Finding the next generation of tax director

Cagla Bekbolet runs the financial officers’ practice at global executive search firm Egon Zehnder. Multinationals who use her to find their next tax director are, more and more, looking for a new kind of professional who can deal with the challenges presented by the demand for increased transparency and the need for the management of a company’s tax affairs to enhance, or at least, not harm, its reputation. Salman Shaheen speaks to Bekbolet to find out what new skills are needed and where they can be found.