Office of Tax Simplification: Board membership changes
Published By GOV.UK [English], Mon, Jan 24, 2022 3:41 AM
The Chancellor has re-appointed John Cullinane and Kathleen Russ to the board of the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS), with effect from 28 November 2021.
OTS Chair, Kathryn Cearns OBE said:
I am delighted that John and Kathleen have been re-appointed as members of the board, and will continue to be able to inform the work of the OTS as it develops.
Further Information
The OTS was established in 2010 to provide advice to the Chancellor on simplifying the UK tax system and was made a permanent, independent office of HM Treasury in July 2015. It was put on a statutory footing in the Finance Act 2016, which took effect from 28 November 2016.
John Cullinane and Kathleen Russ were originally appointed to the OTS board in August 2016.
The members of the OTS Board, and its observers, are now:
Kathryn Cearns OBE (Chair)
Bill Dodwell (Tax Director)
John Cullinane
Kathleen Russ
Professor Judith Freedman CBE
Paul Aplin OBE
Beth Russell CB (HM Treasury)
Jonathan Athow (HMRC)
Dame Teresa Graham DBE (Observer)
Press enquiries only please contact Julie Gillespie, OTS Press Officer 03000 585028
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