KPMG adds six professionals to tax business

KPMG US has announced the hiring of six partners, principals, and managing directors across its tax business line.

Britt Haxton (principal, international tax, Washington, DC) brings more than 12 years of experience to KPMG. She previously spent more than a decade at global law firm McDermott Will & Emery, where she was latterly a partner in the firm’s DC office. She also previously spent almost two years as an assistant US attorney within the US Attorney’s office of the District of South Dakota.

Haxton has a JD from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Creighton University.

Joe Vaccaro (partner, business tax services, New York) will support KPMG’s clients within the financial services banking and insurance tax practice. He brings more than 20 years of experience with a focus on tax law. He joins KPMG from Met Life, where he spent over a dozen years and was SVP and global tax director. Before that, he spent nine years at AIG, where he was senior tax counsel. He began his career at PwC US.

Vaccaro has a master of laws degree in tax law and taxation from New York University, a JD from St. John’s University, and bachelor’s degree in economics and accounting from College of the Holy Cross.

Ilya Borukhov (managing director, asset management tax, New York) has nearly 20 years of experience. He spent the last seven years at Big Four rival Deloitte, where he was a tax senior manager focusing on private equity, hedge fund, credit fund, and fund of funds clients. Before that he spent nearly a decade at PwC, where he was a tax manager for private equity and hedge funds. Borukhov began his career as a private equity accountant at Bisys Fund Services. He has a master’s degree in taxation from Baruch College.

Nelson Valentine (managing director, asset management tax, New York) has 18 years of experience. He joins KPMG from MHR Fund Management, where he spent over five years and was director of tax. Before that, Valentine spent over 12 years at Deloitte, where he was latterly an international tax senior manager.

He has master’s and bachelor’s degrees in accountancy from the University of Mississippi.

Mike Rylant (managing director, state and local tax, Hartford, CT) has more than 20 years of experience, spending the last 12 years at tool company Stanley Black & Decker, most recently as senior director for state and local taxes. He also previously spent eight years at EY, where he was a tax manager.

Rylant has a master of laws degree in taxation from Boston University, a JD from Suffolk University Law School, and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Providence College.

Suzy Fuller (managing director, real estate and financial services tax, New York) has 17 years of experience. She spent the last year at restaurant franchise group KBP Brands, where she was director of tax. Before that, Fuller spent a decade at KPMG, where she was a tax senior manager. Earlier in her career, she was a tax accountant at RubinBrown LLP and a senior tax accountant at Williams Keepers.

Fuller has a master’s degree in accountancy from the University of Missouri-Columbia.