CIOT and ATT: New Chairman of the Taxation Disciplinary Board
The Councils of the CIOT and ATT are pleased to announce the appointment of DES HUDSON as chairman of the Taxation Disciplinary Board for a four-year term beginning on 01 November 2009.
Des is the Chief Executive of the Law Society of England and Wales and former Chief Executive of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.
Andrew Hubbard, President of the CIOT, said ‘We are delighted to welcome Des Hudson as the new Chairman of the Taxation Disciplinary Board. His stature and experience will strengthen public confidence in the Board’s independence and tax professionals’ confidence in the fairness of the Board’s proceedings’.
David Stedman, President of the ATT, said ‘The Taxation Disciplinary Board is a visible part of the system which enables the public to have confidence in those dealing with their tax affairs. We look forward to working with Des Hudson as the new Chairman of the Board’.
Des Hudson, Chairman-elect of the Taxation Disciplinary Board, said ‘I am proud to be invited to serve as Chairman of the Taxation Disciplinary Board and I pay tribute to my immediate predecessor, Vicki Harris, who has given me a sound base to work from’.
For further information – George Crozier on 020 7340 0569 or email gcrozier@tax.org.uk
1) The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) is a charity and the leading professional body in the United Kingdom concerned solely with taxation. The CIOT’s primary purpose is to promote education and study of the administration and practice of taxation. One of the key aims is to achieve a better, more efficient, tax system for all affected by it – taxpayers, advisers and the authorities.
The CIOT’s comments and recommendations on tax issues are made solely in order to achieve its primary purpose: it is politically neutral in its work. The CIOT will seek to draw on its members’ experience in private practice, Government, commerce and industry and academia to argue and explain how public policy objectives (to the extent that these are clearly stated or can be discerned) can most effectively be achieved.
The CIOT’s 14,800 members have the practising title of ‘Chartered Tax Adviser’.
2) The Association of Taxation Technicians was established in 1989 to provide the ATT qualification for individuals employed in taxation in industry, commerce and the public sector, as well as those employed in professional practices. The Association currently has over 10,500 members and students and is a companion body of The Chartered Institute of Taxation.
3) The Taxation Disciplinary Board is an independent body established by the CIOT and ATT to handle complaints made in respect of the professional conduct of members and students of the two bodies.
4) The Law Society of England and Wales is the Approved Regulator and representative body for over 130,000 solicitors qualified in England and Wales and practising around the world.
5) Biography – Des Hudson
Des Hudson was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, and graduated in law from the University of Leeds in 1977. He qualified as a solicitor in 1980 and worked in private practice until 1987. During that time he became a salaried partner in a major provincial law firm in the north west of England, specialising in crime and child protection work.
In 1987 Des joined the Yorkshire Building Society as an assistant solicitor and held a number of positions during five years there. In 1992 he took up the post of head of lending at the Britannia Building Society. In 1995 he became operations director of Britannia Life, and in the following year he was made managing director.
In 1998 Des joined SMG (Scottish Media Group) to become chief executive of their publishing division and was appointed a director of SMG plc in 1999.
Des joined the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland in September 2004 as chief executive designate, subsequently becoming chief executive.
On 4 September 2006 Des took up the position of chief executive of the Law Society of England and Wales.
He is married with three children.
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