The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has announced the appointment of three new officers, as agreed at its January council meeting.
Andrew Hubbard, currently deputy president, takes over from Nick Goulding to become president.
Mr Hubbard is national tax policy director at Tenon, specialising in the taxation of entrepreneurial businesses and their proprietors. He is a past president of the Association of Taxation Technicians. In 2006 he won the LexisNexis Butterworths Tax Writer of the Year Award.
Vincent Oratore, currently vice-president, becomes deputy president. Mr Oratore is a fellow and council member of institute and served as chairman of its technical committee from May 2001 to May 2003.
He remains on the technical committee as the special banking and financial products representative. He works for AIG Inc, and specialises in the taxation of financial instruments.
Finally, Anthony Thomas becomes vice president. He has more than 20 years of business experience covering all major areas of accountancy and taxation.
Mr Thomas is in tax practice in Coventry and has considerable experience of dealing with the smaller business. He is a past council member of ACCA and AAT and is also a past president of ATT.