Gottfried Schellmann - Curriculum Vitae

Chairman of the Fiscal Committee Gottfried Schellmann in office: 2009 -

Date of Birth: November 9, 1953

Nationality: Austria

Position: Partner of Müller & Schellmann Steuerberatungsgesellschaft m.b.H.

Education:

• Graduated from the Vienna Law School
• Admitted to the Chamber of the Austrian Tax Advisers

Professional Career:

• 1974-1982 Employee in several Tax Advisory and Tax Audit Firms
• 1982-1985 Fiscal Officer in Charge at the Chamber of Commerce of Lower Austria
• 1986-1988 Employee in the Tax Advisory Department of Peat Marwick, Munich
• 1988-1989 Secondment with Prior, Sherman Flynn, New York
• 1989-1998 Partner of Schellmann & Partner, Austria
• 1998-2008 Partner of KPMG; Chair of the Indirect Tax European technical group

Expert Knowledge:

• VAT - International Taxation
• Customs Law
• Direct Taxation

International Organisations:

• 1998-2000 Secretary of the Indirect Tax Committee of the IBA
• 2003-2006 Chair of the European VAT club
• 2005-2008 Chair of the Indirect Tax Committee of the CFE (Confédération Fiscale Européenne)
• Since 2009 Chair of the Fiscal Committee of the CFE