Issues on privatisation presentation

Richard Buchanan CTA

"Richard Buchanan CTA, is a partner in the M&A Tax team at Deloitte who specialises in the tax aspects of major infrastructure, real estate, private equity and corporate transactions. In these transactions, Richard leads teams that conduct due diligence, structuring, transaction document drafting and negotiation, liaison with regulatory authorities, model review and post-acquisition integration steps. Richard is also involved in a number of revenue authority engagements, including settlement negotiations, management of audits and risk reviews and private ruling negotiations. Richard first became a partner in 2005 at Deloitte (after beginning his career at Deloitte through university under the Deloitte cadet program). Richard was then approached to join Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills (G&HSF) and was a partner at G&HSF for approx. 10 years until he was approached to join EY in 2016 (at which time Richard was the leader of the Melbourne office of G&HSF). In his time at a law firm, Richard was consistently recognised as one of Australia’s leading tax lawyers in external awards such as Chambers, Asia Pacific 500, Boyle’s and Legal Who’s Who. Richard rejoined Deloitte in December 2023 in the M&A Tax team. Richard is both a chartered accountant and a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria. Richard is a fellow of the Taxation Institute of Australia and a member of the Law Institute of Victoria. Richard has an honours Commerce/ Law degree from Monash. Richard is a regular presenter at Tax Institute conferences, including the Financial Services Conference, the Victorian Tax Conference and the Infrastructure Conference on multiple occasions." - Current at 16 March 2026

Cristina Wolters CTA

Cristina Wolters, CTA, has over 25 years’ experience with Australian corporate taxation and has headed the taxation function at Transurban, a triple stapled, top 20 ASX listed company with operations in Australia and in North America, for over 15 years. Cristina joined Transurban to implement their tax function and has since overseen the tax structuring of the Group’s many acquisitions and divestments. She leads a team of senior tax professionals and is responsible for all Transurban’s global tax matters including risk and governance. Currently, Cristina is on secondment as the General Manager Finance for Transurban Queensland. Cristina has a Master of Taxation from the University of Melbourne and a Senior Executive MBA from the Melbourne Business School, is a member of Chartered Accountants ANZ, a CTA of The Tax Institute and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She is a member and Deputy Chair of the Infrastructure Partnerships Australia Tax Taskforce, and a member of The Tax Institute Victorian State Council. Cristina is also a Board Member and Deputy Chair at Safe Steps Family Violence Response Centre, Victoria’s state-wide first response service for women, young people and children experiencing family violence. - Current at 18 June 2023