Our People
MSI’s knowledgeable and committed Secretariat team provides dedicated support and coordinated resources to all members worldwide and handles the day to day management of the international association. Please contact us for assistance.
Martin A Scott
Martin is the Chief Executive of MSI Global Alliance and coordinates the strategy set by the Board of Directors through the team working at the Secretariat.
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Matthew Gimlette
Matthew is responsible for the membership development and recruitment of MSI Global Alliance facilitating member collaboration and growth.
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Susan Greene
Susan supports the development and quality of our membership in the Americas region with the aim of improved member collaboration and growth across the region.
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Pauline Javani
Pauline (PJ) is responsible for the member development of MSI Global Alliance in the Asia Pacific Region facilitating member collaboration and growth.
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Pauline Rottstock
As the Head of Marketing at MSI Global Alliance, Pauline leads innovative strategies in marketing, communications, and technology to enhance MSI's brand presence and build strong international connections with members.
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Francesca Di Mattia
Francesca is responsible for organising MSI's varied range of conferences and meetings, at the local, regional and international levels.
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MSI’s Board of Directors provides strategic leadership for the association and comprises of six non-executive directors from our two founding firms ADKL (Germany) and HaysMac (UK). MSI’s Chief Executive acts as the link between the Board and the Secretariat team.
Andreas Boch
Andreas Boch is a Director of the MSI Board.
Tobias Polka
Tobias Polka is a Director of the MSI Board.
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Marc Sarburg
Marc Sarburg is a Director of the MSI Board.
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Mark Allwood
Mark Allwood is a Director of the MSI Board.
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Jeremy Beard
Jeremy Beard is a Director of the MSI Board.
Melanie Pittas
Melanie Pittas is a Director of the MSI Board.
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MSI’s Area Representatives comprise the Management Board and play an important role in providing a link between members and the MSI Secretariat. They also have a role in identifying potential new member firms in their respective regions and in advising on the association’s future strategy.
Asia Pacific
Michael Heng
Michael is the managing partner. He graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1992, is a fellow member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA), CPA Australia and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants; a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (Singapore) and the Singapore Institute of Directors. He holds the designation of an Accredited Tax Advisor (ATA) of the Singapore Chartered Tax Professionals Limited.
Michael has been with the firm since 1995. In 1996, he was ranked 2nd worldwide in the Auditing component of the CPA Program by CPA Australia. Along with traditional accounting and assurance functions, he is in charge of our business advisory and internal audit departments providing internal audit, strategic planning, corporate health evaluation and reengineering services.
He is a member of ISCA’s Public Accounting Practice Committee and Investigation and Disciplinary Panel.
Michael was an independent non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of a company listed on the Singapore Exchange between 2012 and 2020.
He is also partner in charge of business development and is responsible for prospective queries on all services of the firm.
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Mitil Chokshi
Dr Mitil Chokshi is a Senior Advisor to Adarsha Advisors LLP, MSI’s accounting member firm in Mumbai, India.
He is a Chartered Accountant having been on All India Merit of Chartered Accountant Exams. He sits on various boards and has been a director of multiple companies including Buchanan Group South Africa, Citco Company Netherlands and other India Limited/Unlimited Companies over the last decade.
He specialises in global advisory and appeared in the First Mumbai Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) judgement under Black Money Act. He has also appeared along with local professionals representing to Swiss tax authorities, HMRC and others.
Mitil has experience developing banking and financial services for firms in South Africa and assists US CPA firms in cross border tax structuring and advisory. He has been active with IBMC Abu Dhabi and was instrumental in the collaboration of India’s largest insurance company at Abu Dhabi's International Financial Centre (ADGM).
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Stuart Wagschall
Stuart is the Managing Partner at Thomas Davis & Co. and was admitted to the Partnership in July 1992. Stuart has well over 30 years' experience in all professional accounting services.
Professional Qualifications and Registrations include:
- Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
- Chartered Tax Advisor
- Bachelor of Business Degree
- Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning
- Registered Company Auditor
- Registered SMSF Auditor
- Registered Tax Agent
- Authorised Representative and CEO of Thomas Davis Financial Services Pty Ltd (AFSL 244130)
Business start-up and management, business structures and self-managed superannuation funds are areas of interest to Stuart. He has in depth experience in many industries including; Wholesalers, Manufactures, Retailers, Import/Export Agents, Solicitors, Medical Practitioners, Information Technology Consultants, training Consultants, Property and Real Estate Businesses, Non-Profit Organisations and Superannuation Funds.
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Europe, Middle East & Africa
Jarkko Ruohola
Profile
Jarkko Ruohola has been the leading lawyer in many complex cross-border and domestic transactions. He has assisted listed Finnish and foreign corporations, venture capital firms and growth entrepreneurs. In addition to Finland, the parties to these transactions or target companies have been from Scandinavia, the United States, China and several European countries. The targets have included, for example, technology, biotech and clean-tech companies, different kinds of service providers and substantial real estate portfolios.
Jarkko’s regular clients include several of the largest companies in Finland. He regularly gives lectures especially on company law issues and corporate governance.
Career
Lukander Ruohola HTO Attorneys at Law Ltd., partner, 1998―
Lindberg & Ruohola Attorneys at Law Ltd., partner, 1993―1998
Procopé & Hornborg Attorneys at Law Ltd., associate, 1991―1993
Union Bank of Finland, lawyer, 1990
Languages
Finnish, Swedish, English
Memberships and Positions of Trust
Immediate past president of the Finnish Bar Association
MSI Global Alliance, member of the Management Board
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Philippe A. Schmidt
Experience
After studying law at Université Paris X and completing the international tax law curriculum at HEC (Paris School of Management) and Université de Paris XI, Philippe Schmidt began his career with the firm Jeantet et Associé. At the same time, he served as Senior Lecturer at Université Paris II. Philippe Schmidt then decided to earn a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Columbia University in New York. Recruited by Skadden Arps in New York, he stayed in the United States and then returned to France in 1992 to help set up the firm’s Paris office. He created his own firm in 1994.
His areas of expertise are Business Combination Law (laws governing corporations and other business combinations) and tax law, which he practices for French and international clients.
He also offers the benefits of his expertise to the defence of human rights and the fight against racism and anti-semitism through his work as President of INACH and as Vice-President of LICRA. He also specialises in Freedom of Expression.
Education
- Columbia University, School of Law LL.M (1991)
- HEC (Paris School of Management) – Université de Paris XI, DESS (Advanced Specialised Degree) in International Tax Law (1987)
- Université de Paris X, Master’s in Business Law (1986)
Languages
French, English.
Associations
- President of INACH (International Network Against CyberHate))
- Vice-President of LICRA (International League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism)
- Director-Secretary General of Réseau Entreprendre Paris
- Member of the IACF (French Institute of Tax Law Advisors), IFA (International Fiscal Association) and ABA (American Bar Association)
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Latin America
Creuza Coelho
Academic Background
- Executive LL.M. in Corporate Law, CEU Law School, São Paulo, SP (2021)
- Postgraduate Course in Succession Planning in Family Businesses, CEU Law School, São Paulo, SP (2020)
- Postgraduate Course in Corporate Contracts, CEU Law School, São Paulo, SP (2019)
- Postgraduate Course in Arbitration and Mediation, CEU Law School, São Paulo, SP (2019)
- LL.M. in Corporate Law, Escola de Direito, Instituto Internacional de Ciências Sociais – CEU [International Institute of Social Sciences], São Paulo, SP (2016)
- Postgraduate Course in US-Corporate Law and M&A Transactions, Vanderbilt University, Instituto Internacional de Ciências Sociais – CEU [International Institute of Social Sciences], São Paulo, SP (2016)
- International Taxation Course, Associação Brasileira de Direito Financeiro – ABDF [Brazilian Association of Financial Law] (August/2015)
- Accounting Course, Fundação Getúlio Vargas [Getúlio Vargas Foundation] – FGV (2000)
- Instruction Program for Lawyers, Harvard University (2002)
- Postgraduate Course in Tax Planning, Universidade Cândido Mendes [Cândido Mendes University] – UCAM (1995)
- Postgraduate Course in Tax Law, Universidade Cândido Mendes [Cândido Mendes University] – UCAM (1992)
- Law: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ [Rio de Janeiro State University] (1990)
Areas of Expertise
Tax Law
Corporate Law
Contracts
Professional Associations
Brazilian Association of Financial Law - ABDF
Brazilian Committee of Arbitration - CBAr
Languages
English
French
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Diana Sanclemente
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Energy and Natural Resources, Corporate, M&A and Commercial Law and Public Law and Government Contracting
WORK EXPERIENCE
She is recognized for providing highly personalized service and always delivering on time. Her practice includes assisting oil companies (E&P and service companies), mining companies and multinational corporations of the pharmaceutical industry with business in Colombia, among others.
In addition, she is a member of Board of Directors in different companies including pharmaceutical, oil and automotive sectors, serve since 2018 as Vice President of Regions of AIPN (Association of International Petroleum Negotiators) and Member of the Latin American Advisory Board of Georgetown University (Law School).
She is currently ranked in Chambers and Partners Leading Lawyers for Business (The Client’s Guide), as well as in Who’s Who Legal (Energy).
Diana is held in high esteem by market commentators who credit her with deep knowledge of project, contracts and transactions across the energy sector according to Who's Who Legal 2019.
The October 2019 issue of Chambers and Partner “British Client’s Guide” featured the Firm and Diana Sanclemente aa a leader in the Energy and Natural Resources departments.
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Marcela Trujillo Zepeda
Marcela Trujillo is head of the corporate and real estate areas of practice. Her practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, foreign investment, real estate, corporate governance and banking law.
She joined Rubio Villegas y Asociados in 1992 and became a partner three years later. She was the Managing Partner of Rubio Villegas y Asociados from 2004 to 2008.
Languages
- Spanish native speaker
- English fluent
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North America
Arlene O'Neill
Arlene has developed a broad range of expertise in the areas of corporate and commercial law, with a strong focus on merger and acquisition transactions, corporate governance and corporate finance. Arlene works extensively with technology based companies and assets including software, media and green technology. While Arlene maintains a mix of practice areas in commercial law, she has focused her practice on mergers and acquisitions and technology law.
Arlene has also been a key advisor to various not-for-profit and charitable boards on corporate governance matters and is recognized as a specialist in corporate governance matters having recently graduated from the Directors Education Program at Rotman School of Management and received an ICD.D. designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Arlene is a seasoned business advisor with 20 years’ experience in assisting both international and local clients on their cross border and multinational business affairs both in structuring their affairs or assisting in transactions, investments, expansions, partnerships and contractual matters in Canada and world-wide and working with their multidisciplinary advisors locally and abroad.
Arlene is a frequent speaker and organizer of a broad range of corporate law programs held by Ontario Bar Association Business Law Section, Canadian Bar Association as well as other private equity events. Arlene is very involved in working with technology based and innovative businesses grow their business and provide sound legal advice to assist them to grow smart. From the drafting of letters on intent, through the negotiation of the merger or purchase and sale agreement and the conduct of due diligence investigations, to the closing of the transaction, Arlene applies her energy and experience. At all times, she is able to call upon her familiarity with her tax law and technology law background.
Expertise
- Business and Corporate Commercial
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Private Equity and Venture Capital
Representative Work
- Represented the buyers in a merger and acquisition transaction involving the purchase of a large carpet and tile supply and installation partnership with combined annual revenue of approximately $100 million.
- Represented a water infrastructure business in its acquisition of a water services business to expand its European operations.
- Represented one party in structuring a joint venture arrangement in the mobile payments platform area in connection with a response to an RFP.
- Representing a client in various financing transactions, both short and long‑term in the solar power space.
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Jeffrey Davis
Jeff is a Partner and Co-Chair of MSI NYC member Moses Singer's Corporate practice group and Leader of the Hospitality Industry practice. He advises on a broad range of general corporate and mergers and acquisitions matters affecting middle market companies, such as marketing services, media, healthcare, consumer products, telecommunications, manufacturing, retail, and financial services.
He is particularly focused the legal needs facing the advertising and public relations industries and the hotel and hospitality industries, identifying and solving potential risks unique to these businesses.
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Jon N. “Blue” Loupe
Jon N. “Blue” Loupe joined Taylor Porter in 2006. He is engaged primarily in commercial transactions, and his experience includes organizing business entities, mergers and acquisitions, negotiating and drafting asset purchase agreements, stock sale agreements, commercial leases, loan and security documents, master service agreements, conducting title examinations, and assisting in loan workouts.
Blue is a licensed title agent in the State of the Louisiana, and Taylor Porter has a captive title insurance agency, Investors Title & Exchange Company.
Blue has been ranked by his peers among the Louisiana Super Lawyers "Rising Stars" in Business/Corporate Law. Blue is an alumnus of the Baton Rouge Business Report Leadership Academy.
Blue graduated, with distinction, from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.S. in Business Administration in 2002. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Alabama School of Law in 2005. While in law school, he served as a Senior Editor for the Alabama Law Review. Prior to joining Taylor Porter, Blue was a law clerk for The Honorable Kay Bates, Judge for the 19th Judicial District Court of Louisiana. Blue is admitted to practice in both Louisiana and North Carolina. He is a member of the Baton Rouge Bar Association and the Defense Research Institute.
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Ray Chipman
Area of Focus: Risk Management, Internal and External Audit and Business Process Redesign
Industry Specialties: Construction, Direct Selling and Distribution
Profile:
- Member of the Business Advisory Division at Squire
- Experience working with organizations implementing Risk Management processes–especially when those processes relate to internal control over financial reporting
- Enjoys working with management, the audit committee and/or chief audit executive to ensure that the Internal Audit function is meeting the needs of the organization
- Facilitates Business Process Redesign to identify areas of improvement and related risks
- Member of the Audit Division
- Manages audit teams to provide assurance on financial information
- Coordinates international audit and advisory work through our association with Praxity
Education and Certifications:
- B.S., Brigham Young University
- MBA, Utah State University
- Certified Public Accountant
- Certified Internal Auditor
Affiliations:
- Construction Financial Management Association, associate member
- Institute of Internal Auditors, member
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, member
- Utah Association of Certified Public Accountants, member
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Tom Harrison
Tom Harrison is the President and CEO of Corrigan Krause. He has a leadership hand in most goings-on in the organization. Because of this, his mind rarely shuts off. That’s a good thing for everyone at CK, as they’re able to pick his brain about consulting, practice development, succession planning, mergers and acquisitions, employee benefit fields, tax planning, and more. Tom’s more than 35 years of experience in these areas make him an invaluable asset to Corrigan Krause and to his clients, for whom he is passionate about reducing stress through well-organized, executable financial plans and procedures.
Tom is a Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) that builds on his years of experience and helps to better serve Corrigan Krause business-owner clients who are planning the next chapter of their personal and professional lives.
An Ohio State alumnus and avid sports fan, Tom frequents Buckeyes football games in the fall. In the spring, however, he can be found on the baseball field of Avon High School, where he is a Varsity Coach. He’s passionate about serving as a role model for the young people he comes in contact with through high school sports as well as the younger, less experienced staff at Corrigan Krause.
Memberships and Affiliations
- The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- The Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants
- MSI – Business Succession Planning Council
- E&M Consulting-Advisory Council
- Vistage International Member
- Management for Results Member
- Assistant High School Varsity Baseball Coach
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