The governing bodies of the Foundation are the Board of Trustees and the Presidency, which will be responsible for the governance, administration and representation of the Foundation.

In addition, the Foundation will have an Advisory Council which will be set up as a voluntary body for consultation and technical advice. The members of the Advisory Council will serve for a period to be determined in accordance with the project for which they are appointed.

Presidency

Fernando Matesanz

Fernando Matesanz is Founder, Trustee and President of the Madrid VAT Forum Foundation.

He has more than 20 years of experience in advising all types of companies in the field of indirect taxation.

He is director of the firm Spanish VAT Services Asesores, the main provider of advisory services in the field of VAT in the Spanish market.

Presidency

Fernando Matesanz

Fernando Matesanz is Founder, Trustee and President of the Madrid VAT Forum Foundation.

He has more than 20 years of experience in advising all types of companies in the field of indirect taxation.

He is director of the firm Spanish VAT Services Asesores, the main provider of advisory services in the field of VAT in the Spanish market.

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Fernando Matesanz is a member of the Board of the International VAT Association and is a member of the EU VAT Forum, one of the VAT groups that advises the European Commission and other EU institutions. He is also a member of the Group of Experts on Indirect Taxation of the Spanish Association of Tax Advisors.

He has been appointed Indirect Tax Leader in Spain since 2015 by International Tax Review. He has also been recognised as a leading lawyer in Spain in the field of VAT by Chambers and Partners since 2017.

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Board of Trustees

The first Board of Trustees of the Madrid VAT Forum Foundation is made up of the following individuals and legal entities:

  • Fernando Matesanz (President).
  • José Leoncio Areal López (Member).
  • Spanish VAT Services Asesores, SL (Member).
  • Ana González Martínez (Secretary)

Financial information

As this is a newly created Foundation, there will be no financial information to be published until the end of the first year of the Foundation’s activity.