People Moves
EY Picks New Chairman For Its Swiss Business
EY - formerly Ernst & Young - has hired Philip Robinson as its chairman in Switzerland.
EY - formerly Ernst & Young
- has hired Philip Robinson as its chairman in Switzerland.
The current chairman, Thomas Stenz, is stepping down and Robinson
will take over at the beginning of July.
Robinson began working for the consultancy firm in 1994 and
joined the EY Switzerland management committee in 2005 as country
managing partner, tax and law. In 2009 he assumed the role of
global indirect tax leader at EY. The company is now looking for
a replacement for this role.
He is also a lecturer at the University of Zurich and a member of
the tax focus group of the Swiss Institute of Certified
Accountants and Tax Consultants.
"International developments have been posing major challenges to
Switzerland as a business location. In my new role as EY's
representative, I want to make a constructive contribution to the
debate about Switzerland's regulatory and fiscal orientation,"
Robinson said.
