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Frank is the Head of Taxation Strategy at ICAEW Tax Faculty. He qualified as a chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser with KPMG. At ICAEW, he oversees tax strategy, representational work, and engagement with HMRC, HM Treasury, Government, and Parliament. He leads responses to tax consultations, including Budget and Finance Bill submissions. Frank has worked on updating the pan-professional code of conduct on taxation and chaired the working party for its development. He has been involved in tax devolution and was a member of the Welsh Government’s Tax Advisory Group (2014-2019). Frank is a past editor of TAXline and contributes to webinars and media work.
Richard joined ICAEW's Tax Faculty in November 2020. He coordinates ICAEW’s work on business and international tax (alongside Angela Clegg), tax compliance and investigations. Richard regularly contributes to TAXline, TAXwire, and ICAEW’s Insights and TaxTrack podcasts. He began his tax career at PwC, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 2001. He has worked with clients ranging from small tech start-ups to large multinational banks and has experience in knowledge management, training, tax standards reviews, and risk management.
Lindsey joined ICAEW’s Tax Faculty team in 2019 – initially as its technical editor before progressing into a tax policy role. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 2000, Lindsey decided to specialise in tax and spent over 12 years working in Grant Thornton’s National Tax team.
Angela joined ICAEW's Tax Faculty in May 2019 as a technical manager. She trained at Grant Thornton, qualifying as a chartered accountant in 2006 and as a chartered tax adviser (CTA) shortly after. She worked at PwC for 5 years and was a Senior Manager at BDO for 4 years. Angela has focused on Tax Risk, advising clients on various tax issues with HMRC. She coordinates the faculty’s work on business tax matters and manages related committees. She contributes to TAXline and newswire, with a particular interest in Research and Development tax relief.
Katherine is an FCCA and a fellow of the CIOT (CTA) and trained at Deloitte. Katherine is responsible for ICAEW’s work on private client taxes and manages the Private Client Committee. Katherine joined ICAEW’s Professional Standards team in 2021, before moving to the Tax Faculty in August 2024. Prior to joining ICAEW, she was the manager of a tax technical helpline for accountants at Markel Tax (formerly Abbey Tax Protection), where she dealt with over 25,000 queries across direct taxes and stamp taxes. Katherine is also the author of Tax Losses by Claritax Books.
Adelle joined ICAEW's Tax Faculty in September 2024 as a Technical Manager for employment taxes and national insurance contributions (NIC) and as manager of the Employment Tax and NIC Committee. Adelle trained at KPMG and qualified as a Chartered Tax Advisor in 2008. She has worked in tax for approximately 20 years and has previously held employment tax and global mobility roles at KPMG, PwC, and Global Tax Network.
Stephen is responsible for the Faculty’s news service, including the weekly TAXwire newsletter, the monthly TAXline bulletin and The Tax Track podcast. Before joining ICAEW in January 2024, Stephen helped lead Croner-i’s team of writers in creating and updating a wide range of tax content. And before that he was head of the technical team at the Chartered Institute of Tax; worked in industry, for Northern Rock; and in practice, for PwC.
Ed has been ICAEW's Technical Manager for VAT and indirect taxes since June 2022, managing the VAT Committee and its Duties Subcommittee, plus the Technical and Oversight Committee. He represents ICAEW on HMRC's Joint VAT and Customs Consultative Committees and the E-Commerce Trade Commission. A Chartered Tax Adviser since 2017, with additional qualifications in customs duties and tax technology, Ed previously worked as a Senior Manager at BDO's VAT team.
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