Richard is the founder and CEO of KGT and a former EY Indirect Tax Partner with over 30 years of experience. He studied tax law at the University of Leiden, where he earned a master's degree in law.
Early in his career at Andersen, Richard established one of the first business units at a Big Four firm dedicated to the intersection of indirect tax, ERP, and SAP.
An expert in tax control frameworks and tax function effectiveness, he publishes exclusively on the Global Indirect Tax Management website, where he shares best practices in the field.
Big Four firms operate under audit independence requirements that confine them to an advisory role and prevent them from developing products that affect financial reporting.
Richard founded KGT to close that gap, providing end-to-end solutions spanning SAP VAT advisory, optimization of tax determination logic, SAP configuration, and development of custom SAP add-ons that extend SAP's functionality.