Women in Tax and New Tax Professionals Committee: International Women's Day 2023 - Embracing Equity

Thursday 9 March | 17:00 - 18:00 (GMT)

Women in Tax and CIOT/ATT New Tax Professionals Committee present - International Women's Day Event, Embrace Equity. 

Equality means each individual or group of people is given the same resources or opportunities. Equity recognises that each person has different circumstances and allocates exact resources and opportunities needed to reach an equal outcome.

In this thought provoking event, we looked at how the tax profession can embrace equity.

This was a virtual event aimed at women and men in the tax profession.

For International Women's Day and beyond, let's all fully #EmbraceEquity. Equity isn't just a nice-to-have, it's a must-have. A focus on gender equity needs to be part of every society's DNA and it's critical to understand the difference between equity and equality.

Tasneem Kadiri (Chair of Women in Tax and UK & Ireland Tax Director for L'Oréal) and Toyin Oyeneyin (Chair of the New Tax Professionals Commitee, Tax Product Specialist at Octopus Investments and Council Member at The Association of Taxation Technicians) will explore this topic in depth in a panel discussion with our following speakers:

• Susan Ball
   Susan is the CIOT President and Partner at RSM UK Tax. Susan is a CTA (Fellow) at ATT and has been a member of the CIOT Council since 2017, as well as a Member of the Employment Taxes Committee, Examination Committee, Joint Officers and Senior Staff Forum and Officers Group. She also writes and lectures on employment tax and NIC.
• Ali Kennedy 
  Group Head of Tax at BAE Systems plc. Ali holds other non-executive, trustee and committee roles including a pension fund and a social housing charity. She chairs the Confederation of British Industry Tax Committee, is a CBI West Midlands Council member and is on the Economic Growth Board.
• Karen Robb
  Head of Indirect Tax at Grant Thornton (GT) where she has been a Partner for 16 years. She was previously at PwC for 10 years and HM Customs & Excise for 5 years. In addition to her role in Tax at GT, Karen plays a key part in the Firm’s D&I initiatives. She is the Convener (leader) for Social Mobility and an Advocate and Mentor in GT’s program for women – “Elevate”.
• Louise Wilson
  Louise, a Partner in Deloitte UK’s Global Employer Services practice, advises clients in the Financial Services sector regarding their internationally mobile workforce, specialising in cross-border employment and personal taxes, social security and mobility policy and process design. She works with colleagues across the spectrum of tax, reward, immigration and human capital to provide holistic advice to employers.

You can view the recording of the event by following the link below.