George is currently the Senior Tax Manager at Coles and has responsibility for GST, wine equalisation tax, excise and income withholding taxes for Coles Supermarkets, Coles Express, Coles Liquor, Coles Property and Coles Financial Services. George commenced his career at the ATO in 1982 and has worked for a number of international accounting firms prior to joining Coles. George was the technical lead for Coles in its implementation of the GST and was a member of a number of consultative committees including the ATO’s Food Consultative Forum, and is a past Chair of the Australian Retailers Association Tax Committee. George is a current member of the ATO’s GST Stewardship Committee.