New ATT Technical Officer: Chris Campbell

The Association is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Campbell as Technical Officer. Chris started his tax career in 2002 as a university placement student with Anderson Anderson and Brown (now AAB) in Aberdeen. After graduating with First Class Honours in Accounting and Finance from Robert Gordon University in 2004, he returned to the firm as a trainee Chartered Accountant specialising in tax, gaining valuable experience in personal, corporate and employment tax compliance and advisory projects.
In 2008, Chris joined Johnston Carmichael in Elgin as a Tax Senior, progressing to Tax Senior Manager in 2013. Responsible for a portfolio of OMB clients, Chris also had responsibility for delivering all tax compliance and advisory work for several key clients of the firm. He delivered internal training sessions for staff and partners and presented at external seminars and webinars on OMB tax topics. He jointly led the firm’s internal student tax training programme, combining knowledge learned from professional studies with practical experience.
Chris joined ICAS in 2022 as Head of Tax (Tax Practice and Owner Managed Business Taxes), where he led on providing technical support for ICAS members, presented seminars and webinars, gave interviews and wrote for the ICAS website and technical newsletters. He represented ICAS on several HMRC forums and led on Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax.
Chris is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser, and a member of the ATT. He looks forward to using his past experience in practice to benefit ATT members. He will contribute to our work on OMB taxes, MTD, corporation tax, employment taxes and Scottish taxes.