BRC Finance Community Post-Autumn Budget Event

Helen leads the team and sets the strategic direction of the BRC. She joined in January 2013 and has been working with retailers for over 25 years. In 2016 she was awarded an OBE for Services to Retail.

Helen is passionate about diversity and inclusion in retail, she acts as the BRC’s Social Mobility Commission ambassador and was previously the Chair of Working Chance, a charity helping women offenders find employment. She is on the advisory board for Pennies, a charity which offers digital charity boxes to businesses, and was previously UK Head of Retail at KPMG.

Chris manages the BRC’s Finance Community and has recently joined the organisation after working in public policy roles for a range of companies and organisations, including TikTok, Which? and Ofcom. He has extensive knowledge of current digital policy matters and online advertising regulations and has extensive experience in engaging with government and regulators, advocating for better consumer outcomes in markets and in shaping legislation.

Michael McLaughlin is a tax partner based in the Nottingham office. Michael works with corporate clients delivering commercial tax advice on international and domestic tax matters including; global tax compliance, overseas expansion, mergers and acquisitions, corporate structuring, new developments in tax law, tax technology and governance, transfer pricing and tax accounting.

Michael previously worked for over 15 years at PwC predominantly with UK outbound, private equity backed and overseas headquartered groups across all sectors and led PwC’s financial services tax business in the Midlands.

Michael has experience working with clients across a broad range of sectors, and enjoys working together with other specialists to provide holistic and commercial tax advice to his clients. Having originally trained as an auditor, Michael's audit background helps him work with clients on tax matters where the accounting is an important component of the advice required.