Tax Strategy:

· Develop and maintain effective Company tax strategy, including formulation of overall tax philosophy and approach to tax compliance, tax planning and tax risk management. Define strategic tax objectives, key tax related tasks and areas of focus.

Tax Compliance

· Ensure fulfillment of tax law provisions relevant to Qatar and all the Countries to which extend its operations; analyze and verify, in collaboration with the tax departments of Business Units (subsidiaries, associates, Joint Ventures), the tax treatment of significant budget items.

· Coordinate tax functions of Business Units, to the extent allowed by the corporate governance arrangements, ensuring adherence to Company’s tax strategy and policies.

· Stay abreast of evolving global tax environment and ensure compliance

Tax Planning

· Ensure effective tax planning and provide strategic tax analysis of significant anticipated deals, investment projects, business reorganizations and other material transactions.

· Provide regular monitoring of changes in tax legislation, position of the relevant tax authorities, court practice as well as industry specific regulations having impact. Coordinate effective political and industry tax lobbying.

Tax Risk Management

· Develop and maintain proper tax risk management standards, policies, and procedures with the purpose of tax risk minimization and in line with the overall Company’s risk appetite.

· Manage and coordinates company tax disputes, in cooperation with all the relevant Business Units of the company; coordinate the activity of external advisors on tax audit defense matters.

Tax Reporting

· Establish and maintain proper Group tax accounting and reporting policies and procedures. Develop, manage, and update tax related KPI’s system.

Support to Business Development / M&A Activities

Provide support to Business Development and M&A activities during pre-development or pre-acquisition phase (i.e. due diligence process, business evaluation, competitive bidding) and during the post-acquisition/integration phase for the implementation of policies, processes and systems in line to Group tax policies and procedures. Coordinate activity of external tax advisors