Roy's previous roles include US Tax Leader, US Tax Strategy Leader, NY Metro Tax Leader, NY Metro Tax Leader for the Banking & Capital Markets and Insurance sectors and Chief Diversity Officer. Roy has more than 25 years of experience providing a full range of services to multinational clients. He currently serves on the board of trustees for Madison Square Boys & Girls Club, The Pinkerton Foundation, Carnegie Hall and Riverdale Country School.
The demands placed on today's tax function have never been greater.
They are balancing increasing regulatory complexity with pressure to improve efficiency, embrace AI, modernise operating models and deliver greater strategic value to their organisations.
Future of Tax 2026 brings together leaders from tax, finance, technology and transformation to exploring the strategic roadmap for building a future-fit tax function.
Through keynote speakers, client panels, practical breakouts and peer discussion, we'll explore the ideas shaping tomorrow's tax function.
You'll hear about:
• The Tax Function of 2030 (it's right around the corner)
• Regulatory changes (e.g. e-invoicing, Pillar Two, Public CbCR, R&D, transfer pricing, etc) forcing transformation at pace
• AI beyond experimentation - what is the AI dividend for tax?
• The symbiosis of finance and tax transformation
• Practical applications of AI, plus how humans and AI agents form part of the new operating model
• Tangible client case studies
• Perspectives from across the market, including leading technology vendors
Why attend :
Hear – leading voices from business, industry and PwC
Learn – practical ideas you can apply immediately
Connect – build relationships with more than 250 leaders
Lead – leave better equipped for the future of tax
When finance becomes autonomous: what happens to tax?
Vicky Bradford, Partner, PwC
Simon Seymour, Partner, PwC
A data-led plenary exploring how Finance and Tax can move from trusted but under-leveraged functions to proactive performance partners, using data and insight to influence decisions and shape future business outcomes.
Future of tax: agree to disagree
James Aleksandrowicz, Partner, PwC
Natnael Feyissa, Azure Cloud and AI Lead, Microsoft
Russell Gammon, Chief Innovation Officer, Alphatax
Harriet Challen-Smith, Head of Tax Transformation and Technology, Bupa
Aandreea Vasiliu, Director Product Strategy, Oracle
A provocative panel exploring the choices tax leaders face on AI, automation, data and skills and where there is still plenty of room to disagree.
From mandate to model: e-invoicing at scale
Wendy Fischnaller, Head of Strategic Partnerships, Fonoa; Mairead Murphy, Partner, PwC; Neil Morrow, Director, PwC
Tax in a changing world: the future of tax policy
Aamer Rafiq, Partner, PwC; Giorgia Maffini, Director, PwC
Connected by design: the future of finance, tax and compliance
Karen Senior, Partner, PwC; Tony Price, Partner, PwC
Corporate tax and transfer pricing: out with the old, in with the integrated
Adrian Henderson, Director, PwC; Cecilia Garcia, Director, PwC
If your data can't prove it, did it happen?
Neil Muir, Director, PwC; Joe Green, Director, PwC; Richard Boadu, Senior Manager, PwC
From reactive to predictive: the future of employment tax
Paula Letorey, Partner, PwC; Trereve Jopson, Director, PwC; James Sewell, Manager, PwC
Partner – PwC
Appearing in: Welcome and Closing / 10:30 & 16:00 / Wren (Main room)
Lindsay is the Chief Markets Officer for Tax, Legal and Workforce and is responsible for driving the firm's go to market strategy and client engagement initiatives within the tax practice. Lindsay has more than 28 years’ experience in advising UK and global organisations on corporate tax matters. She leads the global tax teams on a number of our UK headquartered international clients.
Partner – PwC
Appearing in: The tax function of 2030 / 10:45 / Wren (Main room)
Mark is a Tax Technology Partner at PwC with over 15 years’ experience helping organisations transform tax through data, automation and AI. He works across tax disciplines and sectors, delivering practical, intuitive technology that reduces risk, improves data quality, automates repetitive work and creates capacity for higher-value activity.
Partner – PwC
Appearing in: The tax function of 2030 / 10:45 / Wren (Main room)
Jonathan has been a partner with PwC for more than 18 years and has experience advising some of the world’s largest companies. He spent much of his career specialising in the financial services sector before taking a wider cross industry role leading our compliance services across EMEA. Jonathan assists businesses assess their tax sourcing options, from inhouse build through to compliance outsourcing and managed services and then helps them through their transformation journey.
Partner – PwC
Appearing in: When finance becomes autonomous: What happens to tax? / 11:30 / Wren (Main Room)
Vicky is a Partner in PwC’s UK Tax Reporting and Strategy business, specialising in large scale tax technology and transformation programmes with a focus on Tax in ERP. She has extensive experience advising large multinationals on how they evolve their tax process and technology to better meet their tax calculation, compliance and reporting obligations across all taxes.
Partner – PwC
Appearing in: When finance becomes autonomous: What happens to tax? / 11:30 / Wren (Main Room)
Simon is a PwC partner focused on large-scale finance and business transformation. He advises clients on operating model and technology-enabled change, with a particular interest in how Finance moves from stewardship to performance partnering. At The Future of Tax, he will challenge Tax to move faster, further and upstream.
Chief Innovation Officer - Alphatax
Appearing in: Future of tax: agree to disagree? / 15:15 / Wren (Main room)
Russell leads all genAI workstreams at Alphatax as Chief Innovation Officer. After a decade in the Big Four, he has launched multiple products across tax and regulatory reporting across EMEA. He hosts the "Tax, Tech and Other Stuff" podcast and is taxtech500's #1 UK-based AI leader in Tax.
Head of Tax Transformation and Technology – Bupa
Appearing in: Future of tax: agree to disagree? / 15:15 / Wren (Main room)
Harriet has worked in Tax Transformation for 14 years, first at PwC - in the UK and Hong Kong - and now in Group Tax at Bupa. Experienced across tax systems, operating models, governance and processes she recently led a project automating Bupa’s Tax Reporting and Pillar 2 process.
Director Product Strategy – Oracle
Appearing in: Future of tax: agree to disagree? / 15:15 / Wren (Main room)
Andreea Vasiliu is a product strategy director for Oracle focusing on AI-enabled Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), Enterprise Data Management, and on-premises Oracle Hyperion. In her current role, she is a champion for EPM in EMEA, driving the revenue growth of the EPM cloud services, supporting key deals, marketing programs, sales, and partner readiness, while also working with Hyperion on-premises customers. Mrs. Vasiliu holds an Honours Bachelor in Computer Science from the University of Toronto, Canada, a PhD in software quality and risk management, and has worked 30+ years in the EPM domain.
Cancellations:
If you are no longer able to attend after registering, please inform us as soon as possible, by emailing us at uk_event_delivery_team@events.pwc.co.uk, stating “Future of Tax 2026” in the subject line.
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Dress code:
The dress code for the event is business casual.
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Q: What if I have accessibility requirements?
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Cloakroom
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Quiet / wellbeing space:
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Breakouts:
If you have not already chosen a breakout session, please visit the registration desk, where staff can advise you on the sessions that still have availability.
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Leonardo Royal Hotel London St Paul’s is located just a three-minute walk away from St Paul’s Cathedral and within easy walking distance of St Paul’s, Mansion House and Blackfriars stations.
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Breakout room locations are highlighted on the floor plan and will also be clearly signposted throughout the venue on the day.
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