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Bo Darling is since the first of October 2016 the Head of Competent Authority in Denmark. The office is based in Copenhagen. The tasks of the office is mainly MAP, APA, Arbitration and valuation. There are currently 24 employees in the office. Bo has been working with corporate tax for more than 30 years about 15 of these in the field of transfer pricing. Since 2005 Bo has been the Head of transfer pricing Auditing teams. He has been the main driver in putting these teams together and educate them as the teams were often starting from scratch. He has also been the main driver of the Danish case finding network where all sorts of data has been put together to find suitable transfer pricing cases. Furthermore, Bo has been the project leader of several transfer pricing projects. Recently a project involving almost all transfer pricing issues and with 60 FTE. Bo is also the Head mediator in the Danish alternative dispute resolution pilot project.

Lukasz has more than 20 years of international tax experience in consultancy and in-house. Today, he is a Head of Group Tax at PE owned European group and before he headed tax function of listed global Swiss MNE. He has vast experience in tax planning, driving digital transformation in finance, growing shared-service centers, concluding dozen of APAs and MAPs, executing buy/sell-side M&A deals, restructuring and refinancing highly leverage targets. He is a member of ACCA and SwissHoldings. He holds MA in Corporate Finance, postgraduate in tax law and is frequent speaker and university lecturer.

Krishna Gupta has been the Global Head of Transfer Pricing at DSM Firmenich since 2018, based in the Netherlands, where he leads the TP functions (multiple business group), which includes strategic / operational TP / process improvement and optimisation. Key activities include business modelling / M&A / integration projects / litigation / benchmarking / TP monitoring / APA / TP documentation such as CBCR/ MF / LF. He started his career as Manager of Taxation at Suzlon Group in 2007.

Catherine has 25 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 led negotiations with tax authorities on transfer pricing matters including APAs. Catherine is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Advisor and has a Masters degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) from Oxford University.

Sarah Rigney currently serves as Associate Tax Director at Jazz Pharmaceuticals since February 2024. Prior to this role, Sarah held the position of Tax Director at RSM Ireland from June 2023 to December 2023 and was Senior Manager in International Tax at Twilio Inc. from June 2020 to May 2023. Sarah has substantial experience at Canada Life Reinsurance as Tax Manager for nearly a decade and initially worked as a Tax Consultant at Clancy & Associates. Earlier in Sarah's career, experience included a role as Investment & Expense Accountant at Canada Life Reinsurance. Sarah's educational background includes an Advanced Diploma in International Tax, a Certificate in Transfer Pricing, and a BA (Hons) in Accounting & Finance from Dublin Business School, complemented by qualifications from ACCA and the Institute of Accounting Technicians of Ireland.

Aaron Meneghin has a robust career in finance and tax management, currently serving as the Head of Group Tax and Managing Director at Valentino since December 2009. Prior to this role, Aaron was the CFO and Group Head of Tax at VFG International NV from May 2008 to December 2009. Aaron also held the position of Tax Manager at Valentino Fashion Group SpA between September 2006 and April 2008 and worked as the Tax & Accounting Manager at ACN from March 2005 to August 2006. Educational qualifications include a degree in Economics with a focus on Financial Markets from Università Ca' Foscari Venezia (1996-2001) and completion of secondary education at Liceo Flaminio.

Rezan Ökten is a partner and head of Transfer Pricing at Dentons' Amsterdam office. He advises clients on business restructurings, intellectual property, headquarters cost allocation models, financial transactions and valuations, as well as assisting in dispute management and resolution. His deep and significant experience includes advance pricing agreements, tax audits, mutual agreement procedures and court proceedings.

Starting his career at a Big Four firm, Rezan went on to head the transfer pricing practice of an Amsterdam law firm. His experience also includes working as a global in-house transfer pricing specialist of leading telecommunications and technology companies. His exceptional blend of knowledge and experience, gained on both sides of the table, allows Rezan to provide a 360-degree perspective. This is at the heart of how he advises clients. With a clear vision and technically sound approach, he knows when to go the extra mile or be pragmatic to get the buy-in from stakeholders.

Sebastian is a managing counsel and head of Valuation Services in the Amsterdam Transfer Pricing practice. He specializes in economic (valuation) services for widespread tax and transfer-pricing purposes.

He supports clients with in-depth tax/transfer pricing valuation services, ranging from equity and (intangible) asset valuations to value-based management and financial/tax modelling services. In addition, he focuses on economic and financial analyses relating to profit allocation issues, business restructurings, financing transactions, supply-chain structuring and other transfer-pricing matters. By leveraging from extensive financial experience and broad industry knowledge, he assists clients navigating through complex strategic and financial challenges. Sebastian is a certified business valuator (RV), certified patent valuation analyst (CPVA) and a member of the Netherlands Institute for Business Valuators (NiRV).

Jurjen Bevers is a Tax partner in the Amsterdam office and Co-Head of the European Tax practice. He specializes in Dutch corporate tax law and international tax law.

Jurjen provides strategic tax advice for mainly multinational companies. He focuses on group restructuring, M&A, investment and financial structuring, tax treaty interpretation and transfer pricing. His clients consist primarily of companies in the oil & gas, construction and shipbuilding business. 

Tim is the Senior Director, International Tax at Electronic Arts (EA), based in Geneva, overseeing EA’s European and Asian tax operations. With 25 years of international tax experience, Tim has held roles in both practice and in-house across Germany, Luxembourg, the UK, and Switzerland.

At EA, a global leader in interactive entertainment, Tim combines his deep expertise in international tax with a strong interest in technology and operational efficiency. He is particularly focused on tax risk management and process improvement, continuously striving to align tax strategy with EA’s dynamic and fast-evolving business.

Before joining EA, Tim was a Senior Tax Manager at Omnicom, a global advertising and marketing communications firm. There, he was responsible for developing and implementing tax planning strategies, managing tax audits, and ensuring compliance with local transfer pricing rules. Tim holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Mannheim and is a certified German tax advisor.

Originally, Lennart is an International Tax Manager specialised in Dutch and international taxation. Lennart gained consulting experience at Big 4 (Deloitte, PwC) and in-house experience at IKEA. In 2015, Lennart founded TP Tuned with a mission to make transfer pricing documentation easier for multinationals. TP Tuned provides global transfer pricing services and software. TP Tuned has developed the leading transfer pricing documentation solution, Reptune, which is used by multinationals to automate their global transfer pricing documentation.

Remco is currently responsible for running globally the Tax Operations within Blue dot. Blue dot is offering different AI driven Tax and audit solutions running on their online platform. The most known is the VATBox VAT recovery Solution, but Blue dot also offers solutions to analyse data for Employee Benefits (wage tax), Corporate Income Tax and Policy Audit on Employee expenses.

Before joining Blue dot, Remco worked as the EMEA VAT lead at PPG Industries and before that worked as a tax lawyer at Baker & McKenzie.  Remco is registered as a certified tax advisor in the Netherlands.

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 Holdings as their Group 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

At MAN Energy Solutions, Lina is supporting the Tax Team in the development and implementation of a Tax technology strategy and roadmap, as a fundamental enabler of the Group Tax strategy.  She previously worked at Align Technology and EY including other companies.

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.

Ralf has had a long career at Citco with roles including involving Transfer Pricing / Tax Risk, Head of Tax Banking and Custody Division, and Tax Lawyer. He was previously a Tax Lawywer at Baker & McKenzie and Deloitte Nederland.

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