Heather Self
Member Since: 10th Aug 2018
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Heather joined Blick Rothenberg as a partner in the corporate tax team in January 2018.
She has over 30 years’ experience, most recently as a partner at Pinsent Masons and prior to that as the head of tax at a FTSE 100 company, an anti-avoidance adviser at HMRC and a partner at a Big 4 accounting firm.
She is a member of International Tax Review’s Global Tax 50 2017, recognised for her work in setting up the ‘Women in Tax’ network and regularly speaks and writes on tax matters.
Heather is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and of the Chartered Institute of Taxation; she has a long-standing interest in tax policy and has previously been a member of the CBI Tax Committee for a number of years, and is a former chair of the Chartered Institute of Taxation’s technical committee.
Heather is an experienced speaker and media commentator and frequently comments on topical tax issues on BBC radio and TV as well as at professional and academic conferences.
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Taxpayer triumphs in loan relationships tribunal
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