It's with great pleasure that we announce the winners at the Indirect Tax Awards 2011, which was held at The Law Society in Central London on the evening of Thursday 13th October 2011.
The Awards are a major highlight of the Indirect Tax world's calendar, recognising achievement and endeavour across the world of Indirect Tax. For details of previous years' winners, please click here.
BLT are proud to have taken over the running and organising of these prestigious Awards, and we are delighted to welcome the sponsorship of The Institute of Indirect Taxation.
Winners and shortlisted nominees are as follows:
Best In-house Indirect Tax Expert or Team
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Caterpillar
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Nomura
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Volkswagen - WINNER!
Rising Star within Indirect Tax
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Ruth Corkin, James Cowper
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Debbie Hannon, Ernst & Young - WINNER!
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Lorraine Young, Menzies
Best Indirect Tax Consultancy Team
Outstanding Contribution to Indirect Tax
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Roderick Cordara QC - WINNER!
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John Crawford, The VAT Consultancy
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Alan Maher, Centurion VAT Specialists
The judges also felt it appopriate this year to create an additional discretionary special award:
Lifetime Achievement in Indirect Tax
Steve Bill, Ernst & Young
Congratulations to these once again.
We at BLT would also like to take this opportunity to extend our thanks to the judges for their invaluable input and time:
Mike Arnold - MBA VAT Consultancy
Nick Burgin - IBM
Michael Conlon QC - Temple Tax Chambers
Katie McGavigan - DKS VAT Services
Chris Needham - GE
Greg Sinfield - Hogan Lovells LLP
We would also like to thank the sponsors, The Institute of Indirect Taxation and in particular Bob and Terry Davies.
Lastly, we would also like to extend our gratitude to everyone who supported the Awards this year - an amazing turn out on the night itself made it a very special and enjoyable event.