Executive Team

Jane Ashton
Jane Ashton
CEO

Jane was appointed Chief Executive in March 2016. She became a member of the Association in 1993 and a Fellow in 2011. She is a former member of Council. Jane was previously with HMRC where over a thirty year period she held various posts, gaining considerable experience both in tax and change programmes.

Vicky Nicholas
Vicky Nicholas
Executive Officer

Vicky is secretary to the Association's Council along with various other committees, including: Finance Steering Group; Member and Business Development Steering Group; Audit and Risk Committee; and the Joint Officers and Senior Staff Forum.  Before joining ATT in 2023 Vicky spent 17 years at ICAEW in the UK Regions team. Initially as Executive for the Leicester & Northants network and later within the operations team as Programme Manager for the department.

Roz Baxter
Rosalind Baxter
Director of Education

Rosalind has led the Education Function of the ATT and CIOT since 1999. She had previous experience of working for two not-for-profit educational charities. She is an Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators. 

Vicky Hilpert
Vicky Hilpert
Chief Financial Officer

Vicky is a Chartered Management Accountant and has a wealth of experience across a broad range of commercial, charitable, and professional body roles including most recently as Finance Director at charity POhWER and Chief Operating Officer at the Institute of Occupational Health and Safety (IOSH) alongside experience gained at FTSE 100s and SMEs.

Steven Pinhey
Steven Pinhey
Technical Officer

Steven's particular emphasis is on management of taxes and tax disputes and resolution. He was a partner in a City firm of Chartered Accountants and then founded his own specialist tax investigations and enquiries company before his appointment as a technical officer in 2022. He is also a face-to-face adviser for the tax charity, TaxAid.

Emma Rawson
Emma Rawson
Technical Officer

Emma's background is in corporation tax and she also has a focus on VAT and business taxes more widely. She trained with Deloitte, working in both their London and Leeds offices, and also spent a short time working in a specialist consultancy firm providing advice to other practitioners before joining the ATT as a technical officer in 2017.

Helen Thornley
Helen Thornley
Technical Officer

Helen has a focus on personal and capital taxes. Initially qualifying as a Chartered Accountant before moving to tax, she worked in practice as a private client consultant in a mid-tier firm until her appointment as a technical officer in 2017. Helen also has an interest in the history of tax.

David Wright
David Wright
Technical Officer

David has a particular focus on personal taxes, including capital taxes and trusts. He trained as a Chartered Accountant whilst working in the private client team at a Big 4 firm. After a short spell in industry, he moved back into practice where he specialised in personal tax at regional and mid-tier firms before joining the ATT as a technical officer in 2023.