Richard Asquith is CEO of VATCalc – a VAT and technology company. A previous winner of International Tax Review's ‘Tax Innovator of the Year’ award, Richard was also VP of Global Indirect Tax at Avalara, leading the global transaction tax technology company's outsourced international VAT compliance service. Richard originally qualified at KPMG in the UK, and then spent over ten years with EY in Hungary, Russia and France.