17 June 2013 
Karel Thomas, Executive Director
With mixed emotions, we would like to announce that Harriet Latham, our highly efficient and energetic Technical Director, has been appointed Tax Manager at The Open University from the beginning of September. Against the disappointment of losing Louise Wallace, this is excellent news for Miles Hedges and The OU, and for Harriet as she enters a new phase in her career. We would like to wish Louise well in her new ventures. Whilst we are also pleased to wish Harriet well in her new role, we are very disappointed to lose her as she is a core part of the BUFDG central team. We hope to make a further announcement in July on our plans for resourcing our activities into 2013/14.
Harriet is of course a mainstay of the Tax Group, supporting its Chair, Steve Carter (FD at Southampton Solent University) and Deputy Chair Kerry Sykes (Cambridge) and other tax specialists in the sector who give up their own time and the time of their institutions to work for the good of the sector. If there is one thing we could improve in BUFDG, it is trumpetting our work and our successes. I put this down to modesty rather than a failure to communicate, but there is probably an element of both. Take a look at Steve's introduction to the Tax Conference to see just what they have been doing.
