Rob is a qualified chartered accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. Rob also holds a legal practicing certificate in Western Australia. He has more than 20 years experience specialising in tax across a range of sectors including consumer products, mining, energy and infrastructure.
Rob’s technical expertise and strong industry insight drives his highly pragmatic approach to client relationship management. As a full service advisor, he provides support ranging from general corporate tax advice and compliance, to more in-depth planning and structuring for major new investments, acquisitions, divestment and financing.
Rob joined Arthur Andersen’s tax practice in Sydney after graduating with a BCom/LLB from the University of NSW in 1994.
Rob joined Ernst & Young’s mining, energy and utilities group following the merger with Arthur Andersen in 2002.
Rob has worked in Sydney, London, Croatia, Slovenia, Perth and now Vietnam. Working in a number of different markets and in a number of different roles has given Rob a broad range of tax experience in both mature and maturing markets.
In July 2015, Rob moved to Vietnam to lead the tax team and bring his international tax expertise and general experience to the local market.

Thy joined EY in 2008 and has had more than 15 years of profession experience in Vietnam tax practice.
Thy has engaged in the areas of inbound investment into Vietnam including market entry advice from tax and regulatory perspectives, tax due diligence and tax structuring.
Thy is leading the Transaction Tax practice of Ho Chi Minh City office and has involved in various significant M&A projects.

Dr. Phat is a Transfer Pricing (TP) Partner heading TP services at EY Vietnam with over 16 years of experience in transfer pricing, tax and legal in Vietnam.
Phat specializes in TP Services and he has advised clients in various industries with a wide range of TP projects including advisory, planning, risk assessment, contemporaneous documentation, and business restructuring. He has also assisted clients during TP audits and application of the Advanced Pricing Agreements (APA).
Phat conducted several technical TP trainings for tax authorities and has been working closely with the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Tax Department and the General Department of Taxation (GDT) regarding TP enforcement and developments.
Prior to joining EY Vietnam, Phat has worked as a lecturer in tax law and transfer pricing and was the leader of Business Law Department at Can Tho University.
Phat got a Ph.D. Degree in international tax with the thesis dealing with Transfer Pricing issue. This study is financially sponsored by a Ph.D. scholarship of the Harvard-Yenching Institute of Harvard University.
Phat has several publications, notably (1) the book titled: “Transfer Pricing: the Vietnamese System in the Light of the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines and the Systems in Certain Developed and Developing Countries”; (2) the chapter (Vietnam) on the Tax Treatment of Transfer Pricing in the IBFD Global Transfer Pricing Explorer Plus Database and (3) numerous TP articles in International Transfer Pricing Journals etc.

With more than 10 years working in Vietnamese personal income tax, Anh Kim Ngo has extensive experience to the global mobility of multinational clients inbound to Vietnam.
She also has good knowledge on best practices of global mobility policies related to tax compliance and planning matters.
Anh Kim Ngo is Director in our People Advisory Service team of Tax & Advisory Services, Ernst & Young Vietnam, based in the Ho Chi Minh City office
Anh’s focus is on People Advisory Service including tax compliance, employment benefits advisory, employment share schemes advisory, tax planning, the application of a treaty for the avoidance of double taxation and other related.
Her experience covers a wide range of industries including shipping companies, banking services, consumer durables, manufacturing, finance, utilities, information technology, automobile and oil and gas services.
Anh has extensive experience in dealing with various issues and is able to facilitate effective consultation for her clients. Anh has developed strong relationships with the various tax authorities and they in turn seek for her input into complex tax matters, on occasion.
Anh’s technical focus is in the following areas:
Provide guidance and review on Vietnamese Personal Income Tax compliance and planning
Advice on the tax implications related to mobility of employees into Vietnam and ideas for tax efficiency
Advice on Vietnamese Social Insurance schemes
Provide regular updates on tax law changes that affect the company’s international mobility program

Anh is a tax director at EY Vietnam with nearly ten years of experience in tax and customs consulting.
Anh specializes in Indirect Tax and Customs, Tax Dispute Resolution & Controversy, International Tax and Corporate Restructuring.
Anh currently works with a wide range of major international and local corporations. He has an extensive knowledge of corporate re-organization and group tax planning tax issues and has advised on numerous corporate transactions. His clients include major international corporations operating in Vietnam from Europe, Asia and the United States, in the financial services, manufacturing, consumer goods, and oil and gas industries.