Joanna Black is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Tax in Australia.Ms. Black specialises in Australian income tax and works with clients to find the right answer on complex Australian tax issues, including large-scale and listed company mergers and acquisitions; capital markets transactions, including listed and unlisted company debt and equity raisings; capital management transactions; and unlisted and listed company restructurings.Ms. Black’s clients have included Australia’s largest publicly listed companies across the financial services and other sectors, large corporates and multinationals, and institutional investors operating or investing in the Australian market. Her expertise includes developing and reviewing the initial structure of transactions; drafting and negotiating the tax aspects of transaction documents, including public documents; engaging with revenue authorities to obtain certainty on tax outcomes; and advising on post-transaction implementation and complex tax issues.Ms. Black completed her legal training at Herbert Smith Freehills and spent most of her tax career at Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills (affiliated with global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills), prior to its acquisition by PwC. Ms. Black then served in the Corporate and Global Tax team at PwC before joining A&M.Ms. Black earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in law from the University of Melbourne. She is admitted to practice as a lawyer in the Supreme Court of Victoria and the High Court of Australia.Additionally, she has presented and written papers on specialist income tax issues for the Tax Institute of Australia and the Corporate Tax Association and has been involved in submissions on Australian tax reform to the Australian Treasury, Board of Taxation and Australian Taxation Office.

Cameron is a partner and the Head of Tax at Corrs. Cameron is a leading transactional tax expert, specialising in mergers, acquisitions, and restructures.Having advised several of Australia’s largest taxpayers, Cameron’s expertise includes cross-border issues and all aspects of employee share schemes.He has significant experience acting for public and private companies on capital management, including capital raising, return of capital, special dividends and buy-backs and debt raisings.

Mr Bradbury has over 25 years experience in law, government, tax policy and administration and public policy more broadly. He brings substantial domestic and international experience.Mr Bradbury is currently a partner in KPMG Australia’s Consulting Division.Previously, Mr Bradbury was a senior executive at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris between 2014 and 2024. There, he was the Head of the Tax Policy and Statistics Division and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration.Mr Bradbury was a member of the House of Representatives in the Australian parliament between 2007 and 2013. He served as a minister in the Australian Government. Between 2010 and 2013, he was the:Parliamentary Secretary to the TreasurerAssistant TreasurerMinister for Competition Policy and Consumer AffairsMinister Assisting for DeregulationMinister Assisting for Superannuation and Financial Services.In these roles, he was responsible for overseeing some of Australia’s key economic and financial regulators. He held portfolios in areas such as taxation policy, competition policy and consumer affairs, financial services, foreign investment policy and corporate governance.Before entering parliament, Mr Bradbury was a tax lawyer at Blake Dawson (now Ashurst) between 2002 and 2007. He has qualifications in law and taxation.Mr Bradbury is an Honorary Professor of Taxation and Chair of the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute Advisory Committee at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University. He is a member of the e61 Institute’s Policy Advisory Committee.Mr Bradbury was appointed Chair of the Board for a 3‑year period from 1 April 2026 until 31 March 2029.

Michael Brennan is the CEO of the e61 Institute. He is an experienced economic policy professional, having been a former Chair of the Australian Productivity Commission and Deputy Secretary of the Australian Treasury. He has also worked as a Deputy Secretary in the Victorian Treasury, and as a consultant as well as an adviser to Federal and State Treasurers and Ministers for Finance.

Chloe Burnett SC practices in commercial and public law, with a specialisation in tax law. She appeared in the SingTel and Chevron transfer pricing cases, the Uber payroll tax case, the News Australia Holdings and Citigroup Part IVA cases and other significant proceedings, alongside advisory and ADR matters.Chloe was called to the Bar in 2008 and took silk in 2020. She was previously a solicitor at Allens and worked as an Associate to the Hon. Justice Edmonds of the Federal Court. She also worked for Macquarie Bank in Sydney and Slaughter and May in London. Chloe has a LLM from New York University and she teaches Statutory Interpretation in the LLM program at The Sydney Law School. Chloe is described as “Preeminent” by Doyle’s Guide, “Recommended” by Who’s Who Legal and Chambers and Partners states “Chloe Burnett SC is a well-known and well-regarded tax silk, noted for her strong litigation capabilities, noteworthy transfer pricing expertise and extensive experience of high-profile cases.  She is also noted for her increasing prominence on mandates with a cross-border aspect.”, “She is widely seen as an “excellent operator” in her field, one interviewee remarking: “I’ve briefed her on numerous matters and she’s fantastic – totally brilliant.””

Stephen Chen is a Partner in the MinterEllison tax practice, specialising in Tax Controversy. Stephen advises a significant number of the world’s largest multinationals and ASX 50 listed companies on managing their tax audits and disputes. Stephen also frequently instructs in high profile Australian tax litigation for taxpayers in all jurisdictions.

Janet is a partner in Corrs tax practice and advises local and international clients on the indirect tax aspects of transactions including stamp duty, GST and land tax.Her practice spans domestic and cross-border restructures, IPOs, real estate transactions, mergers and demergers and acquisitions involving both securities and real property, as well as secured and unsecured financing and trust matters.  Janet regularly advises ASX listed groups on complex acquisitions and restructures and IPOs and capital raises.  Janet has extensive experience engaging with the Australian Taxation Office, state revenue offices in all Australian jurisdictions and the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission, developing strong working relationships with assessors within these bodies.

Kristen is a silk at the NSW Bar. She practices in all areas of income tax and GST, specialising in anti-avoidance and international tax. Recent cases include the Pepsi and Merchant appeals in the High Court, the Guardian appeal in the Full Federal Court, and the Hilton and Shell trials in the Federal Court.  Kristen has been ranked as a Band 1 Silk in Tax in Chambers & Partners for the last 7 years and was the Market Leader in Tax in Doyles Guide in 2024 and 2025.

Theo Denovan is a Partner and the Chief Information Officer for Tax & Legal at PwC Australia. He is a seasoned technology leader specialising in driving sustainable digital transformation and technology adoption in professional services. Theo has extensive experience developing and scaling innovative technology platforms, including AI-powered automation for auditing and tax processes. He helps clients embrace existing software solutions or create custom technologies to meet their unique business challenges, while also managing technology risks effectively. 

Sarah is a Consultant at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer working with Hugh Paynter in the Tax Disputes team. Sarah is a previous Partner of Freehills, as it then was, and was instrumental in developing their Tax Disputes practice. She moved to KPMG where she was a Partner in their Tax Controversy practice for seven years focussing exclusively on contentious taxation matters. Prior to rejoining the firm as a Consultant, Sarah also worked for the Australian Taxation Office assisting them to resolve one of their then most significant, complex and long running disputes and sat as a Senior Member of NCAT where she heard and determined State Revenue matters and jointly led the Revenue List.

SENIOR ADVISOR at TP Benchmark - Former ATO CommissionerBrad spent over 30 years with the ATO, where he rose to Assistant Commissioner and a delegated Competent Authority. His role spanned audit, investigation and senior leadership roles including membership of the Public Groups & International executiveBrad was responsible for overseeing the full spectrum of domestic and cross-border tax risk in Australia’s large-market segment, and has significant experience settling bilateral disputes, including some of Australia's largest transfer-pricing disputes.

Patrice is a Corporate & International Tax Partner with BDO in Sydney. She has established a strong reputation for working with clients to solve their complex tax problems and advising them in an honest, open and commercial manner.Patrice’s approach is centred on delivering comprehensive income tax advisory, tax governance, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), and compliance services to Australian-listed corporates and multinational organisations, particularly within the technology, media, and telecommunications sectors. She prides herself on understanding the unique needs of each client and providing tailored solutions that drive businesses forward.Patrice helps her clients with corporate income tax compliance and advisory, international tax, Australia Taxation Office (ATO) reviews and disputes, tax governance and risk management, and M&A advisory. These services are designed to help clients navigate the complexities of the tax landscape, ensuring compliance and optimising tax positions. By offering strategic insights and practical solutions, Patrice helps clients manage their tax risks and achieve their business objectives.

Mark was a Partner in Clayton Utz' Sydney office specialising in income taxation law. He is a current member of the GAAR Panel. He was a member of the National Tax Liaison Group for ten years and has been the National Chairman of the Law Council of Australia Tax Committee. He is an author of the Australian Tax Handbook and has lectured at University of Sydney in their Master of Laws course and at the University of New South Wales ATAX program. Prior to Clayton Utz, Mark worked in the Investment Banking Group of Deutsche Bank.

Martin is a partner in Allens’ tax practice. Martin has advised domestic and international corporations on a broad range of taxation issues arising from domestic and cross-border financing arrangements; public company mergers and takeovers; debt, equity and hybrid securities; and corporate restructuring.He has worked on several large infrastructure projects in the energy and transport sectors.Martin has advised on the tax implications of several major share buy-backs conducted by listed companies, corporate distributions generally, and capital management strategies for large corporations and financial institutions.Martin teaches Corporate Tax at post-graduate level at the University of Melbourne.

Georgie is a Partner with the Australian International Tax team, based in Melbourne. Georgie has more than 30 years of experience working in transfer pricing in Australia.   Georgie leads the Australian Country by Country reporting centre of excellence that services over 1400 clients annually across all industries.The CbC centre of excellence provides a consistent approach that leverages automation and AI to ensure that all CbC reporting is completed utilising best practice approaches and leverages from our experiences with the ATO CbC team. The centralised CbC team allows for the collation and analysis of key reporting data across our clients which enables us to provide valuable insights and peer analysis in respect of country-by-country reporting and key transfer pricing issues and risk areas.Georgie is the  Asia Pacific Technology lead for Transfer Pricing and sits on the global transfer pricing technology steering committee and therefore brings an indepth knowledge of our key technology platforms to ensure that all projects are completed in the most efficient, collaborative and robust manner.

Luke is a partner in Corrs tax practice. Luke is an experienced tax lawyer specialising in the provision of income tax controversy advice and dispute resolution services.He advises large domestic and multinational taxpayers throughout the entire tax dispute lifecycle – from pre and post ATO engagement during large M&A transactions, through to assisting taxpayers prepare for, and resolve, complex ATO reviews, audits and disputes.Luke’s focus is on private sector taxpayers in the real property and infrastructure sectors, ranging from owners and operators of real estate and infrastructure assets to investors in infrastructure projects, including pension and private equity funds.Luke is known for his strong technical expertise, critical thinking and commercial solutions which lead to the resolution of complex income tax issues. He is named as a key lawyer by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific and is a committee member for a number of The Tax Institute events, where he regularly presents on emerging income tax issues.

MANAGING PRINCIPAL, TP Benchmark. Dritton brings more than 17 years of dedicated transfer pricing experience, having worked across Australia as a Big 4 director and in-house TP manager for two of Australia’s largest multinationals.

Rhys is a partner in Corrs tax practice. Known for his commercial sensibility and insightful advice, Rhys specialises in advising private sector and government clients on tax issues associated with large and complex transactions. He is recognised locally and internationally as an expert in his field. With an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructures, infrastructure projects (public private partnerships) capital raisings and inbound investment, he has advised on significant deals for high profile clients including Coca Cola European Partners, REA Group, Accenture, National Australia Bank, Wesfarmers, Macquarie and the Victorian and Queensland Governments.Rhys is a Tax Committee member for the Law Council of Australia and a fellow at The Tax Institute. He is also a board member at Very Special Kids, a Children's charity providing professional family support services and Victoria's only children's hospice.

Alston Kam is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal Tax division in Sydney.  He specialises in Employment Tax and Payroll advisory, with a particular focus on transaction-related engagements, from pre-acquisition due diligence through to post-close integration. He advises both buy and sell side clients on identifying workforce-related exposures, mitigation and remediation strategies.Mr Kam has over 12 years of experience across Australia and the United Kingdom, advising clients across all aspects of their workforce obligations. His clients operate across a variety of industries and sectors, including government, energy and resources, and financial services.Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Kam worked in the Sydney and London offices of two Big Four firms, serving most recently as a Director within the Workforce Advisory team at KPMG in Sydney.Mr. Kam earned a bachelor’s degree in commerce (finance and accounting majors) from the University of Wollongong. He is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

Costa is an indirect tax specialist at Corrs with over 20 years of experience advising on stamp duty, GST and land tax implications in relation to complex transactions.He has extensive experience across domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings, privatisations, restructures and property investment and development transactions.Costa’s core practice focuses on providing strategic structuring advice on large, high-stakes transactions. He supports clients throughout the entire transaction lifecycle, from defining the transaction perimeter to sale structuring, documentation and negotiation, briefing C-Suite executives and boards, and managing revenue authority negotiations and dispute resolution.

Angelina is the Head of Tax Controversy at Corrs and a market-leading tax controversy practitioner specialising in tax litigation and dispute resolution, with over 20 years’ expertise in complex, large-scale audits and disputes.She advises across the full life cycle of a tax controversy and disputes process, from ATO early engagement, reviews, audits, objections, GAAR, settlement and litigation in the Federal Court, High Court and AAT.Angelina is trusted advisor to a range of taxpayers, including large corporations (public and private groups) and multinationals, across a range of industries including financial services, technology, corporates, superannuation, energy, mining and resources, pharmaceutical/health, infrastructure and private equity.

Ben is a senior advisor at TP advisory and benchmark. Ben has nearly 30 years in transfer pricing, international trade and value chain analysis experience.Ben was a partner in global tax and trade for a big four firm. More recently he has focused on leveraging agentic AI to develop platform solutions for supply chain analysis centred on modern slavery and value capture.

Jasmine Leonard is the General Manager, Asia Pacific Tax at Rio Tinto. Jasmine has over 20 years’ experience in corporate and international taxation and leads a team of in-house tax professionals based in Australia, Singapore, India, and Mongolia.  In other senior tax roles at Rio Tinto, Jasmine had responsibility for cross border mergers and acquisitions, financing, tax policy and the OECD Pillar 2 implementation project. Jasmine is a member of the CTA Executive Committee, Chair of the MCA Tax Committee and participates in the UN Tax Subcommittee on Taxation of Extractive Industries.

Daniel Levin is a Partner in PwC Australia’s Tax and Legal business with over 18 years’ experience in tax automation and compliance transformation. He works with large organisations to modernise compliance and reporting through practical technology, automation, and scalable delivery models.

Simon is a partner in Corrs tax practice.With significant expertise advising on tax aspects of large-scale M&A, restructuring, inbound investment and employment, Simon advises Australian and international clients across a range of industries, including technology, finance and infrastructure.  He regularly advises on the tax implications of cross-border transactions, and has extensive experience in establishing and advising on employee share and option plans, including in the context of M&A transactions.Simon is a fellow of the Tax Institute of Australia.

James Nickless has been a Partner with PwC Australia since 2014, specialising in international tax and transfer pricing. James' experience spans complex cross‑border transactions, business model design, mergers and acquisitions, and tax controversy matters. His integrated background allows him to provide comprehensive advice that aligns international tax and transfer pricing considerations.

Shahzeb Panhwar (Shaz) is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Tax in Melbourne. He leads the firm’s Transfer Pricing team. Shaz advises clients on inbound/outbound flows of debt, business restructuring, management of intangibles and helps clients navigate the dispute landscape.  With more than 18 years of experience, Shaz has assisted clients in various industries ranging from capital-intensive industries such as oil and gas, mining and infrastructure to intangible-driven industries such as technology and consumer goods.

Hugh is a Partner in the Disputes practice of Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer based in Sydney. He leads Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer’s Tax Disputes team in Australia which has won multiple awards as the leading Tax Litigation and Disputes practice in Australia. Hugh has practised in the area since 2002. His key focus areas are international tax and transfer pricing,  anti-avoidance and R&D. He was the instructing solicitor in the Oracle matter before the Full Federal Court and currently has active tax litigation matters in the Federal Court and Courts and Tribunals in Victoria, Queensland and South Australia.

 Two times world champion, four times Commonwealth champion - in the sport of athletics, Jana Pittman personifies resilience and determination. When continual injuries hampered her athletic career and could have signalled retirement, she swapped the track for the ice, joining the Australian women's bobsled team and becoming the first woman to represent Australia in both a Summer (2000, 2004) and Winter (2014) Olympic Games. Off the track, Jana completed a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at Western Sydney University in 2019 (graduating with First Class Honours and the university medal) and is now a junior doctor in Women's Health. She completed a Masters of Reproductive Medicine at the University of New South Wales in 2020 and has initiated her PhD in Obstetrics (focusing on aspects of uterus transplantation). This busy woman is proud mum to six children: Cornelis; little sisters Emily and Jemima; Charlie; and most recently, twins Quinlan and Willow. Having experienced her own personal scare with cervical dysplasia, Jana became an ambassador for the Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation. In 2021, Jana was a participant in the gruelling television show SAS Australia on Channel 7. She made it to the last day of the course and was the final female standing among the 18 celebrity recruits, despite having given birth only five and a half months previously. 

Adele is the General Manager, Tax at Endeavour Group Limited. Endeavour Group operates Australia’s largest retail drinks network under the Dan Murphy’s and BWS brands and the largest portfolio of licensed hotels across Australia. These businesses are supported by Pinnacle Drinks, which creates and manages Endeavour Group’s portfolio of exclusive brands.Adele is currently a member of the CTA Executive Committee.Prior to joining Endeavour Group in 2021, Adele was a Principal in Deloitte's Corporate Tax practice and was previously the Tax & Treasury Director of Lion.

Elissa Romanin is a corporate tax partner at MinterEllison.  She specialises in providing tax structuring, tax due diligence, contract drafting and general income tax advice. Many of the matters she works on involve corporate income tax issues related to mergers and acquisitions, divestments and capital reorganisations.  Elissa is the current Vice Chair of the International Bar Association Taxes Committee. 

Christina is a Partner at PwC within the Infrastructure & Deals tax team, where she specialises in tax advisory, tax due diligence, structuring, post-deal integration, and tax compliance services. She brings extensive experience across a wide range of sectors including infrastructure, real assets, energy, digital, and transportation.Throughout her career, Christina has played a key role in numerous landmark infrastructure transactions, such as long-term lease privatisations, take-private deals, and energy transition projects. Her expertise spans diverse assets, including airports, ports, toll roads, telecommunications towers, data centres, and energy facilities.In addition to her advisory work, Christina completed an 18-month secondment as Chief Executive Officer of the Board of Taxation. 

Andrew Sommer is a Senior Consultant at Mallesons and is a highly respected indirect tax expert.Andrew enjoys a reputation as Australia’s most sought-after specialist advisor for public and private corporations and high net worth individuals to manage complex GST and other indirect taxation matters and disputes.Andrew brings 24 years’ partnership-level experience and expertise across sectors including retail, food industry, mining & energy, aviation, financial services and real estate focussed clients. He has served on both the ATO’s indirect tax rulings panel and represented the Law Council of Australia on the ATO’s GST stewardship group for over a decade.

Steve has been NAB's Chief Tax Officer since March 2013.  He has more than 33 years' experience in taxation across many business sectors ranging from small business right through to international banking. Steve holds Bachelor degrees in both Financial Administration and Law, Masters degrees in both Taxation and Law and is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. Steve is also a past President of The Corporate Tax Association.

Amanda Spinks is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Tax in Sydney. She specialises in Australian employment taxes. Her primary areas of concentration are superannuation, fringe benefits tax (FBT), payroll tax and Pay As You Go (PAYG) withholding. Current hot topics include payday super, the treatment of payments to contractors & Directors and year end compliance (FBT, payroll tax & ESS).With twenty years of tax experience, Ms. Spinks has advised all types of clients with respect to Australian employment taxes. Bringing a considered and practical approach to her engagements, she minimises liabilities while ensuring compliance obligations are met.Prior to joining A&M, Ms. Spinks spent nearly three years with Microsoft, where she was responsible for the overall management and leadership of Australian statutory and tax compliance. In addition to meeting internal and external regulatory obligations across employment taxes, income tax, SOX & IFRS, Ms. Spinks managed the establishment of local data centres, global pricing adjustments and foreign currency implications for ANZ.Previously, Ms. Spinks spent 15 years at EY where she worked with a range of international, domestic, commercial, government and not-for-profit clients on their people strategies, focusing on taxation. Ms. Spinks earned a bachelor’s degree in commerce and a master’s degree in professional accounting from the University of New South Wales. She is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Australia & New Zealand, a Fellow of the Tax Institute, a current member of the ATO’s payday super working group and a former member of its FBT Working Group and Not-for-profit Stewardship Group. Ms. Spinks regularly speaks at technical forums and has been instrumental in key legislative reforms in consultation with the Australian Taxation Office.

Miranda Stewart is Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne Law School where she is Director of the Tax Group and is an Honorary Professor and Fellow at the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute at the Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University. Miranda was the inaugural Director of the Institute from 2014 to 2017. Miranda carries out research, advisory and teaching across a wide range of topics on taxation law and policy including taxation of large and small business entities, not-for-profits and individuals; international taxation and the role of tax in development; reform processes and budget institutions; and gender equality in tax and transfer systems. Miranda has an enduring interest in the resilience, legitimacy and fairness of tax systems to support good government.

Jayde Thompson is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Tax in Melbourne, specialising in corporate international taxation.Jayde advises foreign investors on structuring their Australian investments and supports Australian corporates expanding offshore. She helps clients navigate complex international tax issues, providing guidance on structuring, compliance, risk management and value chain optimisation. Her experience spans broader multijurisdictional tax matters, including cross-border embedded royalties, intangible migrations, and the application of Australia’s anti-hybrid rules.Jayde is also recognised for her extensive expertise in Pillar Two, with significant technical depth and practical experience advising on implementation, compliance frameworks, and the implications for corporate structuring, transactional activity and broader investment strategies.She serves on Alvarez & Marsal’s Global Pillar Two Steering Committee, the Global Value Chain Optimisation Steering Committee, and the Global Tax Policy and Controversy Steering Committee, contributing to the firm’s global technical leadership and strategic direction.

Chris leads PwC's Tax Transparency and Governance practice. He has assisted more than 300 of the firm's clients in implementing their tax governance framework (with supporting documentation) and supported them with their ATO Top 100 PCR reviews and Top 1000 SAR/CAR reviews.Chris was a member of the Federal Government's Board of Taxation. He has 35 years of experience as a tax professional, and is a chartered accountant and a chartered tax advisor.Prior to joining PwC, he was in senior roles at GE for over 20 years, including Country CFO and Chair of most of GE’s Boards in ANZ. In those roles he managed the APRA and ASIC relationships in addition to the ATO/IRD relationships.Chris brings a broad range of practical, commercial experience, which is integral to clients when considering how tax risk management and governance should apply in practice to their organisations.He has a strong network of relationships with PwC’s clients, the ATO and Treasury. He has recently coordinated PwC’s input to the Board of Tax Review of the Voluntary Tax Transparency Code and to Treasury on the Government's Multinational Enterprise (MNE) Tax Transparency measures.Chris frequently presents to Boards and Audit Committees and Tax Transparency and Governance matters.

Adrian is a tax specialist and leads MinterEllison’s Tax Practice. He has extensive experience in commercial transactions and arrangements. His impressive advisory experience includes many of MinterEllison's notable corporate transactions.Adrian's broad tax advisory services span all areas of corporate income tax, with a focus on advisory and deals.  Adrian also advises a wide range of Australian and international clients on inbound and outbound investment. Adrian is the Chair of the Law Council of Australia's Business Law Section, he has extensive engagement with Government, Treasury and the ATO, being a member of the National Tax Liaison Group, Consultation Steering Group, Large Business Stewardship Group, and remains a member of the Commissioner's Remedial Power panel.

Hang Vo is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal Tax in Melbourne, specialising in corporate international tax.Hang is an expert on Pillar Two, with deep technical knowledge and practical experience in Pillar Two implementation and ongoing compliance, as well as advisory support relating to corporate structuring and transactions. She currently serves on Alvarez & Marsal’s Global Pillar Two Steering Committee.She also has extensive experience advising multinational clients on complex transactions and multijurisdictional tax matters, including anti-hybrid rules, cross-border embedded royalties, and tax controversy issues.Prior to joining Alvarez & Marsal Tax, Hang spent 18 years with PwC Australia in the international tax practice.

Hamish is a Tax partner in the Sydney Minter Ellison practice. Hamish works with businesses of all sizes to help them reach their commercial goals within the framework of Australia's corporate and international tax rules.Through his experience as a Director with the Global Equity Organisation, a peak body dedicated to advancing equity compensation, he is focused on providing clients with cutting-edge advice on equity incentive and remuneration trends, and helping them structure and implement reward programs that attract the best talent.He takes pride in his accurate and timely advice and his 'user friendly' approach.

Stephen Walters is Chief Economist of Optimal Economics Pty Ltd, based in Sydney.He previously was chief economist for the Business Council of Australia (BCA) and chief economist for NSW in Treasury. Before joining NSW Treasury, Stephen was Chief Economist with the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and, for 14 years, was Chief Economist Australia and New Zealand for investment bank J.P.Morgan.Stephen previously was Senior Economist with Access Economics in Melbourne and International Economist with Norwich Union and Alliance Capital in the United Kingdom. He also spent seven years as an Economist with the WA Treasury in Perth.Stephen holds a Bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Western Australia and a Master's degree in applied finance from the University of Melbourne. He also has qualifications in journalism and graduated from the AICD's Company Directors Course in 2017.Stephen also is associate director of the Australian Centre for International Trade and Investment (ACITI) and is consultant chief economist for Keys Thomas and Associates. He is a former chair of the Executive Committee of the Australian Business Economists (ABE).Stephen has published three books, with a fourth to be published soon.