Our Team





Carine Beidas is an EMEA Tax Managing Director with Royal Bank of Canada where she has worked since 2013, in charge of tax advice and counsel including risk management support and oversight to various business units.Her career in tax has spanned the entire range of financial services, in particular investment management, insurance (life and general), banking and fiduciary services with reference to the international corporate tax affairs of the providers as well as the tax-efficiency and risk management of their products.



Matt has worked in the Financial Services sector for over 20 years, specialising in VAT during that time. Matt worked in practice between 2002 and 2015 and has worked in house since. Matt joined the BTC Committee in 2024, having previously chaired the Investment Association VAT Committee. Matt is also a member of the UK Finance and AFME VAT Committees, and has previously presented on Financial Services VAT in numerous forums.


