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Mairéad Hennessy has over sixteen years’ experience delivering tax advice in both practice and industry tax roles.

Mairéad is passionate about providing SMEs and their owners with specialized and proactive tax advice. In 2016 Mairéad set up Taxkey as a tax advisory practice specialising in providing bespoke tax solutions on matters such as retirement planning, business succession, corporate group structuring, inheritance tax, property transactions and VAT.

Mairéad represents CCAB-I on TALC (indirect taxes), which is the main forum for making representations between the Irish Revenue and practitioners on tax administration in Ireland. The CCAB-I is the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies of Ireland and is an umbrella group of the Irish accountancy profession.

Laurent provides domestic and cross-border VAT advice to a wide range of multinational businesses helping them to maximise VAT efficiency and meet their VAT compliance obligations. He began his career in 2003 where he worked for HMRC as a VAT inspector, before going on to work for Deloitte both in the UK and US. He also worked for an international VAT advisory boutique and a top 10 accountancy firm in the UK before joining Essentia in 2022.

Laurent heads up Essentia's VAT consultancy team and is experienced in advising businesses in all areas of VAT but particularly in consumer business, e-commerce, manufacturing, land and property as well as international supply chains and VAT recovery.

Laurent is a qualified member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT).

Roxsaneh Moussavi is the Director of Partnerships at Essentia Global Services Ltd. She is based in the UK, but specialises in international VAT/GST compliance, consultancy & recovery solutions covering over 50 countries across the world.

James is a qualified accountant and tax consultant. He is the principle of his own tax consultancy practice in Cork and deals with clients from all economy sectors and provides professional tax advice under all tax heads to his clients. James has been lecturing for the Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Taxation in Tax for more than ten years and has also set tax exams for both Institutes. James has also been providing continual professional development courses for the Institute of Certified Public Accountants / The Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Taxation in Tax for 10 years also.

Michael is a director in the firm’s tax department. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the NUI and is a Chartered Accountant (FCA) and an AITI Chartered Tax Advisor.

Michael manages a varied and interesting portfolio of corporate and personal tax clients from a range of sectors including food & beverage, retail, insurance, construction and waste management. He has a strong relationship with his clients and works closely with them to deliver a service that meets their commercial as well as their taxation requirements.