CIOT Presidential team
![Appointments: CIOT Presidential team](/sites/default/files/styles/desktop/public/2023-05/123181.jpeg?itok=NbREBHWe)
The CIOT has announced its team of officers for 2023-24. Current CIOT President Gary Ashford will be joined by Deputy President Charlotte Barbour and Vice-President Nichola Ross Martin Vice-President.
The appointments were formally approved by the CIOT’s council earlier this year and the three took their new roles on 30 May at the Institute’s Annual General Meeting.
![Gary Ashford](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2023-05/123182.jpeg?itok=uUIeNnhQ)
Gary Ashford
Gary Ashford, the CIOT President, is a partner at law firm Harbottle & Lewis, specialising in international tax, dispute resolution and the digital economy, and a former Tax Inspector at HMRC. He has been a CIOT council member since 2011 and chairs the joint CIOT/ATT Crypto Assets Working Group. He sits on the Institute’s Management of Taxes Committee, which he formerly chaired, and is a former chair of the CIOT/ATT Birmingham and West Midlands Branch.
![Charlotte Barbour](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2023-05/123183.jpeg?itok=xdfrmQiG)
Charlotte Barbour
Charlotte Barbour, the Deputy President, is Director of Regulatory Authorisations at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) and a former ICAS Director of Taxation. A CIOT council member since 2019, Charlotte is Secretary to the Joint Professional Bodies PCRT (Professional Conduct in Relation to Taxation) Group and a member of the Institute’s Scottish Technical Committee.
![Nichola Ross Martin](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2023-05/123185.jpeg?itok=HBtT-2s_)
Nichola Ross Martin
Nichola Ross Martin is the Institute’s new Vice-President. Nichola is Managing Director of Tiger Dog Media & Publishing Ltd and Ross Martin Tax Consultancy Limited, providing online tax resources and virtual support service to small and medium sized firms of accountants and tax advisers. She has been a CIOT council member since 2017 and sits on the Membership and Branches Committee and Joint Equality Diversity & Inclusion Committee.