Senior Tax Professional | Qualified AccountantAnne is a trusted qualified accountant and tax advisor with experience in UK tax strategy, tax reporting, staff management and cross-functional partnering, perfected from nearly two decades of providing tax and accounting advice to tier-one financial services businesses, particularly in the life insurance industry.Anne’s career began with a thorough grounding in finance functions at State Street Bank, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and Barclays Capital, where she passed her CIMA exams first time. Her tax specialty began with top-tier training while providing prominent financial services companies with high-quality tax advise at Arthur Andersen; it was here that she became CTA qualified, also with first time passes.Anne’s first in-house tax role was at ABN Amro, where she was instrumental to the success of an offshoring project to India. She returned to practice at PwC, where she provided tax advice to a number of large Financial Services groups. Anne further developed her tax expertise as a Director at Deloitte,.Anne exploited her talent for building rapport and consensus with non-tax and third-party stakeholders as head of Life Tax Strategy at Legal and General, where she has negotiated effectively with HMRC and advised on several M&A projects.A highly effective leader and collaborative creator of productive team environments, Anne has significant experience in coaching, mentoring and training, with demonstrable success in improving performance and motivation among staff and other stakeholders.