LITRG volunteers

At the beginning of 1998, LITRG called for volunteers to help fulfil our mission and was gratified by the response. The current members of LITRG are set out below. You can find out more about volunteering for LITRG on our Becoming a volunteer page.

If you are looking for a more ‘hands on’ volunteering experience, directly helping the public with tax queries then you may want to have a look at the TaxAid or Tax Help for Older People websites for their current volunteering opportunities. Responsibilities range from attending helpline sessions or home visits to taking on pro-bono cases.

John Andrews
Past President of the Chartered Institute of Taxation and founder of LITRG

Stephen Banyard
Chair TaxAid Trustees, former Director General Personal

Alan Barton
Volunteer adviser at Rickmansworth CAB; formerly Social Policy Officer at Citizens Advice

Leonard Beighton
Former Deputy Chairman, Board of Inland Revenue and former trustee of Tax Help

Valerie Boggs
Chief Executive of TaxAid/Tax Help for Older People

Dr Sara Closs-Davies
Researcher & Lecturer at Bangor University, Chartered Tax Adviser and qualified FCCA accountant

Larry Darby
Former tax partner with PWC

Andrew Dickson
Solicitor, Chartered Tax Adviser and a qualified member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

Nigel Eastaway
Retired as a partner in MHA Macintyre Hudson and has become a consultant

Anne Fairpo
Former Chair of LITRG and CIOT President, current Council member and Fellow of the CIOT; Judge in the First Tier Tax Tribunal

Andrew Flint
Tax writer with LexisNexis

Martin Hodgson
Former regional director of the Inland Revenue; past Chair of Tax Help for Older People

Roger Holman
Chartered Tax Adviser in practice

Moira Kelly
Chair of LITRG. Recently retired from a long career working in tax in professional practice. She is a member of Council of the Chartered Institute of Taxation.

Gail Mackie
Advice Manager at TaxAid

Bianca Marsden
Former Head of Technical at the CIOT

Donna McKenney
Tax Help for Older People

Patrick Millard
Former Chief Executive and Director of Tax Help for Older People

Caroline Miskin
Technical Manager, ICAEW Tax Faculty. Formerly Technical Director TaxAid

Sam Mitha
Former HMRC Deputy Director of Central Policy

Jane Moore
Former Technical Manager and editor of TAXline at the ICAEW, and former Technical Director of TaxAid

Tina Riches
Former National Tax Partner at Smith & Williamson and former Director, Technical at the CIOT. Volunteer at TaxAid and Bridge the Gap

Philip Ridgway
Barrister, Temple Tax Chambers

Anthony Thomas
Former Chair of LITRG and past President of the Chartered Institute of Taxation and member of the CFE's General Assembly

Sally West
Policy Manager, Age UK – leading on policy work around income and poverty

John Whiting
Former Policy Director of the Office of Tax Simplification, non-Executive Director at HMRC and former Tax Policy Director at CIOT

Robin Williamson
Former Senior Policy Adviser, Office of Tax Simplification, Former Technical Director of LITRG, solicitor and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation