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Belinda Buvens

As a student at Hasselt University in Belgium, Belinda Buvens wanted to combine her studies with her passion for playing competitive table tennis. What she experienced ultimately set the stage for a three-decade career with Procter & Gamble (P&G). Buvens holds a master’s degree in business engineering. “When I came… Read more »

Gorka Echevarria

When Gorka Echevarria made the move to Lexmark in 2018, he realized an exciting opportunity to oversee the entire indirect tax function of the corporation. “The prospect of steering a significant transformation within the department, including the enhancement of tools and processes, was particularly appealing,” he says. As the global… Read more »

Josephine (Josie) Scalia

Josephine (Josie) Scalia developed an interest in tax in her first year at a Big Four accounting firm. Here’s her backstory: “I originally started my career in audit. When my husband and I decided to accept an opportunity to work in the US, I knew that we would need to… Read more »

Anne-Marie Nguyen

Anne-Marie Nguyen is what you might call a “dynamo.” Nguyen is currently a junior at the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University in Montreal, majoring in international business and minoring in management. She is also enrolled in a co-op program, which enables students to work while pursuing their… Read more »

David Gillman

David Gillman began his tax career at Peat Marwick, the predecessor to KPMG. “I came into their audit function and worked through that busy season,” he explains. “But partway through, I was introduced to their tax option program where you could apply for and be selected to go right into tax after… Read more »

Jonnell Quarrie

Editor’s note. At the time this article was written, Quarrie was director of tax at MOD Pizza but has since started as director of tax at Dutch Bros. When Jonnell Quarrie was taking accounting classes in college, she realized she didn’t like accounting. That happens. But she did like tax,… Read more »

Melissa Smith

When Melissa Smith was in her second year of law school, she thought most students knew what they wanted to do in their budding legal careers. “Some wanted to be litigators, some wanted to be corporate lawyers. Everybody seemed to know, and I had no clue.” But then, she says,… Read more »

Danielle Beluch

Danielle Beluch doesn’t consider herself a “traditional” tax person. Here’s how she explains it: “I started my studies as a chemistry major, but when I proved to be a klutz in the lab, I knew I had to pick another industry to study. Accounting seemed to be a safe option,… Read more »

Steve Saunders

Steve Saunders gained an appreciation of the complexity of tax early in his career as a CPA. Here’s how he explains it: “I assumed tax was fairly prescriptive and predictable. As my work became more complex, I gained an appreciation for the nonlinear thinking that is so necessary to being… Read more »

Anna Ogenblad

When Anna Ogenblad was a second-year law student, she took a tax course and was pleasantly surprised: “I thought I was going to hate it, but instead I really found it interesting and decided to take a few more elective tax papers to specialize in tax even further.” Ogenblad, now… Read more »