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Roy Saunders

Founder and Chairman, IBSA

Since qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1967, Roy Saunders has accumulated a wealth of commercial experience working independently in commercial property, international tax, advertising and other industries. He is the Chairman of IFS, a boutique international tax practice based in central London. Academically, he is known throughout the world for his many books and publications, the foremost being his red book, International Tax Systems & Planning Techniques published by Sweet & Maxwell. Roy has also taught an MA Course on International Taxation at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies at the University of London.

Roy is very proud of the fascinating client base of entrepreneurial individuals that he has built up at IFS. He feels strongly about the role that ethical tax structuring plays in the growth of an economy, and that this needs to be better understood by the public at large. Roy founded the IBSA to enable business professionals around the world to discover new business relationships and promote best practice by creating sustainable business structures compliant with international transparency, corporate governance and social responsibility.

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Richard Melton

Commercial Director, Vistra (Cyprus) Ltd

He began his career in the corporate and trust services industry in 2001 as a senior consultant with a large multinational fiduciary services business in Gibraltar. In 2009, he arrived in Cyprus to setup and manage a new office for his group.  After a brief spell working in Latin America, Richard returned to Cyprus to take up the managing director’s role at the Jordans Trust Company office in Nicosia.

 

During his career, Richard has guided clients in numerous sectors and markets, including Malta, Spain, Russia and Brazil; his knowledge proving invaluable when recommending any solution.

 

As an avid presenter and writer, Richard has contributed to various events and publications, including blogs and updates on international tax or estate planning matters.

 

Richard holds a STEP Diploma in International Trust Management; and is also an International Tax Affiliate of the UK Chartered Institute of Taxation, having completed the highly respected Advanced Diploma in International Taxation (ADIT).

He also holds a Higher National Diploma in Business and Finance, Certificate in Offshore Finance Administration, STEP Advanced Certificate in UK Taxation for International Clients and the Advanced Certificate in Fund Administration.

 

His native language is English but he also has a professional working knowledge of Spanish.

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Stefan Nolte

Director, Shanda Consult Ltd

With educational and professional background in foreign trade, financials, banking and cross-border taxation, and after acting as managing director of an Offshore Bank in Cyprus, I felt the desire to share my profound experience with others and help them benefiting from resilient tax planning solutions. Thus, the idea of Shanda Consult as international tax advisors was born in the beginning of 2008.

Since our fresh start in March 2003 we always focused on advising reliable and resilient tax optimisation solutions that provide the beneficial owners with substantial tax saving WITHOUT the risk of post-taxation in the country of residence of the beneficial owner. A professionally set up tax structure should not need to be hidden from the beneficial owner's tax office!

Serving our clients since more than seven years now, we continue advising a growing international clientele as tax advisors, investment advisors and advisors for restructuring, focusing on the below services and subjects:

- International Tax Planning
- Tax-friendly and tax efficient structures mainly within the framework of EU regulations
- Providing and maintaining physical place of business services:
- Fiduciary Services
- Tax advice with cross-boarder aspects
- Tax advice for financial groups
- Company Administration
- Compliance professional
- Bookkeeping and accountancy
- Auditing (in cooperation with our independent auditors)
- Consolidated accounts (in cooperation with our independent auditors)
- Investment consultancy regarding EU Citizenship by Investment (via our subsidiary Euroserv Investments Ltd.

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Spyros Ioannou

Partner, Primus Audit & Tax Ltd

Spyros is the partner leading tax services at Primus Audit & Tax Limited.  He is an active and experienced lecturer in professional local and international tax courses.

He studied Accounting and Finance at the University of Manchester from which he graduated in 2001.  He is also a Fellow Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and in Wales.

He specializes in the interpretation of treaties, transfer pricing and international tax planning.  He currently is finalizing the authoring of his own extensive tax guide, to include basic and advanced aspects of Cyprus tax, global transfer pricing, principles of international tax and analysis of the OECD Model Double Tax Treaty.

The physical and legal persons he serves as an advisor, are amongst the most prominent internationally.