Supervisory Board

Valentin Savov is the founder and managing partner of Savov & Partners Law Firm. With 20 years of international and domestic legal experience, Valentin has built a distinguished career across leading law firms in Amsterdam, Tokyo, and Sofia, Bulgaria. 

Valentin is currently the chair of the Supervisory Board of IFA and since 2014 chair of the Bulgarian branch of IFA. 

Valentin is a frequent speaker and lecturer at post-graduate programs, seminars and conferences and regularly contributes to different domestic and international publications.

Valentin is an arbitration judge at the Arbitration Courts of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and the German-Bulgarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

Valentin holds an LL.M. in Law from Sofia University and a postgraduate LL.M. in International Tax Law from the International Tax Center at Leiden University, the Netherlands.

Patrick is widely recognized as a leading international tax lawyer, having specialized in cross-border tax planning and M&A for more than 25 years.

Patrick is the former Co-Chair of Osler’s National Tax Group, the former President of the Canadian branch (and former chair of the North American region) of the International Fiscal Association (IFA), a member of the Supervisory Board of Global IFA and a member of the Board of Governors of the Canadian Tax Foundation.

He provides clarity and creativity as a trusted adviser to many of Canada’s largest companies with a practice that includes all aspects of corporate income tax including advisory, transactional and disputes work.

Patrick represents clients in various industries including financial services, technology, mining, telecom, manufacturing and private equity. Patrick has appeared before the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance and the Canadian Senate Banking Committee as an expert on international tax matters.

Prior to joining Osler, Patrick drafted tax laws and formulated tax policy related to foreign affiliates and foreign investments with the Canadian Department of Finance. 

Patrick also has a Masters in U.S. tax from NYU.

Patrick is a frequent author and speaker at conferences on various Canadian tax matters and is regularly highly ranked for his expertise in tax law by Chambers Global, Lexpert Guide to Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Best Lawyers in Canada, Legal 500, Who’s Who Legal, and Thomson Reuters.

Patrick received the Bloomberg BNA: Leonard L. Silverstein Award for Distinguished Service in International Tax.

- Alvaro is a Tax Partner of EY Peru, he has more than 20 years focused on Financial Tax Services, Banking, Insurance, Capital Markets, Real Estate, Investment Funds, Trusts, Reits, Pension Funds, Mutual Funds, Derivatives and Factoring. He leads Tax Financial Services (banking and capital markets) and fintech tax practice, as well as Tax policy & Controversy in Peru.

- Lawyer graduated from Universidad de Lima with honors (magna cum laude – thesis in Foreign Tax Credit).

- Member of the Callao Bar Association.

- Member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA Grupo Peruano).

- Member of the Peruvian Institute of Tax Law (Instituto Peruano de Derecho Tributario - IPDT).

- Peruvian YIN Global representative 2019-2025.

- Secretary of IFA Peru 2022-2026.

- Member of the Supervisory Board of Global IFA.

Daniel Bader is a Partner at Bär & Karrer and Co-Head of the Tax Department as well as of the office in St. Moritz.

With his many years of experience, he supports Swiss and international private clients in complex legal and tax matters. His advisory approach includes not only tax law and tax planning, but also the legal structuring of assets and succession.

Daniel Bader specialises in the comprehensive support of wealthy private individuals. This includes topics such as inheritance and succession planning, international estate planning, wealth structuring as well as the legal and tax support of private and business activities. He has profound expertise in the areas of trusts, cross-border wealth planning and navigating different legal systems.

He regularly appears as a speaker at national and international conferences on topics related to private clients, tax law and wealth planning and is involved as a board member in family offices. Daniel Bader is President of the European Region of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) as well as a member of the Supervisory Board of the IFA. He is an International Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). He is recognised by leading rankings such as Chambers, Legal 500 and Citywealth as an expert for Private Clients and Corporate Tax. IFC Citywealth honoured him as “Lawyer of the Year – Switzerland 2025”. In addition, Who’s Who of Private Client Law lists him as a Global Elite Thought Leader EMEA. Who’s Who Legal recognised him as an expert in the areas of “Private Client” and “Corporate Tax”.

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Professor of Tax Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro – PUC-Rio.

Master in Tax Law, Rio de Janeiro.

Member of the Supervisory Board of the International Fiscal Association – IFA.

Director of the Brazilian Financial Law Association – ABDF, affiliated to the International Fiscal Association – IFA.

Tax Partner of Pinheiro Neto Advogados, Brazil.

As a Tax Partner of Pinheiro Neto Advogados, Carlos Henrique Bechara has broad expertise in tax consulting and tax litigation, especially in the fields of consumer goods, telecommunications and concession contracts industries, among others. He has also experience in international trade and customs.

He has authored or co-authored several articles and other publications involving tax and customs matters in Brazil and abroad. He participated of some IFA Congresses as a speaker and as a national reporter.

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Mukesh is the Founder and Managing Partner of BMR Legal Advocates, a boutique Indian law firm specialising in International Tax, Transfer Pricing, Tax Disputes and Tax Policy, ranked amongst the Top Tier Law Firms in India in independent surveys by Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation, Chambers and Partners, India Business Law Journal and Asialaw Profiles. With specialisation in corporate international tax and transfer pricing for over three-and-a-half decades, Mukesh has significant experience in advising Fortune 500 multinationals and large Indian business houses on a wide range of matters relating to trade & investment policy, business re-organisations, cross-border tax structuring, corporate international tax, and tax controversy.

He co-founded and was the chairman of BMR Advisors, which was amongst India's leading professional services firm with competencies in Tax M&A and Risk Advisory services, until it transitioned into Big 4 firms in 2017. Prior to founding BMR legal Advocates in 2010, Mukesh led the International Tax & Transfer Pricing practice for two of the Big 4 firms and was part of their global leadership teams. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, he spent most of his professional life with Arthur Andersen wherein he became a National Partner in 1995 and a Partner in Andersen Worldwide in 1998. He is an expert in issuing opinions, witness statements, examinations, and cross-examinations before appellate and arbitration forums.

He has also deposed as an expert witness on contentious cross-border tax treaties and TP matters in foreign jurisdictions. He has several authorships to his credit, including the Transfer Pricing-The Indian Landscape, Two Decades On (2021), Taxpayer Rights - Deciphering the Indian Charter (2021), and co-editing credits to the General Anti-Avoidance Rules: The Final Tax Frontier (2021).

Shaun Cartoon is a creative and commercially focused tax lawyer. He is a partner of Arnold Bloch Leibler’s tax practice.

Shaun advises a range of clients, including ASX listed companies, high-net-worth individuals and large private groups. Shaun practices in corporate, international and employment taxes, with particular expertise in mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructures and employee share schemes. He also assists clients to navigate complex tax disputes with the Australian Taxation Office and has litigated significant cases through the Australian courts.

Shaun has been ranked in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific as a Band 1 Next Generation Partner in Tax and is also recognised by Doyle's Guide as a leading tax lawyer. Shaun has been recognised as a ‘star’ advisor in employee share schemes by the Global Equity Organization and was selected to join its inaugural class of Fellows. Shaun’s clients describe him as being “accessible” and having “a strong command of technical detail and the ability to apply this to complex situations in a pragmatic and commercial manner”.

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Mrs. Ifueko M. Omoigui Okauru, MFR (Nigeria) is Managing Partner of Compliance Professionals Plc and a tax policy and revenue administration reform specialist with over three decades of experience in public finance and international taxation.

She served as Executive Chairman of Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (2004–2012) and Chairman of the Joint Tax Board, where she led a comprehensive modernisation of Nigeria’s tax system. Her tenure saw the development of Nigeria’s first National Tax Policy, extensive legislative reform, strengthened dispute resolution mechanisms, and the modernisation of revenue administration through structured taxpayer segmentation and automation initiatives. 

From 2023 to 2025, she served as Chair of the Revenue Administration Sub-Committee of Nigeria’s Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reform, contributing to the redesign of revenue administration frameworks prior to their transition into implementation and tax policy structures.

Internationally, she was a Member of the United Nations Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters and chaired its Capacity-Building Sub-Committee. 

She was a founding member of the African Tax Administration Forum and initiated the West African Tax Administration Forum (WATAF). Her reform programme was profiled in a 2009 Princeton University case study. She was awarded a 2019–2020 Fellowship at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.

She is an active member of IFA Nigeria and IFA Africa. 

Peetinuch "Tong" Utaiwan is Senior Director, Asia-Pacific Tax at Netflix, Singapore. With over two decades of experience across Big Four advisory, global law firms, and in-house roles at Amazon, Uber, and GE, she brings deep expertise in international tax, tax controversy, and cross-border structuring.

Tong serves on the Supervisory Board of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) globally and IFA Singapore's Executive Committee. She holds an Executive MBA from INSEAD, an Executive LL.M. in Taxation from NYU, and degrees from Northwestern/Kellogg and Columbia Law School. Admitted to the New York State Bar.

Tom Roesser is Tax Policy Counsel for Microsoft Corporation and is a member of Microsoft’s Tax & Customs Leadership Team. Tom’s team is responsible for Customs, Tax & Customs Controllership, Policy, and Benefits Taxation.Before joining Microsoft, Tom served as Tax Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance and practiced law and accounting.

Tom started his career as a certified public accountant in California and is an attorney licensed to practice in California and the District of Columbia. He holds a Dual LL.M. (with distinction) in Taxation and International and Comparative Law from Georgetown University Law Center, a J.D. from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, and a BS in Business Administration (emphasis in accounting) from the University of Southern California.

Tom is a Board Member of the International Tax and Investment Center, National Foreign Trade Council (and former Chair of the Tax Committee), the Tax Council, and the Tax Foundation. He is a Vice-Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce’s Taxation Commission and the U.S. Council for International Business Tax Committee. Tom is a Vice President of IFA USA, a member of the Central IFA Supervisory Board, and involved in various U.S. and international organizations.

Tax lawyer and tax professor with more than 33 years of career. Chair of the Women of IFA Network Global Committee. Member of IFA Supervisory Board. Former member of the IFA Permanent Scientific Committee (2010-2017). Member of the Board of Directors of ABDF-IFA Brazil. Member of the IFA LATAM Prize Judgment Committee. Member of the Practice Council of the NYU International Tax Program. Chair of the Brazilian Branch of STEP – Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. 2018-2013 Board Member and 2023-March 2025 Chair of the Board of the FPSB – Financial Planning Standards Board.

Ph.D in Financial and Economic Law (University of São Paulo – USP). Master in Tax Law (Catholic University of São Paulo – PUC/SP). MBA in Finance (Brazilian Institute of Capital Markets – IBMEC, currently Insper University). Graduation in Law (USP) and Business Administration (Getulio Vargas Foundation – FGV). Tax Professor in the LL.M in International Tax of the Brazilian Institute of Tax Law (IBDT). Guest lecturer in post-graduation courses in Brazil and abroad.

Frequently acknowledged by different local and international publications as one of the top tax practitioners in Brazil and Latin America. 2025 Legal 500 Brazil Tax Lawyer of the Year. Partner at Utumi Advogados. 2024 Latin Lawyer Specialist Law Firm Leader Award. 2017 Bloomberg BNA the International Tax Portfolio Author of the Year Award. 2015 Euromoney America's Women in Law Awards - Best Tax Lawyer of Latin America. 

Trevor Glavey is a partner in A&L Goodbody’s Tax practice and is both an Irish qualified lawyer and chartered tax advisor (CTA). 

With over a decade of experience advising companies in all industries with respect to all aspects of Irish corporate and international tax, Trevor specialises in international taxation and tax controversy and advises multinational companies doing business in and from Ireland on their most complex and high-profile tax affairs. 

Trevor is a member of the Law Society of Ireland and the Irish Taxation Institute.  He also sits on the global committee of the Young International Fiscal Association Network (YIN) and, separately, the Permanent Scientific Committee of the International Fiscal Association (IFA).  Trevor regularly speaks at international tax conferences, contributes to tax publications and acts as an external examiner for the Irish Tax Institute's CTA qualification.