My experience.
Start-up Investor and consultant – (2025) Investing in & supporting Deep Light System. An innovator for the Vertical Farm business. Offering new CO2 neutral and low energy cost lighting options supporting business case improvement for vertical farming entrepreneurs.
Interim M&A tax adviser to Unilever (2025) supporting the global Ice Cream Division separation.
Tax & Finance leadership – Head of tax for Shell Projects & Technology (2019-2024) and member of the P&T Finance Leadership Team and the Extended Shell Tax Leadership team; leading 200+ finance professionals on a day-to-day basis. Strategic decision maker / change management / problem solving. Mentoring and coaching tax and finance professionals.
M&A and structuring – (2013-2019) Leading tax and structuring lead for material and complex cross border acquisitions and divestments. Working with buyer and seller legal/tax/commercial teams and investment banks for commercial optimal deal.
Transfer pricing – Day-to-day leading & managing global operating framework for almost all intra-group transactions at Shell. Responsibility covered designing and operating commercial business models for developing and monetizing IP (R&D, licensing & services) and supply of specific products. Central cost recovery processes and operation. Improving organizational governance design & funding strategies. Managing & supporting tax audits in many jurisdictions in relation to transfer pricing matters. Supporting CFIN/S4 Hana design for relevant data requirements for business model operation, central cost recovery and tax defense.
Performance Management, compliance and controls – Driving prioritization and delivery of leadership agenda and objectives. Tax and business Challenge and support project delivery and identify and manage tax risk. Designing and delivering organizational performance KPIs. Supporting and operating internal tax control framework.

