Nichola Ross Martin becomes deputy president and Paul Aplin OBE will be vice-president, taking up their new roles on 30 May at the CIOT’s AGM.

Barbour was director of regulatory authorisations at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) until her retirement last month, and is a former ICAS director of taxation. A CIOT council member since 2019, she has also served as secretary to the Joint Professional Bodies PCRT (Professional Conduct in Relation to Taxation) Group and is a member of CIOT’s Scottish technical committee.

Ross Martin is managing director of Tiger Dog Media & Publishing and Ross Martin Tax Consultancy. Her firms offer online tax resources and virtual support services to small and medium sized firms of accountants and tax advisers.

She has been a CIOT council member since 2017 and sits on the membership and branches committee and equality diversity & inclusion committee (a joint committee with the Association of Taxation Technicians).

Paul Aplin is a well-known tax writer and speaker, particularly on issues around tax administration and technology. He was a tax partner with West Country firm A.C. Mole & Sons for many years, retiring from that role in 2020. He was president of ICAEW in 2018-19 and has also chaired ICAEW’s tax faculty.

He is a former board member of the now disbanded Office of Tax Simplification and a current member of HMRC’s Administrative Burdens Advisory Board. He has been a CIOT council member since 2017. In 2009 he was awarded an OBE for services to the accounting profession.Barbour said: ‘I am delighted and honoured to become CIOT President at the end of May. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Gary Ashford, who will remain President until then, for his exceptional leadership over the last year.

‘Having been on the CIOT council since 2019, I am aware of the important role that the institute plays in promoting good tax policy and practice. Our commitment to serving the public interest through our role as an educational charity is reflected in all that we do.

‘Beyond our exams and supporting members’ professional development, our activities extend to organising public debates on topical tax matters, engaging in numerous meetings and technical discussions to simplify the tax system and providing expert witnesses for parliamentary committees to improve the scrutiny of tax policy and administration.

‘I am looking forward to collaborating with the CIOT officers and council members in 2024-25, and to meeting members, staff and other colleagues at events throughout the year.’