Pascal Saint-Amans finds his stride in Owens’s shoes

February 01 2012

When Jeffrey Owens announced his retirement as head of tax policy and administration at the OECD, the race was on to replace one of the most important figures in global tax affairs. Pascal Saint-Amans is that man and, in an exclusive interview with Salman Shaheen, he discusses his priorities on transparency, transfer pricing and tax avoidance as he takes up his new position this month.

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