Enda Faughnan

Enda Faughnan is head of Tax Financial Services in PricewaterhouseCoopers in Ireland. He is a member of the Technical Committee of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants in Ireland and is their representative on the Tax Administration Liaison Committee (TALC) and on the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies in Ireland (CCAB-I). Enda is also a member of the Banking and Treasury Group, a Government appointed committee responsible for the promotion and development of financial services in Ireland. He is also a member of the International Financial Services Tax group, which has been set up resolve tax issues arising from the workings of the other Government committees

Enda specialises in providing tax consultancy services to the financial services sector in Ireland and abroad. His clients include domestic and international banks as well as financial services subsidiaries of major multi-national corporations.

He joined Price Waterhouse in 1985 and was made a tax partner in 1988.He was appointed head of Tax Services in Pricewaterhouse in 1995 and appointed head of Tax and Legal Services in PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1998 on the merger with Coopers & Lybrand. He stepped down from this position in July 2003 to concentrate on international financial services client work. Enda was formerly a Higher Grade Tax Inspector based in the Technical Division of the Irish Revenue.

Enda's professional qualifications include a Batchelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Higher Diploma in Education (1st place) and is a fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants. He achieved first place in the world in his final ACCA exams.