Mr. Harrison was the Chairman of AccessHeat Inc. Mr. Harrison has 32+ years of experience with numerous transactions involved and the value of the transactions is $64BN+.

Provided technical tax support to all HSBC US businesses re: M&A, US international tax, and IRS appeals matters. Led tax department support to HSBC’s US Commercial Banking, insurance and credit card businesses.• Managed IRS appeals negotiations (fee deferral, leasing and financial product issues), and IRS exam responses involving US FTC calculations. Negotiated an appeals settlement which resulted in a large (hundreds of millions) refund to the company.• Developed transfer pricing documentation for Commercial Banking, which supported the pricing and enabled it to be sustained on audit. • Drafted conduit financing procedures for Commercial Banking business, which allowed the business to enter into such transactions while complying with US tax law.• Provided tax advice to HSBC's insurance business.• Managed US international tax compliance (Subpart F income, 1504(d) returns, Forms 1118 and 5471, E&P calculations) due to loss of AVP International Tax. Prepared and reviewed US FTC calculations.• Returned to HSBC North America after three year assignment (2004-07) at HSBC UK headquarters.

Household International Inc. was acquired by HSBC Bank in 2003. Was transferred to HSBC’s London headquarters from 2004-07, and served as US tax liaison between the headquarters and US tax groups.• Planned for repatriations from US subsidiaries to the UK parent which minimized world-wide tax. • Structured the extraction of UK and Canadian subsidiaries out from under the US group in a tax-efficient manner which saved the company money.• Developed and implemented strategies which utilized the US group’s excess US foreign tax credits.• Performed periodic tax reviews to determine whether Group headquarters should remain in the UK. This helped senior management decide whether Group HQ should remain in the UK.

Developed tax planning strategies and managed international tax compliance. Supervised two direct reports – Tax Attorney and AVP International Tax.• Developed and implemented proposals to reduce the company’s tax liability (e.g., non-leveraged COLI plan, financial products such as deductible trust preferred). These transactions reduced tax by generating either tax-free income, or deductions for payments on regulatory capital. Also implemented credit card fee deferral strategy, which generated substantial interest savings.• Together with Household’s commercial leasing division, implemented tax advantaged leasing transactions which reduced the company’s tax liability.• Structured tax-free acquisitions of consumer finance, auto finance, and credit card companies. This allowed Household to acquire the companies on favorable terms due to tax-free treatment to the selling shareholders. Also structured tax advantaged disposition of insurance companies, which allowed seller and buyer to achieve different tax objectives and resulted in increased sales proceeds to the seller.• Gathered information and implemented a reporting position, which maximized the company’s tax deduction for professional fees associated with acquisitions. Strategically drafted settlement agreements with state attorney generals which maximized the deductibility of settlement payments.• Reviewed US FTC calculations, and implemented interest allocation strategies which utilized excess US FTCs before they expired. Additional corporate tax experience includes PREPARING FEDERAL AND STATE TAX RETURNS for Household International’s manufacturing division.