Ireland 
USA 
Business Tax Conference 2024
An essential in-person event for all Heads of Tax, CFOs and FDs
Keynote speaker
Krishnan Guru-Murthy has been a well known television journalist for over thirty years and was named Network Presenter of the Year at the Royal Television Society Journalism Awards 2022. As well as daily news he also presents foreign documentaries, travelling to some of the planet’s most far flung and dangerous places including Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon. He has covered eight British general elections, interviewed six Prime Ministers and many world leaders as well as presenting a host of special live television debates. He also hosts a popular, award-winning podcast.
Krishnan has chaired a number of high level conferences and awards in Britain and around the world. His first foray into television came presenting the BBC youth discussion programme, 'Open to Question', at the age of 18 before he set off for Oxford University to read Philosophy, Politics and Economics. Krishnan went on to present the children's programme Newsround, then was a reporter on the current affairs programme Newsnight before helping to launch the BBC News channel. He also presented a Sunday morning politics show on LBC radio and for some years wrote a column for the Metro newspaper. He has appeared on a range of entertainment programmes from “Eight out of Ten Cats” to 'Have I Got News for You' and played himself in the hit British zombie movie “Shaun of the Dead”.
2023 saw Krishnan surprised, delighted and slightly confused to be joining the cast of Strictly Come Dancing, but you only live once!
Agenda
10:00: Coffee
10:30: Opening session
Tom Shave, Partner, Business Tax
10:45: Keynote speaker
Krishnan Guru-Murthy- Television Journalist
11:15: The UK and US elections and the impact on businesses and tax
12:00: Lunch
13:00: Hot Business Tax topics
- Risks session
- Opportunity
- Looking forward
- Tech & Data
14:00: Flexing your style to get the most out of your communications
Alys Carlton- Adviser, Coach and Mentor
Alys Carlton is an adviser and coach, a recovering lawyer and the Independent Chair of the Board of the Football Association of Wales. Alys runs her own business consultancy providing trusted partner services to senior leaders globally which she set up following a 20-year legal career, including 12 years at a Magic Circle firm in London and Milan, and 5 years as a corporate partner at Capital Law in Cardiff.
14:30: Coffee
14:45: Panel session
Simon Tatford
Simon is a director of tax at Canary Wharf where he is overseeing the tax in a period of transition, embracing new technology, introducing processes and controls, and undertaking a group simplification. He has been on the British Property Federation Tax Committee for 12 years, supporting their efforts across REIT, CIR and RPDT legislative change as well as a host of other smaller projects.
John Bentley
With over 35 years tax experience covering most taxes, including being Head of Tax at 4 FTSE 100 companies, and having worked as a Tax Director in Italy, John is currently working as a consultant trying to demystify tax for companies, resolve issues and put in place effective processes and governance structures in the ever more demanding tax environment we live in.
Yme Potjewijd
Yme is the UK Head of tax for YTL, a Malaysian parented group which owns Wessex Water and other property assets in the UK. He oversees all areas of tax for the group including business rates and other regulatory matters.
Eleanor Christie
Eleanor (Ellie) is Group Head of Risk, Governance and Tax at Nando’s and is a member of the international leadership team. She has worked in various fields across tax, accountancy, audit and governance over her career in both practice and industry roles and is also an experienced trustee and treasurer for a national charity.
15:15: Roundtable discussions
16:00: Drinks and networking
We appreciate people are busy and taking a day out of the office can be tricky. If you’ve got any urgent calls to make, then you will have access to private meeting spaces at any point during the day.