To launch our annual programme of In-person meetings, Winmark is proud to announce our 2024 Winter Innovation Summit and Awards Ceremony which is open to all our network members and it would be great if you could be available to join us...

Cybercrime is a continuous threat to global business, with a recent IBM security report finding that data breaches alone cost UK businesses an average of £3.4 million per breach...

Navigating geo-political issues as a global business can be tricky, especially when economic sanctions are involved. How can business leaders for entities located in affected countries manage the threat to trade posed by sanctions, while also considering their businesses reputation...

Building on our November meeting on the 'future of co-operative compliance', this workshop will focus on dealing with HMRC enquiries and tax disputes...

This design-thinking workshop will identify all the management collateral needed by high-performing in-house tax functions in large international groups. What are the documents, templates, policies, process maps, checklists etc that a Head of Tax needs ready to hand to support tax function deliverables?

The rapid growth in both the volume of data and the ability to analyse it pushes the management of data high up on the list of senior management responsibilities. Data is an increasingly important strategic asset to be protected and managed for risk, but also leveraged for valuable insights that can drive commercial opportunities...

The UAE has grown in recent years as a centre for corporate HQs and regional offices and as a location for MNE tax functions. Coinciding with this growth, the UAE has introduced a number of tax reforms - most recently with last year’s introduction of a corporate income tax and changes to TP rules...

How do you ensure you have effective processes to onboard, and reward diverse talent and that you create a positive working environment that makes people want to stay and build their career with you?

Whether the result of a merger, acquisition, or consolidation of existing businesses - how an integration is approached and executed is key to its success. The cost of getting this wrong can be monumental, however when done right, business integrations can serve to boost efficiency and ensure value is created rather than lost during the process...

This meeting will examine the role of tax in M&A through the lens of Viasat's $7.3bn acquisition of Inmarsat in May 2023. The deal reflects a wider consolidation in the global satellite communications industry...

The sustainability agenda has been a key priority for organisations for many years now and it's importance in terms of brand and consumer perception and employee engagement cannot be understated...

Agreeing a strategy for tax is the starting point for managing the tax affairs of a large, complex group. From the strategy all else flows: resourcing; use of advisers; and, perhaps above all, risk management...

At this webinar, we will be delighted to welcome back Nicole Newbury, Director of Large Business at HRMC. This meeting is an opportunity for members to hear from Nicole on a range of topics of relevance to corporate taxpayers...

The purpose of the summit is to identify what world-class public and private sector relationships should look like. Private sector delegates for this event are invited from the Winmark C-Suite Membership and Public sector delegates from the Public Chairs Forum (PCF) membership...

Loctax has been making waves in the market with its compliance, risk and governance platform. CEO Stevi Frooninckx will demonstrate the solution, accompanied by a client to talk about how they use it...

The responsibilities of CFOs continue to broaden beyond a core financial focus, to encompass stewardship across broader areas of their organisations’ performance. Increasingly an organisation’s value is measured by the extent to which it delivers for all stakeholders, customers, suppliers, employees and regulators...

What is meant by tax transformation and how does it relate to systems changes in mainstream finance? Are tax departments forever destined to look for opportunities to piggy-back onto wider finance transformations, or, can they drive meaningful change on a standalone basis?

How are groups responding to the data, reporting and controls complexities associated with the OECD’s BEPS Pillar II rules? Attendees will hear about an initiative at Swiss Re. to calculate the related income, taxes and Effective Tax Rate on a jurisdictional basis across the group...

At this session two experienced Chief Transformation Officers and McKinsey & Co alumni, Dan Zinner and Pedro Cajarabille, will share the good and not so good learning points from multiple transformations...

Join us for a relaxed evening bringing together guests from across Winmark's leadership networks and friendly faces from beyond. Attendees will hear the reflections of our guest speakers...

Join us for a relaxed evening bringing together guests from the Tax Director Network and friendly faces from across the wider world of tax. Attendees will hear the reflections of our guest speakers...

Are you in London on 16th July? If so do join us on a C-Suite Walk & Talk visiting Green Park and St James's Park as part of National Walking Month...

This session has been designed to enable organisations to take practical steps to reduce their risk of fraud. It will be led by two people who spend their lives minimising fraud, Alex Rothwell, CEO, NHS Counter Fraud Authority and Stephen Peck, Criminal Investigation Advisor, at the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).

While 'co-operative compliance' is designed to encourage early transparency between taxpayers and HMRC to prevent disputes leading to costly litigation, it doesn't always work. What happens when disputes with tax authorities end up in litigation?

Attendees will hear from Pascal Saint-Amans, Partner at Brunswick Group and Professor of Tax Policy and International Taxation at Lausanne University. Pascal led the global BEPS initiative as Director of the OECD's Centre for Tax Policy and Administration until 2022.

Our Technical Partners, Loctax, have launched a new AI feature as part of their compliance, risk and governance platform. CEO Stevi Frooninckx will demonstrate it in this 30-minute lunchtime demo. We're happy to put this on as an addition, for those members interested, falling outside the regular TDN roundtable programme.

Key to running a modern, high-performing in-house tax function is leveraging technology solutions. Automation drives efficiencies and reduces risk. Furthermore, tax authorities around the world increasingly demand that businesses submit returns digitally. What is the best way for tax teams to access the technology they require?

As a growth strategy, mergers and acquisitions have become popular for a variety of reasons, including increased market presence, achieving economies of scale and technology & IP acquisition. However, M&A activity in uncertain times brings several key risks to the forefront for boardrooms, including strategic, financial, regulatory, and talent risks...

What are the common characteristics shared by high-performing tax functions? Jo Walker, Group Finance Director of Ocado, and winner of Tolley's Best In-House Tax Team in 2024, will share thoughts on what's behind the success of the Ocado tax function and highlight general principles of good practice...

Join us at this fabulous venue for dinner and an enjoyable evening with fellow in-house Tax Directors. On the agenda is the UK R&D tax incentive, with reference to any updates announced in Rachel Reeves's first budget. Is it time to consider taking a more proactive approach to planning your innovation investment? What do recent legislative changes mean for your sector? And how can you better manage risk within that new framework?

This meeting will focus on the most effective ways to exploit the potential for data and advanced analytics to support in-house tax functions. It will cover the practicalities of capturing, cleaning and analysing data for actionable insights...

What is ‘Extra-ordinary Leadership' and do you deliver that for your team and organisation with all the day-to-day pressures that you face both personally and professionally?

Winmark invites you to join our Liverpool community for an exclusive in-person lunch on November 26th, graciously hosted by Weightmans Liverpool, to engage in a pivotal discussion on "Shaping the Strategic Direction of Liverpool."

During periods of uncertainty, an organisation requires strong NED leadership to not only ensure everything is on the right track but also encourage management to go for growth, negating the risks and thus gaining a competitive edge over other players in the market.

Today's patterns of international remote working can have unintended tax consequences, not least the deemed creation of a permanent establishment raising tax compliance and transfer pricing risk. Without clear and well-communicated policies across groups, the tax team can be left picking up the pieces. When should the tax team take charge?

As AI transforms industries and reshapes the way we live and work, organisations need to find ways to seize the growth opportunities that AI brings, and position themselves as leaders. Intelligent brands must differentiate themselves through their unique thinking, expertise, and insights that help power their clients' success.

This online 'roundtable' is an opportunity for tax professionals with interests in Africa to discuss common themes, opportunities and challenges that arise from managing the tax affairs of MNEs operating and trading in Africa.

With the EU now requiring Country-by-Country (CbC) reports to be made public, groups will take a renewed look at how to manage tax transparency. The CbC reports can be highly misleading and open to misinterpretation without a careful communications strategy to accompany them. How are groups preparing for this? What are the lessons from Australia which has led the way in adopting public CbCR?

For Winmark's third year tackling the topic of 'Leading Multi-Generational Teams', we are proud to be joined by Patrick Dunne and Rebecca Robins, Co-Authors of the recent best-seller, '5 Generations at Work - How We Win Together, for Good'.