lic.rer.pol. Urs Fischer was born in Basel in 1977 and grew up in Basel-Land. After high school graduation, where he majored in math and science, he spent a college exchange year in the United States and then studied business and economics at the University of Basel, majoring in finance. He completed his studies in 2002 with a masters (lic.rer.pol.) degree. For his diploma thesis he developed and implemented an employee share ownership program for a privately held IT company.During his studies, Urs Fischer worked for an Internet service provider where, among other tasks, he was advisor to the CEO on business matters and was eventually involved in the sale of the company to a publicly listed corporation.He gained further professional experience working for one of the Big Four audit companies and in the Economic Research department at a major Swiss bank. After graduation he first worked in an internal finance position for six years, as Head Finance and Legal for an IT service provider with around 30 employees. In 2009 he changed into the accounting sector and has taken a role as mandate manager at artax group. In 2012 he became partner.Urs Fischer is VAT Specialist STS, Payroll Administrator STS and Licensed Auditor RAB. His core competencies include taxation for individuals and corporations in the international context, as well as VAT. He advises his clients in English and German, and is responsible for the liaison and cooperation between artax group and its Morison Global partner firms worldwide.