IFA Lunch Dialogue Series

Dr. Adolfo Martín Jiménez is a Professor of Tax Law at the University of Cádiz (Spain) and the author of several books and over one hundred articles on international and EU tax law.
He has extensive practical experience—including involvement in disputes and arbitrations—in international taxation, EU tax law, and transfer pricing.
Dr. Martín Jiménez frequently serves as a consultant for multinational groups, law firms, governments, and major international organizations in the field of international taxation. 
He currently serves as Chairman of the Permanent Scientific Committee of the International Fiscal Association and was a former Chairman of the European Association of Tax Law Professors.

Shefali is the Vice Chair of the Permanent Scientific Committee of International Fiscal Association.
She is also the Chairperson of Deloitte South Asia. Having spent 35 years as an international tax specialist, she has significant experience in advising multinational companies on complex structuring and dispute resolution. 
For several years, her work has been recognised in global listing directories such as Euromoney’s Guide to the ‘World’s Leading Tax Advisers’ and ‘Who’s Who Legal’ across categories such as thought leaders, corporate tax, and private funds. 

Stephen Dodshon is an Assistant Commissioner within Public Groups at the ATO. He is currently leading the New Measures branch and the ATO's implementation of the thin capitalisation and debt deduction creation rules reform package.

Anette is Tax Director at the Swedish Tax Agency and has been head of the Large Business and International departement and member of the senior management team for 16 years. Her responsibilities included taxation of large businesses (incl. TP), excise duties, all international contacts (incl. MAP/APA), capacity building projects and the Tax agency Tax Crime unit. Since 2 year she is Senior Advisor at the Agency and also acts as a coach in a capacity building EU project in Africa. She is a member of the Advisory group for Large Business and International project (LBIP) in OECD and a board member of IFA Sweden.
Anette has been member of the board for the Swedish Transport Agency during 9 years and member of the transparency council at the Ecocrime Authority.
Anette has a Degree of Master of Laws from Lunds University Sweden. 

Andrea has more than 20 years of experience in the tax field, having worked within both, the private and public sectors. She began her career in 2003 at PWC Uruguay where she spent eight years in the Tax & Legal Services Department. She later served as Tax and Accounting Content Manager at Thomson Reuters-La Ley Uruguay. In 2012, she joined the Directorate General of Taxation within the Ministry of Economic and Finance as Tax Advisor to the Directorate-General.
She is an accountant with an MBA and a Master’s degree in International Taxation. She pursued her PhD (cum laude) at the Faculty of Law of the University of Valencia (Spain), where she continues to contributes in the development of academic activities as postdoctoral researcher at the Group for International, Constitutional, and Comparative Studies (ETICCs Group). Since 2017, she has also been an external consultant to the Inter-American Development Bank.
Since 2019, Andrea has been a member of the Board of Directors – currently she serves as its President - of the Uruguayan Tax Studies Institute (IUET), the Uruguayan branch of the International Fiscal Association (IFA). She has also recently taken over as Chair of the IFA LATAM Region.
Andrea is an active author and speaker at national and international academic and professional forums. Her area of expertise is international taxation, and in recent years, her research and teaching activities - including at national and foreign universities - have focused on the tax implications arising from the globalisation and digitalisation of the economy, with a special interest in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as developing countries more broadly.

Dirk Jan has more than 25 years of experience in the tax area, working within both the public and the private sector. He started his career in 1998 as a tax inspector at the Dutch Tax Administration. In 2009 he joined the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs as a tax policy advisor. Since 2017, Dirk Jan is Head of Tax Policy at the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers VNO-NCW. He primarily focuses on corporate income tax, international taxation and bilateral tax treaties, the business and investment climate, tax governance and tax transparency. He was closely involved in the development and drafting of the Dutch Tax Governance Code. 
Dirk Jan is a close follower of all tax developments at the EU, OECD and UN. As a representative of the Dutch business community he is an active member of the tax committees at Business Europe, Business at OECD and the International Chamber of Commerce. Dirk Jan is chair of the editorial board of the Dutch encyclopaedia of tax law. He has a master’s degree in tax law at Leiden University and completed a post-university tax program at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. 

Daniel has worked at Google since 2014, where he is Senior Director of International Tax Planning & Policy and manages the US International Tax Planning team, as well as global tax policy. His team advises the broad scope of businesses at Alphabet/Google to support product launches, product commercialization, investments, supply chain and infrastructure development, and other product goals, across a wide range of products. Daniel received his BA from Brigham Young University and his law degree from Harvard Law School. After graduating, Daniel worked at law firms Wilson Sonsini and Baker & McKenzie, as well as at Synopsys, Inc., an EDA software company, after which he joined Google’s Tax Department. Daniel is currently a Vice Chair in USCIB’s tax leadership, as well as Co-Chair of the BIAC Tax Bureau, and is actively involved in many other tax related organizations.

Peetinuch "Tong" Utaiwan is Senior Director, Asia-Pacific Tax at Netflix, Singapore. With over two decades of experience across Big Four advisory, global law firms, and in-house roles at Amazon, Uber, and GE, she brings deep expertise in international tax, tax controversy, and cross-border structuring. Tong serves on the Supervisory Board of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) globally and IFA Singapore's Executive Committee. She holds an Executive MBA from INSEAD, an Executive LL.M. in Taxation from NYU, and degrees from Northwestern/Kellogg and Columbia Law School. Admitted to the New York State Bar. 

Dr. Adolfo Martín Jiménez is a Professor of Tax Law at the University of Cádiz (Spain) and the author of several books and over one hundred articles on international and EU tax law.
He has extensive practical experience—including involvement in disputes and arbitrations—in international taxation, EU tax law, and transfer pricing.
Dr. Martín Jiménez frequently serves as a consultant for multinational groups, law firms, governments, and major international organizations in the field of international taxation. 
He currently serves as Chairman of the Permanent Scientific Committee of the International Fiscal Association and was a former Chairman of the European Association of Tax Law Professors.

Frank is a tax lawyer with a focus on the area of international and EU tax law.
His practice includes advising clients, which is a relatively small spin-off of De Brauw's corporate practice. The remaining and major part of his activities comprises litigation in a broader sense, including providing expert opinions for tax proceedings and second opinions, and conducting proceedings in the Netherlands' various tax courts.
Frank regularly contributes to discussions on international tax law, and shares his views with the Dutch Ministry of Finance (e.g. on the 2010 tax treaty between the Netherlands and Japan, and the 2012 tax treaty between the Netherlands and Germany) and the Dutch parliament (hearing on the Dutch tax treaty policy and advising on the relationship between the Dutch Separated Private Assets regime and tax treaties).
Frank was awarded his PhD by Erasmus University Rotterdam for his (published) thesis on the tax aspects of cross-border employees and their remunerations in January 2007.
Frank is a Professor of International and European Tax Law at VU University Amsterdam and he is a member of the International Tax Group.

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Prof. Dr. Xaver Ditz studied economics in Mannheim and Hamburg (1999 Diplom-Kaufmann, 2003 Dr. rer. pol.). He has been a partner with Flick Gocke Schaumburg in Bonn since 2005. 
Xaver is a professor at Trier University, lectures at the universities of Zurich (LL.M. programme) and Lausanne (Executive Programs in Transfer Pricing), and at the Federal Financial Academy of the German Finance Ministry.
He co-edits a commentary on double tax treaty law and the German Foreign Tax Act, handbooks on transfer pricing and permanent establishment taxation, as well as journals such as “Internationales Steuerrecht”, “Internationale Steuerrundschau" and “International Transfer Pricing Journal".
Xaver is the chairman of the German branch of the International Fiscal Association, the chairman of the German Institute of TaxAdvisors and a board member of TAXAND. He is also a member of the Foreign Tax Law Committee of the Institute of Public Auditors in Germany.

Prof. Dr. Florian Haase is a German-qualified Attorney-at-Law, Certified Tax Lawyer and Tax Advisor, Master of International Taxation and Partner of the international law, tax and accounting firm Rodi & Partner. He heads the International Tax Practice Group and the Tax Knowledge Management Team of Rodi & Partner Germany. Prof. Haase specializes in tax structurings of acquisitions, corporate reorganisations and restructurings, complex financing models as well as private equity and real estate transactions, each with a special focus on international and cross-border issues. He has a particular expertise in. transfer pricing, relocation issues, the taxation of closed­end and open investment funds and tax litigation. Prof. Haase has written numerous articles in domestic as well as international handbooks, journals, periodicals and newspapers on (national and international) tax law issues. Prof. Haase is Co-Editor of "The Oxford Handbook of International Tax Law" (2023) and author of a well­r.eceived book in German on the competition of tax jurisdictions. Moreover, Prof. Haase is the editor of standard academic commentaries to important German tax law statutes, like the German Foreign Tax Act and Double Tax Treaties, the German Investment Tax Act and the German Reorganization Tax Act. He is also the author of four well-received handbooks on German CFC-Rules, the taxation of open-ended investment funds, the taxation of international partnerships and the taxation of intellectual property, as well as the author of a book on International and European Tax Law and an accompanying book with cases. Prof. Haase is a Professor of Tax Law at IU International University, a frequent lecturer• in international and European tax law and a sought-after speaker and panelist on domestic and international conferences. 

Jérôme Monsenego is Full Professor of International Tax Law at Stockholm University, Research Fellow at the Centre for Transfer Pricing and Income Allocation at the University of Amsterdam, and representative of the European Association of Tax Law Professors on the European Commission’s Platform for Tax Good Governance. He serves as General Reporter for the 2027 IFA Congress in Stockholm and was previously Chairman of the Swedish branch of the IFA.

Full Professor of Tax Law at the University of São Paulo. Master of Laws at the University of München (1992), PhD at the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo (1993) and Habilitation in Tax Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo (1996). President of the Brazilian Institute for Tax Law (IBDT). Vice president of the Commercial Association of São Paulo (ACSP) and Vice president of the Brazilian Association for Financial Law (ABDF). Professor of the LL.M. in International Tax Law at Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien since 2011. Professor of the LL.M. in International Tax Law at the Amsterdam Center for Tax Law at University of Amsterdam between 2013 and 2017. Professor of the LL.M. in Taxation at the Catholic University of Portugal between 2013 and 2022. Visiting Professor at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne from 2010 to 2011. Visiting Professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 2008. Hauser Global Professor of Law at the New York University in 2016 and Professor in Residence at the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD) between 2017 and 2018. 
Partner at Lacaz Martins, Pereira Neto, Gurevich & Schoueri Advogados. 

Edwin is Dep. Global Tax Policy leader and tax policy leader for the EMEA region and of PwC Europe. His practice includes representing PwC in tax policy matters (e.g. with the EU institutions and the OECD), sharing his and PwC’s vast experience and insights with policymakers to help improve tax, legal and regulatory systems for the future. He provides tax policy advice to companies and strategic advice to boardrooms to help shaping sustainable tax strategies. He’s member of the board of directors of Tax Foundation Europe and Treasurer of Global IFA.

Dr. Adolfo Martín Jiménez is a Professor of Tax Law at the University of Cádiz (Spain) and the author of several books and over one hundred articles on international and EU tax law.
He has extensive practical experience—including involvement in disputes and arbitrations—in international taxation, EU tax law, and transfer pricing.
Dr. Martín Jiménez frequently serves as a consultant for multinational groups, law firms, governments, and major international organizations in the field of international taxation. 
He currently serves as Chairman of the Permanent Scientific Committee of the International Fiscal Association and was a former Chairman of the European Association of Tax Law Professors.

Ruud De Mooij is Deputy Director in the International Monetary Fund’s Fiscal Affairs Department, where he previously headed the Tax Policy Division. He has extensive experience in providing capacity development on tax policy issues in over 25 countries. Before joining the International Monetary Fund, De Mooij was Professor of Public Economics at Erasmus University in Rotterdam. He has published extensively on tax issues, including in the American Economic Review and the Journal of Public Economics. De Mooij is research fellow at the University of Oxford, the University of Bergen, ZEW in Mannheim, and member of the CESifo network in Munich.

John Peterson is Head of Division for Cross-Border and International Taxation (CBI) which develops consensus-based, coordinated tax frameworks amongst Inclusive Framework countries to address international tax challenges. As part of his responsibilities, he oversees the teams working on the Constructive Dialogue on the Taxation of the Digital Economy, the Global Minimum Tax (Pillar Two), and the Forum on Harmful Tax Practices. Since joining the OECD at the outset of the BEPS Project John has played a leading role in a number of significant initiatives within CTPA. His work has included:
- Developing rules to neutralise hybrid and branch mismatch arrangements
- Leading efforts on the mandatory disclosure of CRS avoidance arrangements
- Most recently, leading the development and negotiation of the Global Minimum Tax including the recent agreement on the Side-by-Side package,
Prior to the OECD, John was a tax partner at Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, advising on complex international tax matters. His earlier career includes roles as a tax lawyer in New York, London, and New Zealand. John holds an LL.M. from NYU, a BCL from the University of Oxford, and a Master’s degree in Philosophy from Victoria University of Wellington.

Mr. Chetan Rao is a Principal Economic Affairs Officer in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and heads the substantive Secretariat supporting the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on the United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (INC Tax).
He has 24 years of experience in India’s Ministry of Finance, having worked across a wide range of direct tax areas, including audit, investigation, international taxation, transfer pricing, dispute resolution through the Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP), and tax policy. He has represented India in the OECD Working Parties, tax treaty negotiations, Two-Pillar Solution negotiations, and the Task Force on the Digital Economy (TFDE).
Mr. Rao holds a Masters degree in Economics and Business Administration, as well as a Postgraduate Certificate in Cyber Defense and Information Assurance. He is also a Chevening TCS Cyber Security Fellow.

Dr. Veerinderjeet is a Past President of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia. He has over 40 years of diverse experience in the fields of accounting, taxation and commerce. He has served in the Malaysian Inland Revenue Department, the University of Malaya (as an Associate Professor), Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young (as a Tax Partner/Executive Director) and authored several influential and authoritative tax publications in Malaysia. He later founded his own tax practice known as Taxand Malaysia which was eventually listed as Axcelasia Inc on the Singapore Stock Exchange. The entity was acquired by the Tricor Group and he was appointed Non-Executive Chairman of Tricor malaysia from 2020-2024 after which he was appointed as Senior Adviser on Tax Policy at KPMG in Malaysia.
He sat on the Board of AmBank (M) Berhad where he was also the Chair of the Audit Committee. He also sits on the Boards of Zico Holdings Inc. (listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange), Mesiniaga Bhd. (listed on the Malaysian Stock Exchange) and Cagamas Holdings Berhad. He was an Adjunct Professor at Monash University, Malaysia and is Past Chair of the Monash Business School Industry Advisory Board.
Globally, Dr. Veerinderjeet contributes his expertise as a Vice Chair of the Global Tax Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce. He was also a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation based in Amsterdam. He was a member of the Tax Reform Committee from 2018 - 2020 in the Malaysian Ministry of Finance. He is a frequent speaker/moderator at various local/international tax, economic outlook and governance events.

CIAT Executive Secretary as of January 1st, 2010.
Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Former Director of Operations at the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations – CIAT, from October 2007 through December 2009 and Director of Tax Studies from July 1st, 2004 through October 2007.
Retired Federal Tax Auditor of the Federal Administration of Revenues of Brazil, Receita Federal.
Has a degree in Economic Sciences from the University of Brasilia, (UnB), 1979; as well as specialized degrees in International Economics and Advanced Quantitative Methods from the University of Brasilia, (UnB).
Has a postgraduate degree in Theory and Operation of a Modern Economy from the Institute of Brazilian Business and Public Management Issues, at George Washington University – GWU, Washington, D.C. U.S.A.
Specialist in Preparation and Evaluation of Public Service Concession Projects from “State University of New York”, USAID; Washington and New York, USA.
Specialist in “Analysis and Negotiation of Built Operate and Owner and Built, Operate and Transfer Projects – Alternative Strategies for Infrastructure Development”, The American University, Washington, D.C.
Held the following positions, among others, at the Secretariat of Federal Revenues of Brazil:

• General Coordinator of Tax Policy – COPAT, June 2002 through July 2004. Adviser to the Secretary of the RFB in the formulation and evaluation of Brazilian tax policy. Constantly interacted with the National Congress, in particular the Fiscal Affairs Commission, in addition to being in permanent contact with the executive and legislative body authorities, as well as taxpayer representatives, evaluating and proposing amendments to tax legislation.

The General Coordinator of COPAT coordinates the preparation of all of RFB’s economic tax studies and simulations, in particular the measurement of the socio-economic impact of proposed changes in legislation, as well as studies dealing with tax incentives, measurement of tax pressure and evasion.