PROFESSIONAL CAREER

2000–To date

Lecturer, Adjunct Faculty

Diamond Graduate Law Program , Miami, Florida. U.S.A.

• Tax avoidance, tax evasion, tax planning

• Transfer Pricing

• Controlled Foreign Corporations

1997–To date

Investigator, Finance  Sector

Department of Inland Revenue New Zealand

1999– to 2003

Lecturer, Adjunct Faculty

Regent University, Virginia. U.S.A

• Controlled Foreign Corporations

• Transfer Pricing

• Tax avoidance, tax evasion, tax planning.

1981–1997

Assistant Commissioner,

Head of Investigation and tax Intelligence Division

Department of Taxes, Botswana

Investigation of Multinational Enterprises

·        Successful investigations carried out  included:

·        Building contractors, Retail Chain stores, Trans-continental transporters, Engineering consultants, Tourist Operators, Construction Companies.

·        Investigations focused on; Transfer pricing, Management fees, and Captive insurance companies, expatriate salaries, Royalties, tax fraud.

·        Designed and introduced a Corporate Tax Intelligence gathering and processing software program which has contribute about US $ 70 million by way of additional revenue collections since inception

1976–1978

Tax Expert

Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation (CFTC) (London) Attached to the Department of Taxes, Kenya

1963–1974

Assessor

Department of Inland Revenue (Sri Lanka)

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

BA( Hons) (1958-1962) University of Ceylon, Peradeniya , Sri Lanka

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES

·         Certificate of Merit, New Zealand  domestic taxation  (Turner and Associates) August  2000

·        Concepts of Tax Law ( Prof. John Prebble) Wellington 1998

·        Certificate in Property taxation- Institute of tax Administration Los Angeles, USA (1991)

·        Assessors Examination in Income Tax Law and Accounts (1963-1969) Department of Inland Revenue , Sri Lanka

LECTURES ON TAXATION

·        Technical Development Unit IRD New Zealand. 2003

·        Sri Lanka Academy of Administrative Studies

·        Training branch Department of Taxes Botswana.

·         Investigation Division Department of Income Tax  Botswana,

·        The Institute of Bankers, Botswana.