EY appoints Jay Nibbe as new global head of tax

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EY appoints Jay Nibbe as new global head of tax

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Jay Nibbe is to succeed David Holtze as EY’s global vice chair for tax. He chairs the firm’s tax executive committee and is also a member of the firm’s global executive, its highest management body. He will continue to advise clients in his new role.

Nibbe, who joined EY in 1985, most recently chaired EY’s global accounts committee and has also been deputy area managing partner for Europe, Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA), Americas vice chair of tax and Americas tax managing partner.  Between 1995 and 1999, he was the firm’s tax leader in the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Nibbe received an Accounting and Finance degree from Minnesota State University and a Master’s Degree in Business Taxation from the University of Minnesota.

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