Holtze is Ernst & Young’s new global tax leader

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Holtze is Ernst & Young’s new global tax leader

Ernst & Young has announced that David Holtze is the firm’s new global vice chairman for tax.

Holtze has been with Ernst & Young for 30 years, serving as the firm’s global chief operating officer for tax since 2008. During his time in that role, Holtze was based in London, and he will remain there in his new position.

Before that, Holtze spent nine years in New York, fulfilling the posts of chief financial officer and then chief operating officer of the America’s tax practice.

Holtze joined the firm in Minneapolis in 1981 and became a partner in 1991.

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