Hans was appointed as Chairman 2009. He is a tax partner of Wesselman Accountants/Tax advisors in the Netherlands, in which he has also been the Managing Partner for more than 10 years.

Hans has over 20 years of experience as a tax advisor, but has during his career also worked for the Dutch Inland Revenue Service for more than 10 years. Besides that he was also a teacher at the Academy of the Dutch Federation of Tax advisors and at Maastricht University (international taxation) for over 5 years.

With over 12 years experience in the professional services industry, Nicki brings a wealth of experience to our region. Her main responsibilities are the recruitment of new member firms and the development of services that are provided to our existing members.

Dr. Weber is responsible for the development and implementation of policies and procedures within the legal service branch of Rödl & Partner, in particular its litigation practice group. He advises German and foreign companies in the areas of dispute resolution, technology transfer and mergers and acquisitions.

Prior to joining Rödl & Partner, Dr. Weber was for many years corporate counsel to Siemens AG and Orenstein & Koppel AG, a large producer of earthmoving and mining equipment which has been merged into Thyssen-Krupp AG.

Born in 1968, Renaud is first of all father of three daughters, he has been appointed Certified Public Accountant (Reviseur d'entreprises - Bedrijfsrevisor) in 1998 by the Commercial Court of Brussels.

From 1998 to 2007, he was partner within the audit company FCG. In 2007, he created Audit Support Belgium RM² with Fernand Maillard and Christophe Remon. Since 2004 he invests free time in the development and the organisation of CPA EMEA Ltd as director and treasurer.

Kaïs is a chartered accountant, providing auditing and accounting services to international clients based in Tunisia. After a 7 year experience with Ernst & Young Tunisia, Kaïs founded GAC in 1998 with other 4 partners. GAC is now one of the major auditing and accounting firms in Tunisia.

Kaïs speaks fluently French, Arabic, German and English. He was appointed Director on the CPA EMEA Conference in 2009.

Jes was appointed director on the CPA EMEA board in 2007. In 1998, after nine years' experience with Deloitte Malta, he founded FACT Group and is today Managing Partner of the firm. Jes holds the warrant to practice as an accountant and auditor in Malta and is also licensed to act as a fiduciary and trustee.

Nowadays, Jes's main focus is Tax and Advisory and his firm manages a growing portfolio of local and foreign clients.