Michael Doyle

Managing Partner, Professional Directors Limited, UK

Michael Doyle, a resident of Sark in the Channel Islands, was educated in London where he graduated with a Theological Studies degree with English Literature. After founding his company in 1995 (now known as Professional Directors Ltd) he began a post graduate study of law at BPP law school in London. Additionally,
Michael has studied professional and company administration. Michael`s main success has been in his business endeavors, having grown his company from a small enterprise of just two people to an eight person team with fifteen additional long term supporting nominees. He has clients worldwide but particularly has focused his efforts on Eastern Europe. He has kept his product relatively simple, namely, the provision of nominees and the subsequent documentation processing and legalization services. He successfully migrated his company from Sark in the English Channel Islands to the UK mainland in order to survive the impact of increasing legislation on offshore service providers. Additionally he now provides UK company formation, legal and accountancy services. Office of Professional Directors Limited is based in the UK.

Stathis A. Lemis

Managing Partner Imperium Services Limited/Nicos Chr. Anastasiades & Partners, Cyprus

Stathis A. Lemis is one of Managing Partners of the firm. His main areas of practice are International Tax Planning, Corporate and Trust aspects of international tax and estate planning structures, Property Law, Contract Law (International Escrow Agreements, Mergers & Acquisitions). Mr. Lemis graduated from the Southern Illinois University (USA) with BA in Psychology. He also graduated from Essex University (UK) with an LLB honors degree. He is member of the Middle Temple, the Cyprus Bar Association, the International Tax Planning Association (ITPA), the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), the Cyprus International Business Association (CIBA), where he is a member of taxation and VAT sub-Committee, and the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce. Stathis A. Lemis has also participated as a speaker at several worldwide conferences organized by IBA, IFA, the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and the STEP. He is fluent in both English and Greek.

Jonathan Brathwaite

International Tax Consultant CitiTrust International Belize

Jonathan has worked in corporations in the United Kingdom for nearly 15 years including British Airways Engineering and in the City at Level 3 Communications, as a commercial executive in the sales division. After call to the Bar of England and Wales, Jonathan qualified a Barbados attorney at law while working as an international tax consultant. Jonathan worked as a self-employed international tax consultant while living in London, developing and implementing cross border tax structures for the last eight years. Jonathan moved to Barbados in 2011 and practices Barbados and international tax law using mainly the jurisdiction of Barbados to provide tax efficient cross border wealth management structures to high net worth individuals resident in the UK, Canada and US. CITITRUST International Inc. is an international financial services provider working in the emergent International Financial Services jurisdiction of Belize since 1989.

Charles Cassar

LL.B, LL.D., Senior Associate Chetcuti Cauchi Advocates, Malta

As part of the firms` Financial Services Practice Group, Charles mainly advises and assists financial services operators in the setting up and ongoing aspects of their operation. He guides a number of financial services firms in the obtainment of regulatory authorizations from the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA). Charles has acted for various financial institutions, investment services companies and insurance services companies. Chetcuti Cauchi is a professional services group providing legal, tax, fiduciary, accounting and assurance services to businesses and private clients worldwide. With roots in Malta`s emergence as a prominent offshore financial center, Chetcuti Cauchi started in the 1990s and has since established a solid name in the legal and financial services industry in Malta.

Robert Schneider

Dr., General Partner SchneideR`S Attorney at Law LLP, Austria

Dr. Robert Schneider is General Partner of SchneideR`S Attorney at Law LLP is MMag. He is also Attorney at Law, Certified Public Accountant and Tax Advisor. Main areas of practice are:
- International and National Tax and Customs;
- Company Law and Foundations;
- Energy and Commercial Law.
SchneideR`S Attorney at Law LLP has been established in August 2003 in the legal form of a limited liability partnership. We are a family business and not subject to any external influence by other partners. This means absolute independence in accepting clients and a minimum of conflicts of interest. Highest quality of our legal services is guaranteed by our general partner`s personal liability.

Hans-Peter Holbach

Money Manager, Epivest AG Liechtenstein, Honorary Consul of the Republic of the Philippines in the Principality of Andorra

Hans-Peter Holbach is an editor of the newsletter Geldbrief as well as a publisher of Vertraulicher Schweizer Brief. He is also a money manager of the mutual funds Epikur Fund - Flux and Zeus Strategie Fund through his company Epivest AG. Hans-Peter Holbach is also Honorary Consul of the Republic of the Philippines in the Principality of Andorra, where he is resident since 1974.

Andrew Terry

Partner, Withers LLP, UK

Andrew`s education is University of Sheffield, B.A. (Hons) Ancient History and University of Sheffield, M.A. Prehistory and Archaeology. He joined Withers in 2006 and became partner same year. Andrew is experienced in all aspects of international corporate and UK domestic corporate tax (both direct and indirect). He has advised companies in the states of the former Soviet Union on their group structure prior to an IPO or trade sale. He has extensive experience of various industry sectors including specifically telecoms, transport, oil and gas, mining and real estate.

Piet-Hein Crena Uiterwijk

LL.M., CPA, Taxadviser Axis Accountants, Netherlands

Piet-Hein (P.H.G.) Crena Uiterwijk, LL.M., CPA, is a chartered accountant and tax lawyer based in the Netherlands. Piet-Hein is owner of t-Axis taxadvisers and associated with Axis Accountants, chartered accountants based in Nunspeet, Netherlands. Piet-Hein established his firm what is now Axis Accountants in 1984. His accountancy license was rewarded in 1988 and he is a full member of the Dutch NBA (the official Dutch Professional Body for licensed and chartered accountants). Piet-Hein is an international tax planning specialist. He earned his LL.M. degree with high honors (Magna cum laude) in International Taxation at the St. Thomas University in Miami and the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, of San Diego. Piet-Hein structures family wealth and corporate expansion mainly in Europe and Asia.

Maarten Koper

Member of the Board, Ernst & Young, Cyprus

Maarten has over 10 years experience in the international tax arena and specialized in Aruba, Cypriot, Dutch and Netherlands Antilles taxation. He is fluent in the English and Dutch language, reasonable understanding of the German and French language and a basic understanding of the Spanish language. Maarten specializes in extensive experience in tax compliance and tax consultancy issues with a key focus on cross border corporate taxation issues including tax effective structuring of reorganizations, acquisitions and divestments, transfer pricing issues as well as immigration and emigration planning for private clients.

Jonathan Dalli

Head of Marketing, e-Management Ltd, Malta

Jonathan Dalli is a member of the Malta Institute of Financial Services Practitioners (IFSP), including sitting on the Institute sub-committee for Marketing and Promotion of Malta as a Financial Services Jurisdiction; the Malta Institute of Management and the Junior Chamber International. Furthermore, he also represents the Group on the Malta Remote Gaming Council; the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry. e-Management is a dedicated business division of HBM Group (est. 1991), with offices in reputable regulated Online Gaming Jurisdictions worldwide. e-Management is a leading specialized turnkey provider of Business Support & Corporate Services to the Online Gaming Industry.

Oksana Kryzhanovskaya

Senior Associate, Alexandrov & Partners, Ukraine

Oksana Kryzhanovskaya graduated from Kyiv National Linguistic University in 2007, and the next year she graduated from Kiev National University of Internal Affairs. In 2007 she has started law practice in one of the leading legal firms of Ukraine. In August 2009 she joined the team of "Alexandrov and partners" as lawyer, and in August 2010 after passing the exam and getting Attorney Certificate she has become senior lawyer of the company. Oksana`s practice areas are international law and investment, M & A, antitrust and corporate law, transactions with real estate and land, clients representation in courts. Oksana`s experience includes implementation of the first official investments from Ukraine to Germany`s economy, settlement of the dispute between the investor and the large Ukrainian banking institution, as a result of resolution of which the parties were partners in the joint business, as well as a number of other transactions.

Heinz Hagen

Dr., Managing Partner, Prestige Trust, Liechtenstein

Dr. Heinz Hagen was born in 1955, completed his basic school education in Vorarlberg in 1975 and ended his secondary education at the Commercial Academy in Bregenz. After periods spent in England and France, he began business management studies. In 1981 he obtained Magister Degree (M.A.) in social economy and business administration, Insbruck. During his studies, he worked in the export department of a textile company. In 1981, he also completed the export merchant course of the University of Innsbruck. 1985 - Doctor`s degree in business administration. Up to 1992, he was a branch manager of Länderbank AG in Dornbirn. This was followed by a period of 6 years as a company and financial consultant in various branches and firms before he was appointed as the general manager of a quoted British company in 1999. In 2005, he founded his own trust company in Schaan, specializing in the markets of Eastern Europe. His company merged with the Jeeves Group during 2007 and he is a member of the Group Management Committee.

Lior Pick

CPA,TEP, Owner, Lior Pick & co Law offices, Israel

Lior Pick, Adv. (CPA (Isr.)) TEP, has an exclusive specialization since 1993 in the various fields of taxation (Income Tax, Land Betterment Tax, International Taxation, V.A.T. etc.) and also in the capital market, securities and companies. Academic qualifications: LL.B. in law from the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya and B.A. in business administration (specialization in finance) from the College of Management, Tel Aviv. In addition to being a lawyer, Lior Pick has been an Accountant since January 1 1998. Lior Pick acquired his experience as an accountant during his 5 years working in the Israeli income tax commission. Furthermore, Lior Pick, Adv. (CPA), advises and monitors various transactions (including land transactions), while placing particular emphasis on the taxation aspects. Lior Pick is the secretary of the Tel-Aviv branch of STEP (the society of the Trust and Estate Practitioners), an international organization comprising about 15,000 members worldwide who specialize in international taxation, trusts, real estate, estate and wills.

Jonathan Leach

CEO, BLUE ENSIGN Ltd, the UK

Jonathan Leach, the CEO of Blue Ensign Ltd. He worked for several of the famous companies in the industry, starting as an apprentice Shipwright building traditional yachts, progressing to larger private and commercial vessels, with 30 years experience. Blue Ensign Ltd is a British company specializes in yacht services. The company has been a full member of the British Marine Industries Federation for ten years, and UK Superyacht Group for six years. Blue Ensign Ltd has clients in Europe, Asia, Middle East, and The USA. Blue Ensign assists in the location, selection, survey, purchase, and registration of yachts from 20 meters, up to 70 meters in length. Also, Blue Ensign is European Deputy Registrar and Surveyorsfor the Cook Islands Government, in respect of private and commercial yachts of any size, we have held this post for 5 years.

Jos Hellebrekers

Partner, Tax Advisor, Otterspeer, Haasnoot & Partners, Netherlands

Jos obtained degree in tax law (1984) and is a fellow member of the Dutch Organisation of Tax Lawyers (NOB) and of the International Fiscal Association (IFA). Qualified as mediator in 2009 (NMI registration pending). Since 1995 partner with Otterspeer, Haasnoot & Partners. Specific expertise: rulings, mergers & acquisitions, quoted holding companies, stock option schemes, franchising, cross border leasing, transfer pricing and advance pricing agreements, financing, deliveries of goods and services, offshore activities, internet selling, taxation of expatriates and other migrating individuals, transfer of old age pension capitals, second homes in other European countries, international social security.

Olga Finkel

Dr., Managing Partner, WH Law, Malta

Olga Finkel is the Managing Partner of WH Law and is in charge of the firm&s TIGER (Technology-Information-Gambling – Entertainment – Resources) practice. Olga provides advice on strategic, commercial, corporate, regulatory and IP-related matters to businesses primarily involved in e-business, including e-gaming, e-payments & e-money, gambling and betting, telecoms, software development, as well as transport and energy. Besides being a fully qualified lawyer, Olga holds a degree in information technology and economics. WH Law services include: legal and regulatory advice, corporate services, contract vetting and drafting, intellectual property protection (in various jurisdictions, some via our partners), strategic services, European cross-border trade matters advice, competition (anti-trust) law advice, key official services for remote gaming industry, litigation.

Jonathan Vanderkar

Managing Partner, Appleby, Switzerland

Jonathan Vanderkar is Managing Partner of Appleby Zurich office. He has extensive experience in banking, secured landing, asset finance and corporate law. He also advises private clients on wealth and estate planning. He advises clients with regards to corporate law, investment funds, trust and private client matters, banking, asset finance and insurance in relation to Bermuda, the BVI, the Cayman Islands, Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Seychelles and Mauritius. Jonathan joined Appleby’amp;s Bermuda office in 2006, and opened Zurich office in December 2008. Prior to joining Appleby, Jonathan worked as a Solicitor specializing in finance at number of leading London law firms.

Eesh Aggarwal

FCA – TEP – CIOJ, Managing Director – Partner, Azure Group, UAE – UK

For the last 18 years, Eesh Aggarwal has helped clients to protect and build their wealth, using international tax planning solutions, and offshore company andamp; trust management. He trained at Touche Ross, and qualified as a chartered accountant in 1990. Then Eesh worked at a City of London chartered accountancy firm, specializing in international tax planning and related structures, as well as UK accountancy, audit and tax. Eesh has also written various articles for the International Tax Planning Association, Money Works magazine (UAE). Eesh is Member of the International Tax Planning Association and other tax associations.

George Mangion

Partner, PKF Malta, Malta

George Mangion F.C.C.A., C.P.A.A., M.A. (Financial Services), is the senior partner and Head of the Audit Department at PKF Malta. He has over 40 years experience in accounting, taxation, financial and consultancy services. His efforts have seen that PKF Malta has been instrumental in establishing many e-Commerce and international trading companies in Malta and has developed relationships with market leaders in South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, USA, Belgium, Italy and Scandinavian countries. George has also lectured and delivered presentations at numerous seminars and conferences worldwide on subjects relating to a wide range of topics including taxation, auditing and captive insurance.

Giancarlo Cervino

Director, Centre for International Fiscal Studies, Switzerland

Created in 2001 CINFIS - Centre for International Fiscal Studies offers a wide range of consulting services including supervision of companies growth and development to its customers. CINFIS - Centre for International Fiscal Studies offers consulting services in the following fields: Company Management; Operational transferts; International tax planning; Establishment of corporate structures.

Juan Francisco Pardini

Managing Partner, Pardini & Asociados, Panama

Dr. Pardini is the managing partner of Pardini & Associates, a leading full practice law firm with headquarters in Panama and other offices in BVI, Belize, Switzerland and Cyprus.
He specializes in International Wealth & Tax Planning, Offshore Structures including IBCs, Trusts and Foundations. He received his Master Degree in Law (LL.M.) at Tulane University (USA) and his Doctorate Studies (Ph.D.) at the University of Madrid, Spain. Dr. Pardini formerly worked in the Wall Street law firm of Thelen, Reid & Priest.
Dr. Pardini is a member of STEP, IBA and ABA. He is currently President of the Panama-Canada Chamber of Commerce; American Chamber of Commerce of Panama (President 1995-1996); Japan-Panama Friendship Association (Board of Directors); Council for Investment & Development (former President).
Parallel to his professional practice, from 2001-2004, he was Ambassador with Extraordinary Powers in Special Mission of the Republic of Panama negotiating different international matters.
  

Stephen Balzan

Director, EMD Advisory Services Limited, Malta 

Mr. Stephen Balzan is one of the partners of EMD and he is the partner in charge of the International Tax Department within the firm. He is an accountant by profession and has worked with two of the Big Four Audit firms in Malta for six years as a tax assistant and later as a manager in the International Tax Department. In the year 2000, together with his partners, he set up EMD and after ten years EMD has become the largest legal, accounting and business advisory firm on the island.
Mr. Stephen Balzan is a member of a number of tax associations including the International Fiscal Association (IFA). He has on a number of occasions lectured on topics related to international tax, both in Malta and overseas. In November 2006, he was invited by the Swedish Institute of Auditors (IREV) to speak about international tax issues and on the incentives granted by Maltese fiscal legislation to international investors. He has extensive experience in advising clients in the set up of complex cross-border structures through the use of Maltese limited liability companies.
EMD is a Maltese multi-disciplinary organization providing legal, tax and advisory services to clients both corporate clients and individuals. Today EMD has a staff complement of seventy employees, mostly professional people such as accountants, auditors, lawyers, tax consultants, vat specialists, translators and IT consultants.

Erich Baier

Certified Tax Advisor, Bilanz-Data, LLM. (Int`l Tax Law), Austria

Erich Baier, MBA, LLM, a certified tax advisor, is owner and CEO of Bilanz-Data Wirtschaftstreuhand GmbH, a tax-law firm in Vienna, Austria, that concentrates on domestic and international tax-planning. He is member of various international organizations, including the International Bar Association, the International Association of Lawyers and the European-American Tax Institute in Europe.
Bilanz-Data Wirtschaftstreuhand, of Vienna, Austria, concentrates on domestic and international tax planning. Services include accounting, tax advice, legal support in reorganizations and mergers & acquisitions, international and national tax planning, establishing and managing Austrian Private Foundations, and establishing and managing trading companies.

Christophoros Djamalis

Chairman, D.J.C. Certified Accountants Limited, Cyprus

Mr. Djamalis is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a member of the Institute of the Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus with more than ten years of post-qualification experience. His career started as a trainee at Deloitte involving him in banking, shipping, and insurance both in Cyprus and internationally for four years reaching the level of supervisor. Also includes nine years in the position of the financial controller of a public company listed in the Cyprus Stock Exchange in the financial sector.Today has its own audit and tax practice for the past three years. He is fluent in Greek and English.

Johanna Niegel

Dr.,Vice Director, Allgemeines Treuunternehmen, Liechtenstein

Dr. Johanna Niegel, after having worked as an associate with international law firms in Moscow, New York, Budapest and Vienna, joined AllgemeinesTreuunternehmen (General Trust Company), Liechtenstein, in 1999. Johanna took a doctorate in law with honours at the University of Vienna Law School, Austria, and graduated with a masters degree from Columbia University School of Law, New York. Among others she was awarded the Parker School Recognition of Achievement with Honours in International and Foreign Law. Apart from German, Johanna is fluent in Russian, English, French and Italian. Johanna is furthermore well known for her international publications, being the editor of Trusts & Trustees “Private Foundations: a world review”, a specialist publication on the comparison of international foundation laws. The Review is published by Oxford University Press on an annual basis.

Surens Mirzojans

Deputy Head of representative office Aizkraukles Banka in Ukriane

SurensMirzojans defended his bachelor degree at the International Institute of Business and Economics, accredited by Solford University (England) in 2006. Since 2005 he continues working in the banking sector, and has in managerial position for over a year.
AB.LV has an established reputation of successful provision of financial services to bank corporate customers like private businesses needing financial partner at their initial stages of development or advanced companies interested in investing their free funds in new profitable projects. Our bank offers perfect investment service, as well as other related bank products and services necessary for successful company operations. Additionally, our specialists provide high-quality professional advisory services on savings and asset management.

Tatyana Balabanova

Development Director, АPOLLO Business Solutions Ltd, Seychelles

APOLLO Group became one of the leading and the most authoritative and independent companies, providers who specialize in the fields of corporate and financial consulting, company foundation and trust formation, administration and fiduciary services, ships & yachts registration, legal consulting and representation services, accounting and auditing services. APOLLO GROUP operates in the five independent and fully fledged offices. Having multi-lingual professionals and supporting staff, with significant expertise in the financial and corporate industry makes the Group capable to provide a fully comprehensive collection of Services to it’s international clientele. The APOLLO Group serves to international clientele of small and medium sized business, individuals and consultants from it’s offices located in London, Seychelles, Nicosia, Kiev and Moscow. Experience of Apollo Group companies: Apollo Trusts Ltd, Apollo Business Solutions Ltd, Apollo Associates Ltd , Apollo International Ltd will help thousands of its clients to find the most effective solutions for their business.

Svetlana Hohlova

Chairman of the Board, Bell Moore S OÜ, Estonia

Svetlana Hohlova has been working in tax planning field since 1997.
Since 2005 she’s the director of the consultingoffice. She has a bachelor’s degree in social sciences and has graduated from theTallinn Technical University, specializing in International Management. Svetlana speaks Russian, Estonian and English.
She has organized and led seminars on tax planning for the executive personnel of various companies. In order to provide the most effective use of basic funds Svetlana has worked out a system for controlling the budget of capital investments.

Chris Damianou

Executive Chairman, Eurofast Taxand, Cyprus

Chris Damianou specializes in international tax structuring and planning, including real estate structuring. He is a Certified Public Accountant, member of the AICPA. Chris has over 20 years of working experience in tax consulting. He has gathered extensive general experience in the countries of South East Europe and CIS where he has been traveling regularly in the past 15 years, as well as specific cross-border structuring experience involving most of the countries in the Region.
Chris is a regular participant in international tax conferences, he is the author of numerous taxation articles published in the International press. He has also conducted numerous seminars on International Tax Planning, Accounting and Management Consulting all over the world.

Vadim Polyakov

Chairman of board of directors BPT GROUP, Ukraine

Vadim Polyakov is Chairman of the Board of Directors BPT GROUP (Ukraine - United Kingdom); specialist in corporate restructuring, tax planning, the author of seminars on investment management, active speakers of the conferences on engagement and investment management, business restructuring, mergers and acquisitions. Author of the book "Offshore. Hand-book on profit increasing”. Vadim Polyakov is author of the only in Ukraine aids anti raider attacks.

Dmytriy Cherniavskiy

Partner, Tax Consulting U.K, United Kingdom

Dmitry Cherniavsky - Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Investment and Financial Group Aurora, Vice-President for Eastern Europe Tax Consulting UK; Chairman of the Board of the Bank "National Financial Traditions"; head of the investment department of «Investment Building Corporation, owner of law firm Cherniavsky and Partners.
Tax Consulting U.K. - International consulting company specialized in the design of individual schemes on legal support of the international investment activity, optimization of taxation of corporations and private investors. For many years, Tax Consulting UK is a market leader in consulting services, offering complex structured products: insurance and investment companies, holding companies, foundations and trusts

Irene Ellert

Managing Partner, CPH Consulting ApS, Denmark

Irene Ellert is Managing Partner of CPH Consulting ApS, Denmark (from 2007 to present day). Irene has Master’s Degree in Business Studies, Roskilde University, Denmark (2005) and is fluent in Danish, English, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian & Serbian. In International Tax Management: in West-European companies since 2004, based in London, Copenhagen, Moscow.
CPH Consulting specializes in West-European tax planning solutions for East-European clientele. We have extensive expertise in tax management and corporate administration as well as clear understanding of our clients’ needs. These qualities have made CPH Consulting the leading service provider in this field in Denmark. CPH professional team fully understands the mentality and the dynamics of the post-soviet business environment and our well-established reputation for effective and professional service brings clients to us. CPH annual conferences provide a unique forum for interaction between clients, partners and our network of professionals.

Vladimir Oster

Managing Director, Τaggroup International Companies SA, Switzerland

Taggroup International Companies SA was founded 10 years ago in 2001 and since then is dedicated to private and corporate clients to provide sophisticated, professional and tax efficient structures. taggroup and its team of professional is spezialized in the setup of corporate structures, trust and foundation. taggroup is offering the full range of trust services in close cooperation with its partners as incorporation and administrating of Swiss and international companies, trust and foundations and structres, legal & tax consulting and accounting services. By its experienced and multilingual staff taggroup is providing full range of services in the setting up of companies and structures. By its Russian speaking staff taggroup is especially dedicate and experienced to serve client from Russia and CIS countries

Adrian Opaits

Senior Lawyer, Tax and Legal Department, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Ukraine

Adrian has more than 10 years of legal experience. He focuses on the issue of corporate law, mergers & acquisitions, and real estate. He got a practical experience in establishing, reorganising and liquidation of Ukrainian companies and their divisions. Also he participated in incorporation and sale of foreign companies within intergroup restructuring and international acquisitions.Adrian participated in the development of the legal instruments and documents regarding corporate governance of Ukrainian and foreign companies, including shareholders agreements and management agreements.He participated in a number of projects on group restructuring of a large Ukrainian retails group, one of the largest Ukrainian developers, large machine-building group and a Ukrainian food producer (monopolist in its sector).

Ivan Yurchenko

Senior Lawyer, VasilKisil & Partners, Ukraine

Mediator, accredited by Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), London, Great Britain. Ukrainian Law Firms. According to Ukrainian Law Firms 2010. A Handbook for Foreign Clients Mr. Yurchenko continuously provides comprehensive advice on tax issues related to restructuring and cross-border transactions. Mr. Yurchenko is an active participant of EBA Commitee on Tax in 2008-2010. A member of the Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA), Chairman of the UBA Tax Committee. Mr. Yurchenko co-heads the Tax committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in 2010.

Theophanis Th. Phillippou

Managing Partner, Imperium Services Limited (Nicos Chr. Anastasiades and Partners), Cyprus

The firm Nicos Chr. Anastasiades was established in 1972 as a traditional law firm specializing in Shipping, Civil, Banking and Commercial Law. For three decades, the firm excelled in the provision of legal services. With the change of the millennium and the merge with the law firm Le mis-Philippou and Associates, thus creating Nicos Chr. Anastasiades & Partners. Moreover, two related companies were incorporated, Imperium Services Limited and Imperium Nominees Limited. The above two mentioned companies provide services such as international tax planning, incorporation of Companies in Cyprus and many other jurisdictions worldwide.
Mr. Philippou specializes in International Company Law, International Tax Law, Contract Tax Law, Mergers and Acquisitions. He Studied Law in the University of Sheffield (UK) where he was awarded with an LLB (honors). He is member of Cyprus Bar Association since 1995, the Limassol Bar Council, the International Bar Association (IBA), the International Fiscal Association (IFA), the International Tax Planning Association (ITPA) and the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Philippou is one of Managing Partners of the company. He speaks English and Greek fluent.

Alexander Pazhe

Member of the board, Chief Compliance Officer, Aizkraukles Banka, Latvia

“Lots of different people work in the bank, but we always have an atmosphere of like-mindedness, working towards common goals. Today the bank is growing rapidly, and I believe that one of main tasks of mine is to preserve this spirit of a united team.”
A lawyer by education, he has worked at the bank since the end of 1995, having started out in Legal Department. Alexander Pazhe is now responsible for the bank’s reputation and legal risks. He enjoys working with people. Previously, he taught at university, but he now considers teaching a hobby. He is convinced that conforming to plans in achieving goals and tasks is an essential quality in work, as in daily life. But he also values the creative approach.

Maxim Chadin

General Manager "Promsvyazbank - Cyprus" OJSC Promsvyazbank, Cyprus branch

Maxim Chadin, General Manager of Promsvyazbank, Cyprus Branch has more than 16 years experience in banking including managerial positions with largest banking groups in Europe and Russia and Ph. D degree in law.
For the moment Promsvyazbank, Cyprus Branch is oriented to provide wide range of financial services to the corporate customers. Stable development of corporate segment allows Promsvyazbank, Cyprus Branch to expand its client base, being a sustainably profitable organization since the date of the foundation in 2002.

Kirill Kuchinskiy

Deputy General Manager "Promsvyazbank - Cyprus" OJSC Promsvyazbank, Cyprus branch

Kirill Kuchinskiy, Deputy General Manager Promsvyazbank, Cyprus Branch possesses substantial experience in banking including the employment with the largest banking groups in Europe and Russia.
Graduate of Higher School of Economics and Paris-1 Sorbonne University, Ph. D. degree in economics. Key responsibilities in Promsvyazbank, Cyprus Branch include organization of customer relationship in accordance with the European AML/CTF requirements.

Joseph Gauci

Managing Director, KSi Malta, Malta

Mr. Gauci has been in the profession for the past 26 years and has held various posts and commissions. He has worked both locally and abroad for local and international firms. He also worked at highest levels with top accountancy firms such as Deloitte and Grant Thornton. In addition he was appointed to various local corporations in various roles including Enemalta Corporation, Maltacom and Malta Drydocks.
He has wide experience in Corporate Finance and in addition he has held various important appointments, including member of the local VAT Appeals Board and consultant to various Ministries and Government Departments in Malta.

Ali Stennett

Director, SMP Accounting & Tax, UK

Responsible for advising on and designing tax efficient trust and corporate structures and ensuring the robustness of their on going delivery. 

 

Jon Parker

Senior Manager, SMP Partners, UK

Responsible for the management and development of a client services team focusing on the provision of corporate structures for clients based in the Zurich region of Switzerland

 

Gregory M. McKenzie

Partner, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, USA

Gregory McKenzie is a partner in the firm’s New York office. He focuses his practice on a broad range of tax matters.
Mr. McKenzie provides tax advice to both U.S. and non-U.S. companies in connection with equity and debt financings, international tax structuring of inbound and outbound investments, multi-country joint ventures, acquisitions, divestitures and reorganizations.

Peter-Michael Schuster

General Manager, RAK Offshore, UAE

In 1977 he started his professional career as an auditor in Deutsch-Suedamerikanische Bank. In 1981 he joined Dresdner Bank AG, nowadays part of the Commerzbank Group. Therefore he worked in Panama, Milan, Prague (in a joint venture with BNP, Paris), Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Moscow and St. Petersburg in GM and CEO positions. After his banking career he set up his own Business Consultancy firm in Thailand, mainly for Swiss and German customers. Beside this he was advising SEB Private Bank in Singapore. Five years ago he joined the Government of Ras Al Khaimah in order to establish a Financial City within the RAK Investment Authority

Roland Rompelberg

Founding Partner, Maprima Corporate Services, Netherlands

Roland Rompelberg was born and raised in the Netherlands where he still lives.
After high school he graduated from the University of Technology in Eindhoven in 1989, got his Masters degree at Diepenbeek Post Graduate Centre Belgium in 1992 and graduated form the Business School of Economics as Certified Public Accountant in 1997.
Between 1988 and 1999 he worked for a diversity of companies like Volvo car, Deloitte, Rockwool, Anglo American/ Mondi Packaging, Adaptec Inc. and Roxio Inc. In 1999 he was one of the two founders of Maprima Management B.V. in the Netherlands and later in Belgium

Larysa Sverdlova

Representative Office of Bank of Cyprus, Ukraine

"Bank of Cyprus" – is universal bank offering a classic banking services to individuals, small, medium and corporate businesses. Bank of Cyprus network has 28 offices in 7 regions of Ukraine. The Bank continues to actively develop and plans to expand network of over 100 branches in all regional centers of Ukraine by end 2012. The priority of the Bank is financing the Ukrainian enterprises and individuals by offering a wide range of credit and deposit products available to a wide range of consumers and enterprises of Ukraine

Alexey Shmatko

Partner, Auditfirm “Aksonova & Associates”, Ukraine

Partner in the tax practice in the auditing firm "Aksenova and Partners. Candidate of Economic Sciences degree in Economics and Mathematical Modeling", Certified Auditor, RAA, a certified tax consultant, IPFM. Since 2003 actively cooperates with professional non-governmental organizations and the audit community on workshops (on average conducts 30-40 seminars each year). Alexey is Head of department of tax consulting and oversees the following activities: tax advisory services for tax review, the development of tax strategies, optimization of business processes, conducting seminars in these areas