Aaron Topol a Partner in Ernst & Young’s Tax Services practice. Aaron is currently based in Hong Kong and leads the US Tax Desk for the Asia Pacific region. Prior to joining the US Tax Desk, Aaron was based in Atlanta, Georgia and New York, NY and provided tax services to multinational clients with respect to cross-border transactions and
operations.

Aaron has served as a tax advisor to both large public companies and mid-size private companies. He has assisted clients with due diligence, acquisition structuring and financing, cross-border asset migrations, repatriation strategies, foreign tax credit planning, Controlled Foreign Corporation planning and various other tax issues. He has experience in advising clients with regard to US federal income tax, tax accounting, international tax and tax compliance.

Aaron earned his bachelor’s degree in accountancy and master’s degree in accountancy from the University of Florida. He is a certified public accountant licensed in the state of Georgia and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Georgia
Society of Certified Public Accountants and the International Fiscal Society.

Aaron has won the Outstanding Young Alumni award from the University of Florida, served on the Atlanta Steering Committee for the International Fiscal Association, and in 2016 was the Americas area sponsor for the Young Tax Professional of the Year competition,
which was established by EY to reward and foster the next generation of tax leaders.

Brian has more than 20 years of diverse client service experience, advising on tax accounting and reporting, restatements, complex transactions, tax controversy, and over 20 IPOs.

In Hong Kong, Brian serves as a Global Tax Account Leader to select Hong KKong-headquartered multinational clients, and he is the Tax Accounting Risk Advisory Services Leader for Hong Kong / Macau.

Prior to relocating to Hong Kong, Brian was a U.S. National Tax – Tax
Accounting and Risk Advisory Services Partner, based in Chicago, serving audit and non-audit clients on all aspects of tax accounting (US GAAP and IFRS) and tax reporting.

Brian holds B.S. (Business Administration - Accounting) and Master of
Accountancy (Taxation) degrees from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Brian is a certified public accountant licensed in Illinois and a member of the American Institute of CPAs.

Garrett is a US-focused international tax services Senior Manager
with Ernst & Young Solutions LLP. He is a member of EY’s Global Tax Desk Network and serves clients throughout Asia-Pacific with an emphasis in Southeast Asia.

Prior to relocating to Singapore, Garrett was based in Miami,
Florida where he provided international tax services to large and
middle-market clients based in the Southeast Region of the United
States.

Garrett has experience in providing complex international tax
advisory and planning services to both US-inbound and US-
outbound companies. Garrett is also a returning instructor at EY’s internal international tax training program and has taught at numerous client international tax training sessions, and has led international tax
CPE sessions for BNA Bloomberg.

Garrett graduated magna cum laude from Xavier University in
Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Florida and is also a member of the International Fiscal Association – USA Branch.