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The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has appointed Gary Ashford as president, Charlotte Barbour as deputy president and Nicola Ross Martin as vice-president of its 2023/2024 presidential team.
Ashford is a partner at law firm Harbottle and Lewis, specialising in international tax, dispute resolution and the digital economy as well as being a former tax inspector at HMRC. He has been a CIOT council member since 2011 and chairs the joint CIOT/Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) Crypto Assets Working Group.
He sits on the Institute’s Management of Taxes Committee, which he formerly chaired, and is also a former chair of CIOT/ATT Birmingham and West Midlands branch. He is currently the Institute deputy president.
Barbour, who is the current vice-president, is director of regulatory authorisations at ICAS as well as a former ICAS director of taxation. She has been a CIOT council member since 2019 as well as secretary to the joint professional bodies PCRT group and a member of the Institute’s Scottish technical committee.
Ross Martin is managing director of Tiger Dog Media and Publishing as well as Ross Martin Tax Consultancy, which provides online tax resources and virtual support service to small and medium sized firms of accountants and tax advisers. She joined the CIOT council in 2017 and sits on the Membership and Branches committee and Joint Equality Diversity and Inclusion committee.
The appointments were formally approved by CIOT’s council and the three will take up their new roles on 30 May at the Institute’s AGM.
Ashford said: “It will be a privilege to take on the role of CIOT president at the end of this month, succeeding Susan Ball, who has done a fantastic job over the last year. Having been on the CIOT council for more than 10 years now, I know how important the work we do is. From the CTA qualification to our technical work, to improving public understanding of the tax system, the Institute plays a vital role in tax policy and the tax profession, working in the public interest.
“I look forward to continuing this with the CIOT officers and council in 2023-24, and to meeting members, the executive team, staff and old friends at branch events throughout the year.”
