministries. After seven years of deployment in the Ministry of Finance he was appointed as Deputy Minister of Finance in 2010. In a Cabinet reshuffl e following the 2012 SWAPO congress, Schlettwein was promoted to Minister of Trade and Industry on 4 December 2012.

On Heroes Day 2014 he was conferred the Excellent Order of the Eagle, Second Class.

Under President Hage Geingob, Schlettwein was moved to the post of Minister of Finance in March 2015.

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Charles Makola

Calle Schlettwein

Catherine Mbogo

DirectorInternational Tax ServicesEY South Africa

Minister of FinanceNamibia

Partner and Tax Leader for East Africa RegionTaxEY Kenya

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1989-1991: Assistant lecturer in English Private Law, University of YaoundéMAGISTRACY1994-1997: Deputy State Counsel Buea1997-1999: Deputy State Counsel Tiko1999-2000: Deputy State Counsel Muyuka2000-2001: Presiding Magistrate, Court of First Instance, Limbe2001-2005: President, Court of First Instance, Fontem and High Court Lebialem2005-2007: President, Court of First Instance, Tombel2007-2012: President, High Court Fako DivisionDecember 2014: till date, Vice President, Court of Appeal, North West RegionSeminars Attended:Training for Young Magistrates (ENAM-1998)Management of jurisdiction (ENAM -2008)Independence of the Judiciary (Ayaba Hotel, Bamenda 2010)Numerous Seminars on OHADA

Chijioke Uwaegbute is currently the Tax Director for General Electric with a responsibility for sub-Saharan Africa. He has over 16 years of experience in tax planning, compliance, cross border transactions and business process improvement and strategy. In his current role he manages the overall tax strategy for all the GE businesses operating in 17 countries across the region and this has exposed him to a wide variety of tax issues in the region. He is considered one of the top regional experts based on his interaction with tax issues across the region

Prior to joining GE he was a Senior Tax manager with a focus on oil in Gas in the tax regulatory and people services division of KPMG where he provided a advice on tax structuring and strategy for companies operating in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry. He also ran the KPMG Gulf of Guinea tax team practice where he provided advice to companies in Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Cameroon and Mali.

Chijioke has a Bachelors of Science in accounting from the University of Nigeria Nsukka and he is currently the deputy dean of the direct tax faculty of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, as well as an associate member of the Institute of Chartered accountants of Nigeria.

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Chijioke Uwaegbute Tax DirectorGeneral Electric South Africa

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Charles Namme MenyoliMagistrate (fourth grade)Ministere de la justice

Claudia has worked at EY since October 2012.

Claudia is a manager in the Africa Tax Coordination Services business, managing tax engagements across multiple countries.

Primarily focused on global compliance and reporting services for a portfolio of multinational clients in various industries, she also has experience in global mobility and tax advisory projects.


Claire has a Masters degree in law and 30 years experience of labour relations, labour law and human resource management in South Africa and the SADC region.

She has extensive experience in advising clients on all aspects of labour law including compliance with the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, the Employment Equity Act, the Labour Relations Act and the Skills Development legislation.

Claire has extensive experience in reviewing policies, contracts, practices and procedures to assess compliance with labour legislation and best practice. Industry experience includes: health care, universities, SETAs, telecommunications, fast moving consumer goods, tobacco and hotels.


Christopher has over 12 years experience in tax advisory services, as well as aggregate of two-and-a-half years audit experience.

He was previously an Associate Director focusing on Transaction Taxes, cross-border investment and restructuring, as well as general tax compliance at Viva Africa Consulting, a legal fi nancial tax consulting fi rm.

He holds a MBA (Finance) and BA (Economics) from the University of Nairobi and is currently pursuing a LLB.

He has led various buyer/vendor tax DDS, as well provided optimal structure advisories in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania.


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Claire Hock

Christopher Kirathe

Claudia Upham

Associate Director Performance Improvement, Advisory servicesEY South Africa

Associate DirectorTransaction TaxEY Kenya

Manager Africa Tax Coordination ServicesEY South Africa

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Clifford joined EY in 2015 as the Managing Partner for the African Transaction Advisory Business, located in the Johannesburg offi ce, South Africa.

Prior to joining EY, Clifford served as CEO of Renaissance Group Africa - responsible for the Investment Bank, Renaissance Property, Renaissance Credit - Micro Finance, Renaissance Asset Management, and the Renaissance Group Private Equity Business.

Clifford was co-CEO (Country Head) of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, South Africa; with the bank for 14 years, two years of which was in New York City.

Clifford has a B Com, LLB, H.Dip Co Law from the university of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.


Craig joined EY three years ago as a partner in our EMEIA Operating Model Effectiveness practice. In his role he works extensively with clients undergoing major operating model transformation across all parts of the r value chain in Africa and Europe.

Prior to joining EY, Craig held multiple roles in industry, including Chief Financial Offi cer of SABMiller’s global procurement organisation, Head of Tax of SABMiller’s South African operations, and Head of Transfer Pricing for both SABMiller and The Interpublic Group of Companies. His experience spans 20 years working in South Africa, the United Kingdom and Switzerland.


Cleedon is a Partner in the Tax Department. He is currently leading the Accounting Compliance & Reporting service line across Africa whilst acting as Engagement Partner and Account Leader for Multinational Clients across Africa.

Within the Tax department, Cleedon has diversifi ed his experience from managing accounting services for multinational clients to assisting clients to improve their reporting systems and drafting policies and procedures.

Cleedon’s client service portfolio ranges across the Record to Report process and includes services such bookkeeping, fi nancial statement preparation, corporate secretarial services, deferred tax accounting, corporate income tax compliance, coordination of pan-African compliance projects, advising on setup of fi nancial reporting systems and supporting during the establishment of new entities.


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Cleedon Botha

Clifford Sacks

Craig Mitchell

Director Accounting Compliance & ReportingEY South Africa

DirectorAfrica Transaction Advisory Services LeaderEY South Africa

PartnerOperating Model Effectiveness EY Europe Middle East India and Africa practice

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Liz has been with EY for 19 years. She is an Executive Director in the People Advisory Services team.

Liz provides tax advice to local and global multinationals on international assignments, tax structuring of remuneration, employees’ tax issues, international share schemes and payroll management.

Liz manages the coordination of the global expatriate service offered to a Multinational in the Oil & Gas industry. Providing the client with tax advice and coordinating advice from colleagues in other EY offi ces.

She has experience in global mobility advisory services, including assignment policies, equity compensation, and social security.

Daryl is the Tax Performance Leader for Africa. In addition to this she is also the Tax Performance Advisory leader for the Africa sub-area.

Daryl specializes in tax function effectiveness, process and controls and tax technology.

Daryl is a qualifi ed Chartered Accountant with over twenty years post qualifying experience in the corporate taxation arena, both in respect of direct and indirect taxes.


Dr. Larbi-Siaw is a Senior Tax Policy Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MoFEP) of Ghana. Prior to his current role, he worked as the Value Added Tax (VAT) Advisor to the Federal Inland Revenue Authority of Ethiopia. He was the Commissioner-General of Rwanda Revenue Authority. He was also the Commissioner-General of Uganda Revenue Authority. He has held various positions in Ghana including Chief Director of the Ghana National Revenue Secretariat. He also held the position of Financial Controller and subsequently the Chief Executive of Ghana National Procurement Agency.

Dr. Larbi-Siaw has honorary doctorate in taxation. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) and B.sc in Economics from University of Ghana. He holds a professional certifi cate in law from the Ghana Law School. He is a member of the Ghana Bar Association and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the UK.

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Daryl Blakeway

Dr Edward Larbi-Siaw

Elizabete da Silva

Director Tax Performance Advisory Leader — AfricaEY South Africa

Senior Tax Policy Advisor to the Minister of Finance & Economic Planning, Republic of Ghana

Executive DirectorHuman Capital Tax servicesEY South Africa

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Eric is the head of EY Côte d’Ivoire tax and legal department. Eric is in charge of the realization and the supervision of the tax and legal work. He takes care of the application of the methodology selected.

Eric N’guessan’s principal areas of expertise are tax structuring, transfer pricing, due diligence, acquisitions and disposals of businesses and general international and corporate tax advice, assistance during tax control, advice on capital management (share buy-backs) issues, senior executive and director remuneration, share option plans, shareholder agreements and general company law advice.


Ferdinand joined EY after a very long and rich career with the tax administration of Cameroon and specialized training in International Tax Law and Financial Strategy from Leiden and Oxford Universities.

He was trained as Tax Inspector in the National School of Administration and Magistracy of Cameroon and is animated by a strong edge for private tax practice.He has a perfect understanding of the internal functioning of corporations, corporate fi nance, strategy and corporate valuation.He studied public law in the university for the undergraduate course and the course content included; international economic law, regional planning law, international public law, contract law, administrative law, international relations and international development law.Ferdinand’s main areas of expertise lie in the Tax advisory for tax reforms as well as the drafting and designing of tax systems.


Elza is a qualifi ed chartered accountant and specialist in international tax and transfer pricing.

She was a Senior Manager in the EY Transfer Pricing team in Cape Town and worked for the fi rm for six years.

She subsequently specialised in assisting South African listed companies to expand their operations into French-speaking West Africa.

Elza recently joined Engen and works within the International Business Division, overseeing subsidiaries in West Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands.


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Elza Gillman

Eric N’guessan

Ferdinand Nji

Engen Regional Finance Manager: West & Islands

PartnerTaxEY Cote d’Ivoiré

Senior ManagerTaxEY Cameroon

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Grace is a Senior Manager. She heads the EY Human Capital Tax Practice in Kenya.She has extensive domestic and International Tax consulting experience to both domestic clients and inward and outward multinationals in a broad range of industries. Grace has over eight years’ experience in Human Capital and International tax gained from a wide variety of clients Oil & Gas, Financial Services, Construction, Telecommunications and FMCG’s.Grace is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and a holder of Bachelor of Laws.She is also a Certifi ed Public Accountant of Kenya (CPA-K) and a member of the Law Society of Kenya.


Folkert is an Indirect Tax Partner who joined the Johannesburg offi ce in 2013 to further grow EY’s Indirect Tax Practice in Africa.Prior to working in Johannesburg, South Africa, Folkert gained experience in Indirect Tax and Operating Model Effectiveness in Europe and the US since 1999.Folkert is responsible for several (Indirect Tax) supply chain / OME projects including data analytics and ERP set-up/optimisation in Europe and Globally as well as being a VAT specialist focussed on Consumer Products, Chemicals and Logistics.

Folkert has been involved in Indirect Tax and mergers and acquisitions, including temporary services agreements and interim modelling.


M&A and reorganization processes, including complex and Multinational Groups of companies.Assisting due diligence processes, from a tax perspective.Tax compliance (including, corporate, personal and indirect taxes).Assisting on a regular tax basis several national and international clients.Assisting assurance teams.Preparing/reviewing Tax reporting packages.Participant in several training sessions (either national and international) as a trainee and as a coach.

Contact: fi [email protected]

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Filipa Pereira

Folkert Gaarlandt

Grace Mulinge

Senior ManagerGlobal Compliance and Reporting EY Angola

DirectorIndirect Tax Services EY South Africa

Senior Manager Human Capital Tax servicesEY Kenya

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Hadijah holds a Masters of Arts Degree in Economic Policy and Planning and a Bachelor of Statistics degree. She is member of the Association of Chartered Certifi ed Accountants (ACCA) as well as a member of the Institute of Chartered Certifi ed Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU).Hadijah has been part of the team advising different clients on global trade issues focusing mainly on Consumer Products and Retail (CPR) sector. She previously worked with Uganda Revenue Authority Customs and Excise Department.Hadijah is currently the regional (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi) Customs & International Trade Senior Manager dealing with all matters of Customs, International trade and Excise duty, and closely following and ensuring updates on regional integration issues. She has written several articles and trained on East African Community regional integration as well COMESA and the Tripartite Free Trade Area in the offi ng.Hadijah has been actively participating in advocacy and awareness efforts by the Kenya Association of Manufacturers as a member of the trade and tax committee.


Ide joined EY in 2011 after having worked for two of the big law fi rms in South AfricaIde is a Partner in the International Tax Services line, with more than 14 years tax experienceHis areas of practice include local and cross border mergers and acquisitions, corporate simplifi cation and restructurings, Operating Model Effectiveness, private equity and empowerment transactions with a particular focus on Africa investments, corporate fi nance and transaction funding.He holds a Masters in Philosophy: Tax Law from the University of Cape Town


Grant Pattison currently serves as the Chairman and CEO for NRG Renew Africa Pty Ltd. In this capacity he is responsible for overseeing the utility, C&I and residential activities for the business as well as developing an entry and initial growth strategy for the organization. He also sits on the Boards of various private companies.Prior to joining NRG Renew, he was with South African retailer Massmart Holdings Ltd for 16 years, the last 7 of which as CEO, during which time he led the sale of a majority stake in the company to U.S.-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Grant graduated from University of Cape Town in 1992 with a BSc degree in Electrical Engineering, after which he was employed by Anglo American Group as a management trainee. In 1993, after four years with Anglo American, Grant moved to Monitor Group as a consultant.

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Grant Pattison

Hadijah Nannyomo

Ide Louw

Chairman and CEONRG Renew Africa Pty Ltd.

Senior Manager Indirect Tax, Global TradeEY Kenya

Director International Tax ServicesEY South Africa

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Isaac joined EY Ghana in 2007 and he has over twenty years experience in taxation, tax advisory services and transaction

tax services, among others.

Isaac also has over six years experience in tax administration.


Responsible for trade/customs compliance for Cummins businesses in Africa.

This includes advisory and design support to new entity start-ups, refi ning current processes and optimizing indirect tax protocols.

In addition focus on trade agreements, origin, valuation, classifi cation and other core customs requirements.

Jim is a senior partner and Leader of EY Africa Tax working with over 900 tax professionals in 30 countries. Prior to his arrival in Africa, Jim has held a number of leadership responsibilities in both the US and overseas. Most recently, Jim was part of the Midwest Practice (US) tax leadership team and led the early formation efforts around Global Compliance and Reporting services for the Central and Eastern European practices. As a coordinating partner, Jim has been responsible for leading talented, global and diverse teams of professionals that support EY clients in their fi nancial reporting and compliance needs, management of their enterprise risks and support in regulatory matters that arise ranging from tax controversy to economic incentive programs.


Jemimah is an Executive Director in EY Kenya. She heads EY‘s East Africa Transfer Pricing Practice. She started her career in professional services providing international tax and advisory services, but she has focused exclusively on international taxes and transfer pricing for the last nine years. Jemimah has over ten years’ experience in international tax and transfer pricing, gained from a wide variety of clients in Oil & Gas, Financial Services, Construction, Telecommunications and FMCGs.Jemimah has specialised in providing transfer pricing services across the East Africa region.


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Isaac Quaye

Johan van Niekerk

Jemimah Mugo

Jim Deiotte

Associate DirectorTaxEY Ghana

Africa Trade Compliance ManagerCummins Africa

Executive Director Transfer PricingEY Kenya

Africa Tax Leader and PartnerEY South Africa

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Joseph’s main areas of expertise lie in the Tax and Legal advisory for the Oil & Gas, Utilities, Mining and Telecoms.He is actively involved in transaction tax and international tax issues.Specialized in tax planning and tax structuring of investments and fi nancial transfers from African countries towards Europe and Northern America, with or without the existence of a tax treaty.Developed technical guidance for corporate reorganizations having African impacts.Proven leadership skills through responsibility for the tax optimization of major companies operating in Africa.


Juan has 19+ years of restructuring and corporate fi nance experience and specializes in representing municipalities, companies, lenders, creditors and other parties in interest in all phases of out-of-court and in-court workouts and restructurings.Juan has spent the past several years assisting the City of Detroit in its ongoing restructuring activities, including the development of the City’s Plan of Debt Adjustments, assisting the Mayor’s executive team in negotiations with bargaining units, monitoring and forecasting of liquidity, negotiations with creditors, development of budget and implementation of operational initiatives.Juan was the project leader of a large multidisciplinary team providing fi nancial and strategic advice to the Offi cial Committee of Unsecured Creditors of General Motors Corporation. His role in the case included assessing GM’s business plan, assisting with liquidity preservation and advising on the structuring and implementation of the post-bankruptcy wind-down of the assets of Old GM.


John is the head of Indirect Tax operations in the Eastern Africa region with a wealth of experience. He has been instrumental in the growth of VAT in the region. John has been involved in high level consulting assignments touching on all levels of indirect tax in various sectors including fi nancial, manufacturing, alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, mining and exploration companies among others. He has been involved in indirect tax consultancies touching on business restructuring and effective operating business model for various sectors. John is a regular commentator on indirect tax issues and in particular VAT. He has over the years organised various seminars to sensitise the business community on the impact of the changes in VAT laws. He has been involved in lobbying for various adverse tax laws in sectors including coffee sector, dairy sector, water and electricity generation.John has represented clients, in various sectors including manufacturing, banking and FCMG in dispute resolution at the Kenya Revenue Authority and at the VAT Tribunal level.


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John Gikima

Joseph Pagop-Noupoue

Juan Santambrogio

Associate DirectorIndirect Tax servicesEY Kenya

French Speaking Africa Tax LeaderEY Cameroon

Senior Manager Restructuring Advisory ServicesEY Atlanta, USA

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Klaus is a lawyer and partner in the Munich offi ce of the accounting fi rm EY GmbH. He is the Global Direct Tax Account Leader for the EU. Klaus studied law and Economics in Munich and Edinburgh, as well as business information systems at the University of Leipzig. He is a lecturer of the Federal Finance Academy in Brühl and author of numerous contributions to the EC control - and corporate law.


Luís Marques is the Offi ce Managing Partner of the Angolan practice of EY.

Luís has comprehensive experience in international tax planning, including corporate and debt restructuring. His industry focus relates to multinational groups in the energy (including advisory work performed in the context of some relevant renewable energies projects), pharmaceutical, media/press, automotive, manufacturing and tourism sector. He hasextensive tax experience serving multinational companies on issues regarding taxation rules applicable in Portugal and Angola.

Luís has been a presenter in many seminars held in Portugal, namely regarding the tax implications arising from the Euro introduction in a major automotive industry, and also in Angola in the context of the tax reform currently in progress.Strong knowledge on Angolan tax system and business environment.


Justin joined EY in August 2010 and is the International Tax Services leader for the African Sub-Area.Justin has been a speaker at a number of tax seminars sharing the panel with the Minister of Finance and the previous Commissioner of SARS and is a member of the National Tax Committee of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.Justin is an expert in Corporate tax advisory in relation to transactional tax matters including domestic and international tax as well as tax advice in relation to M&A transactions, fi nancing and Black Economic Empowerment transactions in the Consumer Products, Mining and Financial Services industries.


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Justin Liebenberg

Dr Klaus von Brocke

Luis Marques

Director Africa International Tax Services LeaderEY South Africa

Partner Head of EU Tax ServicesEY Munich, Germany

Offi ce Managing PartnerEY Angola

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Mr. Dike is the current Director of Tax Policy at the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Beyond being a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, Mr. Dike is also an Associate Chartered Accountant. Mr Dike is an alumnus of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, where he studied Economics and graduated with a B.Sc. (Hons.) in 1979.

He doubles his current position of President of CITN with the position of Vice President of West African Union of Tax Institutes (WAUTI).

Mr. Dike was an offi cial Federal Government of Nigeria Expert on Tax Practice as well as the Coordinator, Sub-Technical Committee’s Working Teams on Tax Implications of the Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Withholding Tax (WHT), Presumptive Taxation, Exchange of Information, Non-Interest Banking and Redrafting of Tax Laws

Mr Dike is married with children, and his hobbies are reading, current affairs, watching and analysing football, jogging, games and travelling.

Mark is currently a Tax Account Leader and coordinating partner on a select handful of key tax accounts across Africa. In this role he is responsible for understanding our clients’ needs and getting the best tax teams we have across Africa (and the world) onto our key accounts to provide them with exceptional client service, solve their problems and meet our client’s needs.

For the two years prior to now he was the Business Tax Services (BTS) Africa Sub Area leader based in Johannesburg, South Africa. This area is responsible for inter alia corporate tax compliance and consulting.

For the fi ve years prior to that, Mark was Africa Sub Area Leader responsible for all services provided by the Human Capital group which includes Employee and Expatriate Tax, Immigration and Relocation Services.


Marcus is a senior manager in the Transfer Pricing division of EY in Cape Town, South Africa.

Marcus has worked in the fi eld of transfer pricing for about 8 years out of which 2 years were spent in Australia. His experience includes international tax, cross-border structuring and transfer pricing.

Marcus has been involved with analysing and resolving international and local transfer pricing issues faced by multinational enterprises within South Africa and Australia including putting in place appropriate documentation to support client transfer pricing policy documents. Additionally, Marcus has been involved with drafting comparability and detailed fi nancial analyses which involved building fi nancial models that allowed for various scenario analyses. Marcus was also involved in TP negotiations with SARS.

Marcus is fl uent in both English and German


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Marcus Stelloh

Mark Anthony C Dike

Mark Goulding

Senior ManagerInternational Tax — Transfer Pricing and Operating Model EffectivenessEY South Africa

Co-ordinating Dean of Faculties, the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN)

DirectorTaxEY South Africa

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Mat is the Partner leading EY’s International Tax Services Group (‘ITS’) for the UK and Ireland. ITS provides tax consultancy services to a wide range of UK and foreign-based multinational companies.He has over 20 years experience advising clients on international tax matters.Mat advises on a wide range of strategies to manage international taxes. He works across all industries focussing mainly on UK and US headquartered multinationals. His clients include or have included Diageo plc, Barclays plc, Marathon Oil Inc, SAB Miller plc, Time Warner Inc, Cadbury plc, Alliance Boots plc and Reckitt Benckiser plc. Mat is co-author of the EY Double Tax Relief handbook and Tolleys guide to the UK/US double taxation agreement. He is a leading authority on the UK controlled foreign company laws. He has negotiated groundbreaking clearances and rulings with the UK fi scal authority including (in the public transaction arena) for the fi rst US to UK. “inversion” transaction when Ensco Inc redomiciled to the UK in 2009.


Mathieu is a Tax Director and is part of the Africa Oil & Gas in team. He has over ten years experience providing African and international tax advice on complex transactions in the oil and gas and wider energy sector.

Mathieu joined Ernst & Young in 2012 after having worked for 8 years with Royal Dutch Shell in Europe and Africa. He is based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, one of our regional hubs in Africa.

He is an Attorney at Law (registered in France) and has a Post graduate diploma in Business & Tax laws. He is a member of the International Fiscal Association. He speaks French and English.


Michael is an experienced business advisor and executive manager in corporate restructuring and turnaround situations. His work focuses on holistic restructuring efforts (operational + fi nancial), transformation, cost effi ciency and complex cross-border organizational optimization.

Prior to joining AlixPartners, Michael was an executive board member at Primacom AG and managing director at Tele Columbus GmbH, serving as chief restructuring offi cer (CRO) and chief executive offi cer/ chief operating offi cer (CEO/COO). He restructured the entities operationally and fi nancially and both are currently rapidly growing and have recently merged to the third largest cable network company in Germany.

Since joining AlixPartners, Michael has been focusing on restructuring & transformation programs:

Lead the Non-US transformation of a global medical device company and served as Interim Vice President Commercial Operations for EMEA, Australia, New Zeeland (also overseeing South African operations).

Supported the global transformation of the Go-To-Market – Approach of the world’s largest High-Tech company.

Currently Leads the restructuring of a JSE-listed company in South Africa.

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Michael Dorn

Mat Mealey

Mathieu Calame

Managing DirectorAlixPartners

Partner International Tax ServicesEY United Kingdom

Executive Director TaxEY Cote d’Ivoire

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Michael has specialized in the area of transfer pricing and thin capitalization for over ten years and has signifi cant experience in planning, implementing, optimising and defending international intra-group transactions from a transfer pricing perspective.

While his client portfolio includes listed clients from various different industries, he has considerable experience with the challenges and opportunities relating to transfer pricing within the consumer goods, telecommunications, energy and resources, fi nancial services and engineering industries.

He presented at the Africa Transfer Pricing Summit in 2012, 2014 and 2015.

He has been a guest lecturer at the University of Johannesburg from 2010 to 2013 and at the University of Pretoria in 2015 on the subject of transfer pricing and thin capitalisation.


Michael is a partner in the Europe, Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA) practice of EY, and is responsible for the fi rm’s Africa Business Centre. He has a background in political science, economics, and literary studies, and uses this wide frame of reference to bring a fresh perspective to more conventional business thinking.Through the success of our Africa integration, and as the sector lead for Advisory Consumer Products & Retail, Michael has worked with a number of different clients wanting to invest in Africa and successfully concluded a number of engagements, specifi cally in the consumer products and retail space. Michael’s areas of focus include strategy and business development. Using a combination of facilitation and qualitative analysis he has assisted clients across a range of sectors in projects ranging from business concept feasibility studies to developing processes for innovation to developing blue-sky growth strategies. Michael leads Ernst & Young’s Africa Business Centre. Responsibilities include the fi rm’s thought leadership initiatives on Africa, such as the fl agship Africa Attractiveness publication. He has also worked with a number of companies from various countries and across a range of sectors to assist them in developing, stress-testing and executing their Africa growth strategies.


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Michael Hewson

Michael Lalor

Executive DirectorInternational Tax — Transfer Pricing and Operating Model EffectivenessEY South Africa

DirectorEY Africa Business Centre LeaderEY South Africa

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Monique is a member of Ernst & Young LLP’s International Tax Services – Transfer Pricing practice in Washington, DC. Monique is also the EY Global Head of Transfer Pricing Controversy, specializing in cross-border dispute resolution including Mutual Agreement Procedures and Arbitration. Her practice focuses on international tax controversies, compliance, and planning, including transfer pricing, tax treaty, tax policy and other matters.She regularly teaches government offi cials including through the EU Fiscalis Programme that provides internal training to the tax authorities of EU Member States and through UN capacity build programs. She also teaches transfer pricing at several leading universities. Monique has repeatedly been nominated as leading tax advisor by her peers, for example in the Best of the Best 2013 Expert Guide, the latest Transfer Pricing Controversy Guide, the latest Transfer Pricing Advisers Guide, the latest Tax Advisers Guide and the Women in Business Law Guide. She was awarded the Woman In Law award for 2014 by Law Monthly Magazine.


Mwendamo is responsible for all aspects of company’s fi nancial activities including direct responsibility for: fi nancing, fi nancial accounting and reporting, business analysis, taxation, budgeting and forecasting.

As part of the Executive team, he contributes to the establishment and maintenance of the strategic direction of the company, company business plans and business cases. He has also held senior management positions in Banking and Audit.

Mwendamo is a Chartered Accountant with over 18 years of experience and has a Master’s Degree in Financial Management.

Michel is a Senior Manager in the Transfer Pricing & Operating Model Effectiveness Group.He joined EY (in the Netherlands) in 2009 and is currently based in the Johannesburg offi ce in South Africa.Michel has more than eight years of professional experience as a tax advisor, primarily with EY in the Netherlands (since 2009) and South Africa (since 2014).His experience includes the coordination of multi-country transfer pricing documentation projects in Europe, as well as Africa. He has experience with the variety and complexity of transfer pricing legislation across Africa, as well as exchange control regulations that may affect a client’s cash repatriation strategies


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Michel Verhoosel

Monique van Herksen

Mwendamo Mazaba

Senior ManagerEY International Tax ServicesEY South Africa

PartnerTransfer Pricing Controversy LeaderEY USA

Chief Financial Offi cerCEC Liquid Telecommunication Limited

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Nervin Chetty has spent the last 4 years working for Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) as a Specialist for Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). In his role he is responsible for providing Multi National Clients operating across SSA with tailored solutions for managing effi cient and robust treasuries. Nervin has worked closely with some of the largest Multi nationals operating across the continent and provided solutions spanning across several industries.

He joined Citi in 2007 as the Strategy and Finance Business Unit Manager for TTS SSA. Prior to joining Citi, Nervin spent 3 years working for Barclays Bank PLC Africa Division as the Finance & Benefi ts Manager for the Africa Change Division.

He is an adrenalin enthusiast, actively racing a superbike around race tracks in South Africa. Nervin is a graduate from the Durban University of Technology as a Civil Engineer and also holds an MBA from Henley Reading University in the UK.

Nicolas joined EY in 2000 and he leads the Legal and Tax Practice of EY in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

He has extensive experience providing tax and legal services focusing on domestic an international legal and tax law as well as on energy law; broad experience in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

He has provided legal and tax assistance to main Oil & Gas companies in Gabon including PSC convention between the Gabonese government and investors.

He is the Africa Law Leader since 2014.


Natasha has been with EY since January 1996 and is a director in the Tax service line in our Johannesburg offi ce.

She is the leader of our Africa Tax Coordination Services business, which focuses on managing tax engagements across multiple countries.

Natasha’s focus for the past number of years has been on assisting our clients with multijurisdictional tax service offerings ranging from compliance to new country entry or once-off tax related questions.

Clients will benefi t from Natasha’s lessons learned in supporting other multinational clients as they manage their compliance in Africa.


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Natasha Meintjes

Nervin Chetty

Nicolas Chevrinais

Director Africa Tax Coordination Services LeaderEY South Africa

Treasury and Trade Solutions SpecialistSub Saharan AfricaCiti

PartnerTax LeaderEY Gabon

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Oliver is the EY EMEIA Transfer Pricing Leader.

He is a regular speaker at German and international transfer pricing seminars and author of numerous publications in renowned journals both in Germany and abroad including International Tax Review.

Oliver offers comprehensive consulting competence in the global transfer pricing - especially in the international tax planning in connection with the transfer of intangible assets, with advance pricing agreements (APAs), mutual agreement procedures, as well as projects in the area of tax effective supply chain management (TESCM). He serves a variety of clients in different industries, mainly in the automotive and pharmaceutical industries as well as in the sector of consumer goods.


Managing tax controversies - audits and litigations

Drive group tax strategy in the region –

compliance and optimisation of tax plans / costs

Ensure timely and accurate tax provisions and reporting

Business tax adviser / communicator and trainer

Juggles the Treasury role.

Olebogeng leads the EY Global Trade practice across Sub-Saharan Africa and advises corporations on various aspects of global trade (with specifi c focus on customs).

These includes inward investor planning and Africa expansion strategies linked to cost reduction (i.e. customs value unbundling, customs duty preferential treatment, tariff classifi cation, special duty saving regimes and government lobbying).

Has advised clients across all industries (e.g. CP&R, TMT, Automotive, Energy, Oil & Gas, etc.)


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Olebogeng Ramatlhodi

Oliver Wehnert

Peter Kinuthia

Senior ManagerAfrica Global Trade Leader EY South Africa

PartnerEMEIA Transfer Pricing LeaderEY Düsseldorf, Germany

Tax ManagerNestlé Equatorial African Region

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Ray joined EY in 2011 and leads EY’s Performance & Reward Competency across Africa.

Before joining EY he was Group Human Capital Director and Head of Risk for an African investment bank with operations in 12 African countries where he was responsible for, inter alia, HR strategy development and implementation.

He was the Reward Strategy Director at Standard Bank for 5 years where he was head of, inter alia, reward group strategy and process, the medical aid benefi t offering for the local employees, reward design and all aspects of HR policy formulation and implementation.

He has international experience, having working in London for two years. Ray has 18 years consulting and industry experience in performance and reward, employee benefi ts and policies, global mobility, employment and cross-border taxation, and global share-based incentive schemes.

Ray is the author of the EY Remuneration Governance Survey, which is now in its third year.


Redge is a Associate Director in the Africa Indirect tax competency based in Johannesburg, South Africa and is primarily responsible for VAT advisory, compliance and training services.

Before joining EY he was practicing as an Advocate of the High Court and a member of the Pretoria Society of Advocates.

Redge has eight years experience in the fi eld of taxation, advising on a broad range of tax related matters.

Redge is a co-author of the text book, Silke: South African Income Tax, published annually by LexisNexis and has presented public seminars on taxation related topics for the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA), the South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA), the South African Institute of Tax Practitioners (SAIT) and the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA).


Quintin is a Partner in the Valuations and Business Modelling team within Transaction Advisory Services, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is both a Chartered Accountant (CA (SA)and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

After articles he joined the EY corporate fi nance practice in 2005. He has over ten years of valuations, corporate fi nance and transaction advisory experience.


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Quintin Hobbs

Ray Harraway

Redge de Swardt

PartnerTransaction Advisory Services EY South Africa

Executive Director: People & Organisation EY South Africa

Associate DirectorIndirect TaxEY South Africa

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Rendani Neluvhalani is an attorney of the High Court of South Africa.

She joined EY in 1998 and has been a Partner in the International Tax Services (“ITS”) since 2006. She has over 20 years of tax consulting experience and 4 of those years having been spent abroad.

During the period 2002-2004, Rendani spent two and a half years with the Transfer Pricing – Operating Model Effectiveness, ITS and structured fi nance team in the London offi ce of EY

She was head of the ITS division in South Africa from 2006-2009 and such role extended to the Africa region in 2008.

Rendani recently returned from a two year secondment with the Global Tax Desk Network in Asia Pacifi c with Beijing , China as her base, the objective of the secondment being to work with potential investors in China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Australia who are considering investing or expanding their operations in Africa. She is now part of the EMEIA Japan Business Services Team, working with Japanese companies doing business in Africa.

She plays a client facing role across Africa and therefore an African region ITS resource.


Robert is a partner in the Corporate Practice and also heads the Engineering & Construction Sector Group at Webber Wentzel.

He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, joint ventures and other corporate transactional work and has advised a substantial number of Asian-owned multinational companies in relation to their expansion into Africa. Robert is currently executing on a number of Oil, Gas and Energy related mandates in Angola, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Djibouti, the DRC and Ghana.

He is an expert in South East Asia and has represented a number of South African companies who have set up operations in Asia. Robert has signifi cant experience in the mining, infrastructure, power, oil and gas, construction, fi nancial services and healthcare sectors.

His expertise has been recognised by international research organisations including Chambers Global (Corporate/ M&A and Construction) and Legal 500 (M&A). He has also been named in India Business Law Journal’s annual survey of the top international law fi rms for India-related work.

Robert is the co-author of Business Rescue and Compromise Offers which was published in 2015 and which deals with Business Rescue and Compromise Offers found in the 2008 Companies ActRobert has BA and LLB degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand.

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Rendani Neluvhalani

Robert Appelbaum

Director International Tax ServicesEY South Africa

Partner, Corporate Practice and Construction & Engineering Sector Group HeadWebber Wentzel

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Sean brings more than 15 years of legal and tax professional experience, of which seven7 years have been at EY.

Sean currently forms part of the Africa Tax coordination team and helps manage and co-ordinate more than 25 multi disciplinary teams across the African continent and in the broader EMEIA region.

Has served as a tax account leader on a number of key global accounts for the last four years.

Within Ernst & Young, Sean has primarily operated in the Corporate Tax Advisory space and has signifi cant experience in tax structuring , tax accounting and due diligence work.

He has signifi cant experience working on the broader African continent and across a number of jurisdictions.


Sean KleynhansExecutive Director: People & Organisation EY South Africa

Ryaad has over 20 years experience in fi scal matters as well as the following:

Advise clients on tax structuring strategies

Advise clients on the application of double taxation treaties on their cross border transactions and/or operations

Advise the government in drafting fi scal legislations

Provide expert opinions on transaction taxes

Advise high net worth individuals on their personal tax affairs

Provide expert advice on Value Added Tax


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Ryaad OwodallyPartnerTax LeaderEY Mauritius

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Rui HenriquesPartnerGlobal Compliance and ReportingEY Angola

Rui is responsible for the coordination of Global Compliance & Reporting (GCR) services in Angola. The GCR services comprise of accounting and tax compliance, GAAP conversion, fi nancial & tax reporting, payroll and support for tax auditHis experience covers areas of outsourcing accounting and tax consultancy services.As a tax consultant Rui has supported national and multinational companies in various industries in the fi elds of direct taxation, international taxation and restructuring of economic groups.His experience as a consultant includes:Support for various M&A, due diligence and structuring of IPO transactions.Coordination of implementation of Financial & Tax ReportingCoordination of projects of implementing ERP softwareCoordination of advisory processes in Financial & Administrative reorganizationsFinancial and tax consulting services to national and multinational clients


ShariLeigh is the Transaction Tax Leader for Africa, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. In this role, ShariLeigh manages the Transaction Tax practice for Sub-Saharan Africa, and also leads pan-African transactions for African and non-African clients.

Prior to moving to Johannesburg, ShariLeigh was a Principal in Ernst & Young LLP’s Transaction Tax Group in New York. In this capacity she advised some of Ernst & Young’s largest private equity and corporate clients on all aspects of mergers and acquisitions, including due diligence, structuring and modeling, across all sectors including Power & Utilities, Retail and Consumer Products and Healthcare.

ShariLeigh has over 20 years of experience leading complex structured transactions. Prior to joining EY she worked at a private investment bank, where she was responsible for acquiring and managing new businesses as well as assisting with the management of existing investments. Prior to that, ShariLeigh was a Vice President at Bank of America, where she originated and syndicated capital markets transactions and was also a registered lobbyist for the bank, working primarily on tax matters.

ShariLeigh has a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, a J.D. from Fordham University and an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law.


Silke is qualifi ed as a lawyer and tax advisor, and has over 20 years of experience in advising clients from various industries in tax, e.g. international tax (in- and outbound), assistance in transactions and due diligence, transfer pricing, (international) restructuring, tax planning, assistance in tax audits.

Before joining EY, Silke has worked for another big four fi rm in Germany, Russia, Poland, Romania, and South Africa.

Working for fi ve years in industry Silke gained valuable experience. She has been the European Tax Director for 2 American listed companies, based at the respective European headquarters in Belgium.

Silke’s experience in working in different countries, including developing/emerging markets, as well as industry experience enables her to deal with regulations in various jurisdictions and fi nding practical solutions for clients.

Silke is heading up the Tanzanian tax practice since January 2012.


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ShariLeigh Gordon

Silke Mattern

Director Africa Transaction Tax Leader EY South Africa

Partner Tax LeaderEY Tanzania

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Shane GovenderGroup Executive Head Of Tax Vodacom

Shane has close on 11 years with Vodacom leading the tax function. Active business operation across 15 countries generating group revenue of R77bn.

Stephen has over 14 years of experience of which eight have been with EY.

Stephen also has extensive IFRS experience and has served clients both in the private and public sector, his service area is Global Compliance and Reporting services focused on Income Tax Compliance and Accounting Compliance and Reporting.

Stephen has also led multiple Financial Statement Close Process and Audit Readiness assignments.


Thuto Shomang is responsible for all Group Treasury activities and support for operations’ treasuries across the business footprint. Responsibilities include: Implementation of approved policies and treasury risk and investment strategies, and for day-to-day management and running of the treasury activities;ensuring that there is suffi cient liquidity to meet ongoing requirements of the Group;developing and maintaining corporate banking and credit rating agency relationships;ensuring that the treasury maintains an effective internal control framework; ensuring compliance with South African Reserve Bank regulations;defi ning and recommending the objectives and policies for all treasury activities in the Group;defi ning and recommending the parameters and restrictions with regard to managing the risks pertaining to instruments, counterparties and credit risk; andidentifying, managing and minimizing the MTN Group’s overall exposure to fi nancial market risk (specifi cally interest rate and foreign exchange price risk).

Thuto ShomangExecutive: Group Treasury MTN Group Limited

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Thulani Shongwe Multilateral Cooperation SpecialistAfrican Tax Administration Forum (ATAF)

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Stephen NtsoaneDirectorTaxEY South Africa

Thulani Shongwe is head of Multilateral Cooperation at the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF). Mr Shongwe among other responsibilities is responsible for ATAF’s project on Base Erosion and Profi t Shifting (BEPS), the ATAF Technical Committee on Cross Border Taxation (CBT) and a member on the OECD Working Party 6 on the Taxation of Multinational Enterprises and a Member of the UN Sub Committee on Tax Base Protection.

Wendy is a Partner in our Transaction Tax division in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Wendy is responsible for tax due diligence reviews and has led many a transaction in South Africa and across Africa.

Wendy has experience in international taxation, having spent a number of years with our International Tax Services division dealing with inbound and outbound investments, providing structuring advice and assisting with the complex area of controlled foreign company legislation.

She also has experience in local direct taxation ranging from simple compliance issues to more complex group restructuring transactions.


Wim is EY Advisory’s Mining & Metals Leader for Africa, in addition to leading EY’s Supply Chain & Operations practice in Africa.

He is an experienced advisor to executives in the Mining & Metals and Consumer Products segments, with 25 years industry and consulting experience.

Wim has led complex global programs across Africa, Europe, Asia and Americas on organisational renewal, operational effectiveness and building capability. He has a deep interest in delivering productivity improvements, supply chain innovation, redesigning operating models, designing and implementing Remote Operating Centers, advanced performance analytics, predictive performance simulation and managing change in challenging stakeholder environments.

He is also spearheading the application of Reliability Technology and Manufacturing Excellence into the capital intensive industry sectors globally to improve availability, utilisation, and rates through different operator behaviour.


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Wendy Gardner

Wim Hoogedeure

DirectorTransaction TaxEY South Africa

DirectorSupply Chain & Operations, Advisory EY South Africa

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Tom is EY’s leader for International Tax Services and Transfer Pricing in Francophone Africa.

Tom leads EY’s tax practice in Senegal, Mauritania and Mali. Before he has worked more than 12.5 years in The Netherlands at EY’s international tax department and has spent some time on the Dutch tax desk in Chicago (US).He has a Master degree in Law and Tax Law.

Tom services local and foreign multinational companies in different sectors (fi nancial services, oil & gas, mining, telecom, consumer products, etc), on a wide variety of tax matters, including mergers and acquisitions, cross-border investments, corporate reorganizations and tax effi cient structuring of holding, fi nancing, licensing, distribution and manufacturing activities.


Tom PhilibertPartner Tax Leader EY Senegal

Zion is a Manager in the EY Tax Service (Human Capital).

Zion has over 12 years of wide experience in tax advisory and compliance services. He has been involved in expatriates’ tax services, compensation and benefi ts management, payroll tax compliance and advisory services, tax audits / investigation and various contracts reviews for tax effi ciency. Zion has also been extensively involved in assisting clients in mediating and resolving various tax controversies with the tax and other regulatory authorities in Nigeria.

Zion holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Accounting and a Masters of Science Degree in Banking & Finance. He is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accounts of Nigeria and the Chartered Institute of taxation of Nigeria.

Prior to joining EY, Zion was a Senior Consultant with the PricewaterhouseCoopers and at some other time, a Senior Inspector of taxes with the Internal Revenue Service in Nigeria.


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Zion AthoroManager Human CapitalEY Nigeria

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