ITA Instructors
The International Tax Academy's courses are led by knowledgeable instructors with extensive experience in the field of international taxation. Members of the IBFD Research staff and experienced practitioners bring their iternational tax law knowledge and practical experience to ITA courses.
Below is a list of instructors involved in delivering the International Tax Academy's courses. Click on an instructor's name to view their biography.
 
The internal instructors

Fabiola Annacondia
Chief VAT Editor, VAT Knowledge Group, and Editor of the International VAT Monitor and EU VAT Compass
IBFD

Roberto Bernales
Senior Research Associate
IBFD
Joel Cooper
Research Associate, International Tax Academy
IBFD
Walter van der Corput
Head, VAT Knowledge Group
IBFD

Jan de Goede
Senior Principal, Tax Knowledge Management
IBFD

Carlos Gutiérrez
Senior Research Associate, Latin American Knowledge Group
IBFD

Ridha Hamzaoui
Chief Editor Middle East-Africa Publications, Senior Research Associate, Africa-Middle East-Caribbean Knowledge Group
IBFD

Arcotia Hatsidimitris
Head, International Tax Academy and China Office
IBFD

Dalijt Kaur
Senior Research Associate, Asia-Pacific Knowledge Group
IBFD
Bart Kosters
Manager of the IBFD Topicals Knowledge Group
IBFD

Shee Boon Law
Principal Research Associate
IBFD

Luis Nouel Mendoza
Research Associate, Latin American Knowledge Group
IBFD

Tigran Mkrtchyan
Senior Research Associate, European Knowledge Group
IBFD

Belema Obuoforibo
Managing Editor of European Publications, Senior Research Associate, European Knowledge Group
IBFD

Andreas Perdelwitz
Research Associate, European Knowledge Group
IBFD

Aurobindo Ponniah
Head, Asia-Pacific Office
IBFD

Richard Resch
Academic Coordinator and Senior Associate, IBFD Academic Group
IBFD

John Rienstra
Chief US Tax Lawyer
IBFD

Emanuela Santoro
Senior Research Associate, European Knowledge Group
IBFD
Rachel Saw
Senior Research Associate, Asia-Pacific Knowledge Group
IBFD

Kamesh Susarla
Senior Research Associate
IBFD

Harry Tonino
Principal Research Associate, International Tax Academy
IBFD
Frans Vanistendael
Academic Chairman
IBFD

Joanna Wheeler
Chair of IBFD Academic Council and Principal Research Ass.,Topicals Knowledge Group
IBFD

Wim Wijnen
Advisor to Academic Chair
IBFD
 
The external instructors

Floris Andriesen
Senior Manager
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Tarun Arora
Executive Director , Transfer Pricing Group
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Hugh Ault
Senior Adviser
OECD
Andy Baik
Director International Tax Services
Ernst & Young
Thomas Balco
Senior Tax Manager
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Severine Baranger
Tax Adviser
Loyens & Loeff
Michel van der Breggen
Partner, Transfer Pricing Group
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Ronald van den Brekel
Partner
Ernst & Young

Tim Brierley
International Tax Counsel
GE

Michael Butler
Head, Tax & Revenue Group
Finlaysons

Marc Van Campen
Partner, International Tax Department
Baker & McKenzie

Bas Castelijn
FSI Tax partner
Deloitte

Valéry Civilio
ITS leader
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Colin Clavey
Senior Advisor , Centre for Tax Policy and Administration
OECD

Luis Coronado
Partner
Ernst & Young

Giammarco Cottani
Transfer Pricing Adviser
OECD
Christian Deglas
Partner
Deloitte SA
Marcello Distaso
Partner, International Tax Department
Baker & McKenzie

Olaf van der Donk
Partner
Allen & Overy

Carlo Douven
Chairman, International Income and Wage Tax Law
Dutch Tax Administration

Patrick Ellingsworth
Chair of the Tax Committee
OECD

Massimo Fabio
Partner
Studio Associato

Chris Finnerty
Partner
Ernst & Young

Michael Frigo
Tax Director
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Carlo Galli
Partner
Clifford Chance

Matthias Geurts
Vice President Tax Group
Deutsche Bank

Shanto Gosh
Partner
Deloitte

Vivek Gupta
Partner
BMR Advisers

Paul Halprin
Attorney at Law and Tax Advisor
Baker & McKenzie
Monique van Herksen
Head, European Transfer Pricing Team
Baker & McKenzie
Wilko Herrings
Relationship Manager
Commerzbank

Kevin Holmes
Professor, School of Accounting and Commercial Law
Victoria University of Wellington

Bill Hogan
Director of Taxation
Baker Tilly International
Danny Houben
Transfer Pricing Advisor
Shell

Joop Kluft
Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Regina van der Kuip
Senior Tax Manager
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Michael Lennard
Chief, International Tax Cooperation and Trade
United Nations

Konstantin Lozev
Policy Officer
European Commission

Paolo Ludovici
Partner
Maisto e Associati
Timothy Lyons QC
Practicing Barrister
Tax Chambers

Prof. Guglielmo Maisto
Prof. of international tax law at the Catholic University of Piacenza
Board of Trustees of IBFD
Gagan Malik
Partner
BMR Advisors
Paulus Merks
International Tax Partner
DLA Piper

Bas de Mik
Deputy Tax Director

ABN AMRO


Thomas Neale
Head of the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base
European Commission

Tiago Cassiano Neves
Senior Associate
Garrigues

Wendy Nicholls
Head of Transfer Pricing

Grant Thornton LLP


Danny Oosterhoff
Transfer Pricing Specialist
Ernst & Young

Jan Peters
Partner
Baker & McKenzie
Mario Petriccione
Director, International Corporate Tax Group
KPMG

Hans Pijl
Partner
Deloitte

Aamer Rafiq
Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Kannan Raman
International Tax Specialist and Senior Manager
Ernst & Young

Achim Roeder
Partner, Transfer Pricing Group
Deloitte

Fabiola Rossi
Senior Associate
Bonelli Erede Pappalardo

Antonio Russo
Lead Economist, Transfer Pricing Team
Baker & McKenzie

Raffaele Russo
Tax Treaty Advisor
OECD

Maria-Elena Scoppio
Legal Adviser, Cabinet of the Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union László Kovács
European Commission
Jagdev Singh
Senior Executive Director, Transfer Pricing and Investigation Group
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Roger Smith
Senior Trader
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe

Jan Snel
Partner
Baker & Mckenzie
Eduard Sporken
Director
KPMG Meijburg & Co

Jesper Solgaard
Partner
Ernst & Young

Richard Sultman
Senior Tax Lawyer
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Ynze van der Tempel
Tax Advisor
Loyens & Loeff

SM Thanneermalai
Senior Executive Director, Tax and Business Consulting Services
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Sanjay Tolia
Executive Director , Transfer Pricing
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Tom Toryanik
Senior Manager
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Steve Towers
International Tax Partner
Deloitte
Hugo Vollebregt
Partner, Dutch Transfer Pricing Group / Business Transformation Group
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Hans de Vries
Senior Tax manager
Deloitte
Willem Vunderink
M&A Tax partner
KPMG Meijburg & Co

Deloris Wright
President
Wright Economics Inc.
Hemal Zobalia
Executive Director
KPMG
 
Contact Us
For further information regarding in-house courses please contact:
Arcotia Hatsidimitris
Head ITA
Tel.: +31-20-554 0180
E-mail: Arcotia Hatsidimitris

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Tel.: +31-20-554 0160
Fax: +31-20-620 9397
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