Council & Committees
National council
Kenneth Schurgott FTIA
Ken is a Tax and Commercial Law Partner in
the Sydney office of Schurgott Noolan Pty Ltd. Ken has extensive
experience in all aspects of tax (including state taxes) as well as
business structuring, asset protection, succession planning and
trust and estate law. Ken is the Vice President of The Tax Institute
and a member of the NSW Divisional Council and Education
Committee. He is also a member of the Advisory Panel to the Board
of Taxation and has recently been a member of the Working Group
on Managed Investment Trusts and is presently heavily engaged in
consultation in relation to the reform of the taxation of trusts.
Contact Kenneth
Profile current at 1 Feb 2012
Stephen Westaway FTIA
Steve Westaway is a Managing Director of Grant Thornton Adelaide. Steve advises on a wide range of taxation and business issues to a diverse client base. With over 30 years in the accounting profession Steve holds significant commercial and corporate experience. Steve has been actively involved in the Taxation Institute of Australia in various roles for 20 years.
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Profile current at 1 Jan 2008
Tracey Rens FTIA
Tracey is a Corporate & International Tax Partner at Deloitte. She has 17 years of cross-border M & A, international structuring and advisory experience. She leads the Deloitte IFRS and TMT Tax practices in Sydney and is a member of the Tax Consolidation Centre of Excellence. Tracey is also a member of the Advisory Panel to the Board of Taxation.
Contact Tracey
Profile current at 10 Nov 2011
Arthur Athanasiou FTIA
Arthur is a partner at Thomsons Lawyers and an Accredited Specialist in tax law with the Law
Institute of Victoria. Arthur is a National and State Councillor with the Tax Institute of Australia and
chairs the Law Institute's Tax Law Advisory Committee. He has extensive experience in all areas
of direct and indirect taxation, domestic and internationally. Arthur's main area of practice is
dispute resolution, particularly in the SME sector, with both the ATO and the SRO. Arthur
regularly appears in mainstream media and is a widely published writer on taxation issues having
written many articles and books on taxation.
Contact Arthur
Profile current at 1 Dec 2011
Graeme Cooper FTIA
Graeme is a Professor of Taxation Law
at the University of Sydney and a consultant to Greenwoods &
Freehills Sydney. He is currently a member of the National Council
and the National Education Committee of the Tax Institute and was
formerly Chair of the NSW Division. He has worked as a consultant
on tax projects for the OECD, IMF, World Bank, Treasury, ATO,
the Board of Taxation and the ANAO. He is a frequent speaker
at national and international tax conferences, the author of
several books on tax topics and many articles in Australian and
international journals.
Contact Graeme
Profile current at 8 Nov 2011
Michael Flynn FTIA
Michael has been a member of the Victorian Bar since 1993, specialising in taxation. Michael is a member of The
Tax Institute’s National Council and Victorian State Council. Michael
is the Editor of the Laws of Australia: Revenue Law volume. Michael
is also the co-author of Death and Taxes, a book published by
Thomson Reuters on the tax consequences of death.
Contact Michael
Profile current at 17 Oct 2011
Stephen Healey FTIA
Stephen is a Partner in Tax Services division of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and has been involved for over 16 years in advising a diverse range of corporate clients on a wide variety of domestic and cross border tax issues. Stephen is a past Queensland State Chairman of the Taxation Institute of Australia, is a member of State Council and currently a member of National Council and Treasurer.
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Profile current at 5 May 2010
Wayne Healy FTIA
Wayne works for McGillivrays Fresh Expert Accounting. He is a Certified Practising Accountant and has been with McGillivrays Fresh Expert Accounting for over 22 years. Wayne advises business clients in commercial and taxation matters and has provided litigation support to a number of legal firms in Perth. Wayne’s clients require business structuring advice both in Australia and overseas. Trust structures, their establishment, use and unravelling, forms a major part of Wayne’s professional career. Wayne is a Fellow of CPA Australia and a Fellow of the Tax Institute. He is an active member of the Tax Institute and is the current Chairman of the Education Committee and a State Councillor. Wayne also sits on the National Education Committee and the Education Advisory Board for the Institute.
Contact Wayne
Profile current at 1 Aug 2010
Matthew Pawson FTIA
Matthew has a combined degree in Law and Commerce from the
University of Tasmania and was admitted to legal practice in
August 2000. He has been the managing partner of Hobart firm,
Peter Worrall Lawyers, since July 2007 and commenced as a
director of Launceston firm, Rae & Partners, in April 2011.
Matthew practices principally in commercial and property law,
specialising in a wide range of complex legal transactions,
business structuring and property development. He also focuses
on providing tax advice in the area of indirect tax law including
GST and State taxes (duty and land tax) and CGT advice,
particularly in estate matters. Matthew’s clients are drawn from a
broad range of local, interstate and international investors,
developers and business people.
Matthew has been a member of the State Council of The Tax
Institute since February 2008 and is currently serving as the
Tasmanian appointed National Councillor to the Board of The Tax
Institute. He is also a member of the Property and Commercial
Committee of the Law Society of Tasmania. Matthew has
presented previously for The Tax Institute and is a part-time
lecturer at the Centre for Legal Studies in Hobart and guest
presenter for the Law Society of Tasmania on GST issues.
Contact Matthew
Profile current at 11 Apr 2011
State councils
NSW State Council
| Chairperson | Marcus Leonard FTIA |
| Louise Boyce FTIA | |
| Prof Graeme Cooper FTIA | |
| Kirsten Fish FTIA | |
| Rae Ni Corraidh FTIA | |
| Andrew Noolan FTIA | |
| Jacinta Oner FTIA | |
| Tracey Rens FTIA | |
| Ken Schurgott FTIA | |
| Mariana Von Lucken FTIA | |
| David Williams FTIA |
QLD State Council
| Chairperson | Peter Godber FTIA |
| Deputy Chairperson | Hayden Bentley FTIA |
| Ash Chotai FTIA | |
| Stephen Healey FTIA | |
| David Marks FTIA | |
| Peter McKnoulty FTIA | |
| Dr David Morrison FTIA | |
| John Newby FTIA |
SA State Council
| Chairperson | Grantley Stevens FTIA |
| Deputy Chairperson | John O'Connell FTIA |
| Scott Bryant FTIA | |
| Michael Butler FTIA | |
| Stephen Heath FTIA | |
| Brian Nimmo FTIA | |
| Tim Sandow FTIA | |
| Ian Snook FTIA | |
| Paul Tanti FTIA | |
| Sean Van Der Linden FTIA | |
| Steve Westaway FTIA | |
| Ben Wilson FTIA |
TAS State Council
| Chairperson | Matthew Pawson FTIA |
| Deputy Chairperson | Darren Sheen FTIA |
| Paul Conde FTIA | |
| Kenneth Davey FTIA | |
| Janine Healey FTIA | |
| Ian Heywood ATIA | |
| Glenn Joyce FTIA | |
| Craig Leighton FTIA | |
| Luci Mills ATIA | |
| Deena Palmer ATIA | |
| Gregory Rowsell FTIA |
VIC State Council
| Chairperson | Arthur Athanasiou FTIA |
| Dr Braedon Clark FTIA | |
| Michael Flynn FTIA | |
| Graeme Halperin FTIA | |
| Michael Jones FTIA | |
| Anthony Klein FTIA | |
| Moira Merrick FTIA | |
| Tim Neilson FTIA | |
| Bernie O'Sullivan FTIA | |
| Michael Selth FTIA | |
| Jerome Tse FTIA |
WA State Council
| Chairperson | Mathew Chamberlain FTIA |
| Brett Davies FTIA | |
| Walter Gianotti FTIA | |
| Wayne Healy FTIA | |
| Len Hertzman FTIA | |
| Rick Hopkins FTIA | |
| Syd Jenkins FTIA | |
| Graeme Jolley FTIA | |
| Anthea McKinnell FTIA | |
| Jemma Sanderson ATIA |
