Paul Bloxham is HSBC’s Chief Economist for Australia, New Zealand and Global Commodities. He is chief spokesperson for HSBC on forecasts and trends for the Australian and New Zealand economies and their interaction with global financial markets and international economies. Paul is also a key spokesperson on HSBC’s unique view on global commodity markets and works closely with HSBC’s global equities team in this regard. Paul has published a number of papers, including on housing and household finances, asset prices and monetary policy and global commodity market trends. Paul is a regular commentator on local and international business television and a frequent contributor of opinion editorials to the Australian newspapers. In 2017, Paul’s team won two Focus Economics awards: for best overall forecaster for each of Australia and New Zealand. Paul is also a member of the Australian National University’s Shadow Reserve Bank Board and is an Adjunct Professor at Curtin University. Prior to joining HSBC in 2010, Paul Bloxham spent 12 years as an economist within the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Economic Analysis Department where he headed up the overseas economies and financial conditions sections, as well as working on domestic forecasting and prices. He holds a Master’s degree in public financial policy from the London School of Economics.

In December 2009 Kelly was elected to represent the people of Higgins following the retirement of former Federal Treasurer the Hon Peter Costello AC.
Kelly was appointed as the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services in the Turnbull Government in July 2016. She is a member of Cabinet and also serves on Cabinet’s Expenditure Review Committee (ERC).
She served as the Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasurer from September 2015 to July 2016, and was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer from December 2014 until being appointed to Cabinet in 2015.
During her time as Minister for Small Business, Minister O’Dwyer and the Turnbull Government introduced unfair contract protections for small business, established the Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, abolished the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal, and announced the amendment of section 46 of the competition law to level the playing field for small businesses. As a member of the Expenditure Review Committee, she also ensured small businesses benefited from the 2016-17 Budget’s tax cuts and expanded small business tax concessions.
She was Chairman of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics from 2013 to 2015.
Kelly has been Chairman of the Australia-United States Parliamentary Friendship Group and Convenor of the Australia-Americas Network, encompassing North, Central and South America.
Kelly is the founder and Chairman of the Parliamentary Friends of Women in Science, Maths and Engineering. In addition, Kelly serves as an Ovarian Cancer Ambassador, Patron of the Stonnington City Brass and Patron of the East Malvern Junior Girls Football Team.

Mike Callaghan AM PSM is an economic consultant, on the Board of the Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation, a Non-Resident Fellow at the Lowy Institute, and a member of the secretariat supporting the G20 Eminent Persons Group. In 2017 he chaired the Government’s review of the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax and the review of the Economic Impact of the Government’s Regulation Agenda. He also chaired the Northern Australia Insurance Premiums Taskforce. From 2013 to 2014 he was Director of the G 20 Studies Centre at the Lowy Institute. Mike spent 38 years in the Australian Treasury. From 2008 to 2012 he was Deputy Secretary, Macroeconomic Group, Australia’s G-20 Finance Deputy, and the Prime Ministers Special Envoy, International Economy. From 2005-2007 he was Deputy Secretary in Revenue Group. He spent four years on the IMF Executive Board in Washington DC and has served as Chief of Staff to the Australian Treasurer.

Enzo is a partner at Deloitte.

He has over 18 years’ experience advising multinational clients on complex transactions, with a particular focus on the energy and resources sector.

Enzo specialises in mergers and acquisitions, financing, capital management and dealing with revenue authorities.

He is expertly placed to understand clients’ needs having spent several years in a leadership position at a multinational oil and gas company.

Mr Wilson heads the Resources Division in the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science and is responsible for policy advice and regulation relating to the Australian Government interests in off and onshore resource development. Prior to this Mr Wilson was the Executive Director, Bureau of Resource and Energy Economics (BREE). In 2012 Bruce led the Secretariat responsible for developing the Australian Government’s Energy White Paper as well as the Secretariat for the Policy Transition Group working on the new Minerals Resources Rent and Petroleum Resource Rent Taxation arrangements.
Prior to these roles Mr Wilson worked on climate change, renewable energy and sustainable development issues including Australia’s participation in the Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP). Mr Wilson was a member of the UNFCCC Expert Group on Technology Transfer (EGTT) and in 2010 was the final Chair of this Group. Mr Wilson has also worked on science and industry policy in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and has experience in several major industry associations.

Jane Michie is the global head of the Tax function at BHP Billiton. She has been with the Company since March 2015.
She has over 23 years of experience working in tax, the last 18 years of which have been in Australia.
Prior to joining BHP Billiton, Jane was Global Head of Tax at an investment bank (Macquarie Group Limited) and, before then, she was a partner at a tax boutique advisory firm in Sydney for 8 years.
Jane is a lawyer – she obtained her law degree from Aberdeen University in Scotland and a Masters of Law from the University of British Columbia, Victoria. She is qualified as a lawyer in Scotland, England & Wales and New South Wales (Australia).

Jonathan Rintoul, FCA, CTA, is a partner at EY in Melbourne. Jonathan’s experience includes providing corporate tax advice and compliance services to listed, government, private and foreign-owned entities, predominantly in the resources, energy and utilities sectors. This experience is complemented by two long-term secondments into senior ‘in-house’ tax roles for listed entities, including during 2015 when Australian corporate taxpayers faced a range of new tax transparency demands in the face of increasing public interest in this issue. At the 2017 APPEA Conference and Exhibition, Jonathan presented his paper ‘Tax transparency is not just about tax’ which draws on his experience in assisting companies adopt Australia’s Voluntary Tax Transparency Code in a way that converts a reporting obligation into an opportunity to improve their standing with stakeholders.

Jeremy Hirschhorn joined the ATO in August 2014, and since March 2015 has been the Deputy Commissioner for Public Groups in the Public Groups and International business line. In this role he is responsible for overseeing tax administration and compliance for all public entities. Before taking on this role, he was the ATO’s Chief Tax Counsel with responsibility for the Tax Counsel Network. Prior to joining the ATO, Jeremy was a senior partner in KPMG’s Tax Practice.

“Peter Collins – is a Partner at PwC with 25 years’ experience as a specialist in global tax, assisting foreign investors structuring their Australian investments and Australian corporates expanding offshore. He works with the Firm’s global tax network to develop solutions for clients and is a member of the International tax executive which allows him to provide a unique global perspective. He is a consultant to Treasury in relation to tax reform in the areas of international tax and transfer pricing including the MAAL/DPT and a member of the Australian Treasury’s BEPS Tax Advisory Group. Peter was heavily involved in the rewrite of the Australian transfer pricing rules; he appeared before the Senate Estimates Committee to object to the retrospective application of those rules to US companies. He represented PwC before the Senate inquiry in relation to corporate tax avoidance by multinational companies.

Jerome Tse is a Partner at King & Wood Mallesons, specialising in taxation disputes and litigation. Jerome advises corporate taxpayers on all aspects of Australian tax disputes from the audit and independent review stage through to High Court litigation. He also guides clients through alternative dispute resolution processes, advance pricing agreements and mutual agreement procedures.  Jerome acted for Chevron in the recent Australian transfer pricing case.

Paul is currently the Assistant Director at the Corporate Tax Association and has extensive experience in taxation matters and is currently an advisory panel member to the Board of Taxation and a member of the ATO GST Stewardship Group. In his role with the CTA he is in regular contact with the ATO, Treasury and politicians.
Prior his current role, Paul was Vice President Tax, Risk and Reporting with BHP Billiton having responsibility for managing BHP Billiton’s tax risk management framework, as well as transfer pricing and indirect taxes globally. Paul also previously held the role of Regional Tax Manager for BP plc having responsibility for managing BP’s Australian and Asian tax affairs in New Zealand, China, Thailand, India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Japan.
Between these two corporate roles, Paul was a Senior Assistant Commissioner with the Australian Taxation Office having responsibility for the Financial Services and Insurance Group as well as having short stints heading up the old Australian Valuation Office and as Acting Deputy Commissioner, Large Business and International.
Paul studied at Monash University and holds an Economics and Law degree.

James Macky is a corporate tax partner and has over 20 years experience working in KPMG’s Melbourne and Adelaide offices. James works with a range of companies in the oil & gas, mining and energy sectors on their domestic and international tax matters. James is the chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources practice in KPMG’s Melbourne office. James speaks regularly on taxation matters relevant to resource companies, including as a lecturer at Melbourne University on mineral and resource taxation.

Liam Delahunty is a Director in KPMG’s International Tax Group and has over 15 years’ experience advising on international tax issues. A Legal Practitioner and a Chartered Accountant, he has worked in Sydney, London, New York and Wellington.
Liam has advised a range of clients, from large multinationals to start-ups, on a variety of cross-border tax issues, including structuring/financing, intellectual property, supply chain, profit repatriation and permanent establishment issues.
Liam has also advised various inbound groups in relation to their Australian investments and operations, including branch/subsidiary comparators, financing/structuring, permanent establishment issues, withholding tax considerations and double tax treaty issues
His specific focus on permanent establishment issues has included assisting Australian clients in respect of ATO audit challenges regarding outbound PEs, and assisting multinationals in identifying and managing inbound PE risk
Liam has also assisted a variety of other groups in discussions with the ATO, in response to audits and risk reviews and in negotiations with respect to the multi-national anti-avoidance legislation
Liam has also been involved in consultations with Treasury and the ATO in respect of the introduction of the Diverted Profits Tax
Although focussing on Australian income tax matters, he also is familiar with a range of foreign tax jurisdictions, including the UK, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong and China. Liam also has a good understanding of a range of accounting and corporate law issues.

Patricia Sampathy is an Assistant Commissioner of Public Groups and International in the ATO. She is based in Perth and leads compliance operational teams in Perth tasked to deliver programs of work relating to International Structuring and Profit Shifting and other assurance activities to ensure that multinational enterprises and large public groups operating in Australia, pay the correct amount of Income Tax and Petroleum Resource Rent Tax in Australia.

Patricia is a member of the Energy and Resources working group, the main ATO consultative forum with industry and tax advisers on income tax and resource rent taxation issues pertaining to the energy and resources sector.

Faith Harako is a Senior Director in the Public Groups & International business line of the ATO. She is responsible for the compliance operational teams in Perth in respect of both PRRT and income tax. These operational teams are also responsible for the delivery of Tax Avoidance Taskforce work streams. Prior to joining Public Groups & International, Faith was a Principal Lawyer in the Review and Dispute Resolution business line of the ATO.

Rebecca Joyce is a Senior Tax Adviser at Chevron Australia and has over 20 years’ experience in tax. She is responsible for the implementation of Chevron’s PRRT for the Gorgon and Wheatstone Projects. Rebecca has been working with the ATO as part of the APPEA PRRT working group which has sought to address the PRRT treatment of items including time-writing and overheads, social infrastructure and other costs.

Kurt Burrows is a Partner in the KPMG Brisbane corporate tax practice, with a focus on the resource sector. Kurt has over 15 years’ experience advising clients in the resources sector on matters including M&A, funding, structuring and restructuring, exploration, PRRT, ATO engagement and state royalties.

Kurt’s experience includes working in KPMG’s Perth office for 5 years as well as a long term secondment to the in house tax team of a multinational mining company. Kurt also leads KPMG’s mining practice in Queensland.

Craig is a Special Counsel at Minter Ellison in Brisbane, where he specialises in energy and resources taxation. He is actively involved in various tax technical committees for the Tax Institute and the Law Council, and is a member of the ATO’s Energy & Resources Working Group. In his spare time, he is undertaking a PhD in nuclear fusion research.