personnel news

Mr Lloyd Muhara

CATA's Management Committee has a new Chairman. He is Mr Lloyd Muhara, the Commissioner General of the Malawi Revenue Authority. The CATA Secretariat join with the Management Committee in wishing Mr Muhara every success during his time as Chairman, in the shared confidence that he will provide insightful leadership of our Association. 

Mr Muhara succeeds Mr Jones Zimba, also of Malawi, who retired last year. We thank Mr Zimba for his services to CATA and wish him a full and happy retirement.

CATA is pleased to announce that on 5 June 2010, Dato’ Hasmah Abdullah, the Director General & Chief Executive Officer of Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia, was awarded the honour Panglima Setia Mahkota, by His Majesty the King. The honour, which was given in recognition of her achievements during more than thirty seven years service, carries the title "Tan Sri". She will consequently now be addressed as Tan Sri Hasmah Abdullah.

Mr Tutu Bakwena will become CATA's new Executive Director on the retirement of Mr Zahir Kaleem later this year. He was the unanimous choice of a special selection and interview panel constituted by the Management Committee following a final interview of shortlisted candidates held in London on Monday 26 April 2010. The interview panel consisted of Mr Sudhamo Lal (President, CATA), Mr Jones Zimba (Chairman, Management Committee), Mr Douglas Rankin (Vice Chairman), Mrs Sabina Walcott-Denny (Member) and Mr Zahir Kaleem.

Mr S. Sivalingam was recently awarded the title of Dato by the Malaysian Government for his outstanding contribution in the field of international taxation and fiscal policy. Mr Sivalingam was a founder member of CATA and Chairman of CATA's Management Committee from 1985 to 1991.

Professor Mills (right) with the Executive Director during the CATA conference in Accra in 2001The Executive Director has sent congratulations on behalf of CATA to Professor John Atta Mills, on his recent election as the next President of Ghana. As Ghana's Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Professor Mills served as a member of CATA's Management Committee from 1991 to 1994 and was a very active and well respected supporter of CATA's programmes.