Kimberley Simpson

Executive summary

Kimberley is a Director, Corporate & International Tax with BDO in Sydney. She has over 20 years’ experience across professional services and in-house leadership roles, including leading global tax and treasury functions for an ASX Top 50-listed medical technology and healthcare multinational.

She is known for providing clear, pragmatic advice on complex tax and treasury matters, distilling technical issues for executive stakeholders, and partnering with the business on strategic initiatives including acquisitions, capital management and large-scale transformation programs.

Kimberley’s expertise spans tax structuring and advisory, international tax, transfer pricing, R&D tax incentives, and global tax compliance and governance.

Expertise

• Global tax leadership across corporate tax compliance, tax governance and risk management for multinational groups
• International tax and cross-border structuring, including establishment of offshore operations and support for global business models
• Transfer pricing strategy, documentation and governance, including advance pricing agreement support and cross-jurisdiction alignment
• Mergers and acquisitions support, including transaction due diligence, integration planning and post-deal implementation of tax and treasury frameworks
• Executive and stakeholder communication, including translating technical tax and treasury matters into clear, actionable recommendations.

Experience

• Provided governance and risk management advice across global tax and treasury activities
• Led and developed multi-location teams across Australia and the United Kingdom, partnering with global finance teams to manage local revenue authority audits and governance requirements
• Led tax and treasury design-stream activities for an enterprise-wide ERP transformation program
• Led tax due diligence activities for a European acquisition, advising on finance, tax and treasury implications, integration planning, transfer pricing policy and governance, and incentive governance
• Led the negotiation strategy for renewal of bilateral advanced pricing agreements between Australia and the United States/Japan, aligning functional and margin outcomes for the distributor model
• Owned tax and financial risk management disclosures for half-year and full-year financial statements, including tax transparency reporting
• Oversaw Australian and global tax compliance obligations across corporate tax, indirect taxes, transfer pricing and incentive filings, ensuring timeliness and alignment to governance standards.

Qualifications and affiliations

• Master of Laws
• Chartered Tax Advisor, Tax Institute of Australia
• Lawyer, Supreme Court of New South Wales
• Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Laws