Gemma is a Director specializing in the area of cross-border incentive compensation. Her particular focus area is equity compensation, working with multinational corporations helping them manage their global compliance for employer reporting and withholding on incentive compensation in relation to internationally mobile employees.
Gemma has worked extensively with clients on their end-to-end processes for compensation with large multinational companies, covering a number of core elements such as tax and legal due diligence, data specifications, technology integration and implementation, employee communications, global mobility equity policy consulting, process/design documentation, global corporate recharge policies, payroll compliance and consulting, assignee consulting, internal controls documentation, obtaining tax rulings, annual filings and project management.
Along with experience of working on the end-to-end compliance process, Gemma has spent a great deal of time assisting clients with rectifying payroll compliance failures, from tax authority investigates to voluntary disclosures.
Gemma joined the firm in 2008 in our London office and has spent nearly 10 years in our New York and California markets before moving back to our London office at the end of 2021. She graduated from the University of Exeter with a degree in Accounting and Finance and received her Chartered Tax Advisor (CTA) and Associate Tax Technician (ATT) qualifications from the UK. In addition she is certified as a Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR).
She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (UK), National Association of Stock Plan Professionals and the Global Equity Organization.
