Speakers: Joint Seminar on The Shell Companies Directive (ATAD 3)

Rachel Zarb Cousin

Speaker

Rachel is a Director within the Tax Business at Deloitte Malta and leads the International Tax service line. Rachel focuses on international tax consulting and advises both local and multinational clients operating in various industries including financial services and life sciences and health care. Rachel’s main focus is on group restructurings, inbound investment structuring and private equity investments.

Rachel is the Grants and Incentives Leader at Deloitte in Malta, where her responsibilities include advising clients on grants and incentives available locally as well as EU funding. Following the completion of her postgraduate studies, she worked as a teaching assistant at the International Tax Centre in Leiden.

Rachel has been admitted to the Maltese Bar and is a member of the Malta Institute of Taxation and a member of the Malta Institute of Financial Services Practitioners. Furthermore, Rachel is the Chairperson of the Education Committee of the Malta Institute of Taxation.

Christopher Bergedahl

Speaker

Christopher is a Senior Manager at Deloitte Malta within the International Tax service line, with a focus on the financial services sector.

In 2017 he graduated summa cum laude from the International Tax Center Leiden following which he served as a Teaching Assistant for the Fall Term of the 2017-2018 class. Christopher is warranted to practice in front of the Superior Courts of Malta and is a member of the Malta Institute of Taxation, the Malta Branch of the International Fiscal Association and the Malta Institute of Financial Services Practitioners.

Furthermore, Christopher is a member of the Education Committee of the Malta Institute of Taxation and actively contributes to technical working groups.