CIOT Presidential team

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

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

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

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.