New members appointed to Australian Tax Practitioners Board

July 21 2017

Peter de Cure, Ria Sotiropoulos and Julie-Anne Berry have been appointed as part-time members to the Tax Practitioners Board by Kelly O’Dwyer, the Australian minister for revenue and financial services.

De Cure has strong expertise in taxation, finance and accounting from a 25-year career with KPMG.

Sotiropoulos has practiced as a tax barrister at the Victorian Bar for nine years.

Berry has been a member of the Tax Practitioners Board since January 2016 and is also the managing director of Berry Financial Services.

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