A view from the front seat

Prof Gordon Cooper

Gordon was a Chartered Accountant in sole practice at Cooper & Co. He was an Adjunct Professor in the School of Taxation and Business Law (incorporating the Australian School of Taxation) at the University of New South Wales. In June 2003, he was awarded an AM in the Queen’s birthday honours for “Services to the tax profession and to the community as an adviser on national taxation and legislative reform, and through education and professional organisations”. Together with Chris Evans and Kirk Wilson, he was an author of the Australian CGT Handbook. - Current at 27 June 2017

Geoffrey Lehmann

Born to Joy in the harsh Manchester Winter of 77, Dominic has a career that has reached far and wide through Europe, US and Asia PAC. In his role at Atlassian, Dom has responsibilities spanning 7 global R&D centres and is their in house “Team Doctor” helping them achieve scale by being ruthlessly efficient and effective, with one eye on the future. Dom helped pioneer Atlassian’s Team Playbook and has personally run hundreds of sessions with their teams globally. He has previously been the GM Program Management for a global gaming company and a Director of Deloitte. Dom is proud to work at Atlassian, the home of the most intelligent t-shirt wearers in business, as the Work Futurist. A keen traveller, Dom has traversed over 50 countries so far, but after 15 years on these shores, he calls Australia home. - Current at 12 January 2023

David Russell CTA-Life

David was admitted as a solicitor in 1974 and was called to the Bar in 1977. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1986. David has lectured and written extensively on taxation related topics in Australia and overseas. David is a Barrister, Wentworth Chambers. - Current at 01 October 2014

Andrew Skinner

Andrew is the Principal of Andrew Skinner & Associates. He holds a Bachelor and Masters of Economics and is currently completing a Masters of Taxation. He is a fellow of the Tax Institute, and a member of Superannuation Australia and of the Taxpayers Association of Australia. - Current at 20 September 2005

Helen Warner

Senior Advisor, Office of the Inspector-General ofÊTaxation, Helen holds aÊBachelor ofÊEconomics and Bachelor ofÊLaws (withÊHonours) from the University ofÊSydney. She is currently aÊSenior Adviser with the Inspector-General ofÊTaxation, where her role is to conduct investigations into the Australian Tax Office on matters ofÊtax administration. - Current at 01 October 2008

Neil Earle CTA-Life

Neil is a Director of Earle and Company Pty Ltd Chartered Accountants, Camberwell, Victoria. Neil has over 30 years experience advising a wide range of businesses and individuals on taxation and business matters, particularly in the SME tax and accounting area of public practice. Neil was the National President of the Taxation Institute from March 2004 to March 2005. - Current at 01 October 2008