The IBIS Academy, organised by employee benefits consultancy Arthur J. Gallagher & Co, presents global HR and benefits professionals with knowledge and resources on international pensions and employee benefits in markets around the world. GEB partnered with the consultancy to share our expertise at this year’s Academy.
Moderating a discussion entitled Ensuring Assignment Success: the role of your employee benefits and tax strategy was GEBs’ Damian Ross, Regional Manager – UK, Ireland & Nordics. The speakers were Bjørn Erik Gigernes from client company Jotun, a global paint company responsible for projects such as the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Burj al Arab in Dubai, Elisabeth Toffaloni from the Global Tax Network and Pasquale Gorrasi, Director of International Lines at GEB.
The panel discussed the way in which policies must provide the same type of package for the same categories of employees, segmented according to the type of assignment (i.e. whether long-term or short-term) and how this can be achieved in practice. They also looked at the way in which such packages must allow a certain degree of flexibility to integrate the tax saving opportunities of each country.
Separately, Sven Roelandt, WEMEA Regional Manager of GEB Network, took a lead role in various discussions on multinational pooling, focusing on everything from the basics of pooling and types of pools through to selecting a network and captives.
