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Event: CenTax and Blick Rothenberg networking breakfast

Wednesday 15 October | 8am – 10am

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Join us for a high-impact breakfast debate on Wednesday 15 October to have a discussion around how our tax system should evolve to meet the needs of a modern, competitive economy

A discussion around how our tax system should evolve to meet the needs of a modern, competitive economy

This is your chance to be part of the conversation, hear from the UK’s top tax policy minds, challenge the status quo, and share your vision for reform.

The event will be chaired and host by Nimesh Shah, CEO, Blick Rothenberg and Malli Kini, Private Client Partner, Blick Rothenberg.

 

We will be joined by:

  • Dr Arun Advani, Director, CenTax & Associate Professor of Economics, University of Warwick
  • Dr Andy Summers, Director, CenTax & Associate Professor of Law, LSE
  • Chris Hulatt, Founder & Justine Duggan, Director of Policy and Public Affairs, Octopus Group

Key topics for discussion will include

  • How can we be attractive to new UK arrivals
  • Should there be an exit tax for individuals
  • Capital Gains Tax reform
  • Wealth tax
  • IHT reform and future changes to Business relief
  • The Entrepreneurs Network will share exclusive survey findings on key economic trends and barriers to growth

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Agenda

8:00am

Guest arrival & breakfast

8:30am

Presentations & interactive panel debate

9:30am

Networking

10:00am

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Venue

Middle Eight Hotel

66 Great Queen Street

Covent Garden

London

WC2B 5BX

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Guest speakers

Arun Advani

Arun Advani

Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Taxation (CenTax)

Associate Professor in the Economics Department at the University of Warwick

I am Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Taxation (CenTax) and an Associate Professor in the Economics Department at the University of Warwick. I am also a Research Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and have affiliations with the International Inequalities Institute, the CAGE Research Centre, CESifo, and the IZA. I am also an Associate Editor at Fiscal Studies, and on the Editorial Board of the Economics Observatory.

I study issues of inequality, tax compliance, and tax design, with a focus on those with high incomes or wealth. I am a Commissioner at the Wealth Tax Commission. I also work on issues of environmental taxation, economic development, migration, and tax in low- and middle-income countries.

I am co-chair of the Discover Economics campaign, aiming to increase the diversity of people who study and work in economics. From 2020-22 (creation to abolition) I was a member of the Department for Education Skills and Productivity Board.

Andy Summers

Dr Andy Summers

Associate Professor of Law
LSE Law School

My research focuses on the evaluation and design of tax policies, particularly those affecting top earners and High Net Wealth Individuals (HNWIs). I combine technical expertise in tax law with quantitative methods and data science, via collaborations with economists and other social scientists. I am Director of the Centre for Analysis of Taxation (CenTax), a research centre dedicated to improving public understanding of tax and helping to design a better tax system, through research that is academically rigorous and relevant to policymakers and the public.

Before joining LSE in 2014, I studied Law as an undergraduate at Cambridge (2005-08) and as a postgraduate at Oxford (2009-10). I completed my doctorate at Corpus Christi College Oxford, where I also taught as a College Lecturer (2011-14). My PhD research focused on the assessment of damages in private law, and theories of loss and causation. In 2016, I got married and took my wife’s name (…we flipped a coin). Consequently, my publications prior to 2016 are listed under my previous name, Andrew Dyson.

Chris Hulatt

Chris Hulatt

Co-founder of Octopus Group
Adviser to The Entrepreneurs Network

Chris co-founded Octopus in 2000 from the front room of his London flat.

Today, Chris is an award-winning entrepreneur whose role is to develop Octopus relationships with institutional investors around the world.

Additionally, Chris spends his time championing British entrepreneurialism and promoting policy ideas to drive business growth, by meeting UK business leaders and stakeholders such as MPs and government ministers.