A high level Advisory Panel assists the Board in carrying out its activities, including by contributing to the Board’s real time policy advice to the Treasurer, advising on the quality and effectiveness of tax legislation and recommending improvements to support the general integrity and functioning of the tax system.
The Panel draws together some of Australia’s leading taxation professionals who have agreed to voluntarily contribute their knowledge and expertise in assisting the Board with its work. Panel members are appointed on the basis of their individual capabilities and expertise, not as representatives of particular interests.
The Panel provides an important additional source of advice to that provided by the business, professional and other community representative organisations with which the Board has developed close working relations.
Membership of the Advisory Panel will change from time to time and will be reviewed periodically by the Board. The current members are listed below.
Members list
| Panel Member | Position | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael Barbour | General Manager, Group Tax | Westpac |
| Mr Paul Balkus | Partner | Ernst & Young |
| Mr Steve Baxter | Associate Director – Indirect Tax | Mazars |
| Mr Patrick Broughan | Partner | Deloitte |
| Mr Michael Carruthers | Tax Director | Knowledge Shop |
| Mr Michael Croker | Tax Australia Leader | CAANZ |
| Mr Jason de Boer | Tax Partner | BDO |
| Mr Philip Diviny | Consulting Principal | Keypoint Law |
| Mr Michael Fenner | Taxation Manager | Chevron |
| Mr Mark Ferrier | Executive Director | Macquarie Group |
| Mr Michael Flynn SC | Barrister | |
| Mr Geofrey Fooks | Group Taxation Manager, Group Tax | Wesfarmers |
| Mr Steve Ford | Tax Partner | PwC |
| Dr Brett Freudenberg | Associate Professor – Taxation | Griffith University |
| Ms Heather Gray | Partner | Hall & Wilcox Lawyers |
| Mr Kevin Griffiths | Partner | Ernst & Young |
| Mr Tony Greco | Senior Tax Adviser | Institute of Public Accountants |
| Mr Matt Hayes | Director – Tax | KPMG |
| Mr Stephen Healey | Partner | Grant Thornton |
| Mr Paul Hooper | Group Head of Tax and Transactions | Lend Lease |
| Mr Nick Houseman | Partner | PwC |
| Mr Peter Janetzki | Partner | Ernst & Young |
| Mr Anthony Klein | Partner | PwC |
| Ms Jasmine Leonard | General Manager – Tax Advisory | Rio Tinto |
| Mr Adam Levin | Partner | Jackson McDonald Lawyers |
| Mr Michael Longes | Head of Tax | Sunsuper Pty Ltd |
| Ms Alia Lum | Partner | KPMG |
| Mr James Macky | National Leader, Tax Advisory Services | KPMG |
| Ms Jane Michie | Head of Group Tax | BHP Billiton |
| Mr Mark Molesworth | Partner | BDO |
| Ms Katrina Parkyn | Partner | King & Wood Mallesons |
| Mr Michael Perez | Partner | King & Wood Mallesons |
| Professor Dale Pinto | Professor of Taxation Law | Curtin Law School, Curtin University |
| Mr Anthony Portas | Rio Tinto | |
| Mr Tony Principe | Associate Director | ShineWing Australian |
| Mr Brian Purdy | Head of Tax | South 32 |
| Mr John Rawson | Partner | Deloitte |
| Ms Premila Roe | Vice President Tax Asia Pacific | BHP Billiton |
| Mr Hayden Scott | Partner | PwC |
| Ms Shannon Smit | Director | Transfer Pricing Solutions |
| Mr Steve Southon | Chief Tax Officer | NAB |
| Professor Miranda Stewart | Director | Tax and Transfer Policy Institute |
| Ms Judy Sullivan | Partner | PwC |
| Mr Paul Suppree | Assistant Director | Corporate Tax Association |
| Mr Reynah Tang | Partner | Johnson Winter & Slattery Lawyers |
| Mr Vic Timos | Group Tax Manager | Incitec Pivot |
| Ms Coralie Trotter | Business Tax Manager, Integrated Gas | Shell Australia |
| Professor Richard Vann | Challis Chair of Law | University of Sydney |
| Mr Grant Wardell-Johnson | Partner, Australian Tax Centre | KPMG |
| Mr Steve Westaway | Partner – Private Advisory | Grant Thornton |
| Ms Sue Williamson | Partner | Ernst & Young |
| Mr Ken Woo | Partner | PwC |