Meet the Team
Roy Saunders, Chairman and Founder
Since qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1967, Roy Saunders has accumulated a wealth of commercial experience working independently in commercial property, international tax, advertising and other industries. He is the Chairman of IFS, a boutique international tax practice based in central London. Academically, he is known throughout the world for his many books and publications, the foremost being his red book, International Tax Systems & Planning Techniques published by Sweet & Maxwell. Roy is currently teaching an MA Course on International Taxation at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies at the University of London.
Roy is very proud of the fascinating client base of entrepreneurial individuals that he has built up at IFS. He feels strongly about the role that ethical tax structuring plays in the growth of an economy, and that this needs to be better understood by the public at large. Roy founded the IBSA to enable business professions around the world to discover new business relationships and promote best practice.
Dan Scarbrough, Co-Founder
Dan Scarbrough is the Chairman and Founder of DCD Holdings. An accomplished entrepreneur, Dan founded DCD in 1998 and remained the acting CEO until early 2013. Under his leadership the company became globally recognised as a leading voice of the Data Centre industry through its offering of a coherent set of products serving previously unmet industry needs.
These include conferences, events, industry awards, training, media and business intelligence, which are distributed in multiple languages worldwide. In 2011 under Dan’s leadership DCD achieved 32nd place in the UK Fast Track 100 and in 2013 had over 170 staff working out of more than 11 international offices.
Huw Harries, Commercial Director
With 20 years working in professional services media both in London and Hong Kong, Huw Harries has previously worked at The Economist group, Euromoney Institutional Investor plc. and founded CFOInnovation.com. Huw has extensive experience in creating and growing events, media and networks in the professional services sector. Huw joined the IBSA as Commercial Director and is responsible for developing the organisation’s membership and services worldwide.
Joanna Bott, Editor
Jo Bott joined the IBSA from the legal publishing division of Thomson Reuters. Having worked in a variety of roles, including Law Reporter, Operations Manager and Publishing Editor Jo has worked across a wide range of legal products and teams around the world. As Editor at the IBSA, Jo has overall responsibility for the IBSA website and associated member content.