{"id":82917,"date":"2017-07-25T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=a5aad59a3ffdb889426adb36f59dde55"},"modified":"2017-07-25T10:00:23","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T10:00:23","slug":"news-story-new-chief-executive-appointed-to-lead-valuation-office-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=82917","title":{"rendered":"News story: New Chief Executive appointed to lead Valuation Office Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The Valuation Office Agency, an executive agency of HM Revenue and Customs, is responsible for providing the government with the valuations and property advice needed to support taxation and benefits.<\/p>\n<p>This follows the appointment of current Chief Executive, Penny Ciniewicz, as new Director General for Customer Compliance at <abbr title=\"HM Revenue and Customs\">HMRC<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"HM Revenue and Customs\">HMRC<\/abbr> Chief Executive, Jon Thompson said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I\u2019d like to congratulate Melissa on this important appointment. The Valuation Office Agency plays a vital role in providing the valuations and property advice required to support taxation and benefits. I look forward to Melissa joining the Executive Committee, and to becoming a valued member of the leadership team\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Melissa Tatton said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I\u2019m thrilled to have the opportunity to lead the Valuation Office Agency as it continues to invest in and improve its services, and to be joining <abbr title=\"HM Revenue and Customs\">HMRC<\/abbr>\u2019s Executive Committee. It\u2019s vital that <abbr title=\"Valuation Office Agency\">VOA<\/abbr> customers continue to have confidence in its valuations and advice, and I\u2019m honoured to build on the excellent work that Penny Ciniewicz has led over the past eight years.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Melissa will take up her new role from 4 September.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h2>\n<p>Melissa joined the Inland Revenue as a graduate tax inspector and has forged a successful career as a tax leader across a wide range of roles. Melissa was appointed to her current post as Director for Individuals and Small Business Compliance in 2014. Before that she held the following posts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Director, Large Business Service (LBS), <abbr title=\"HM Revenue and Customs\">HMRC<\/abbr> (2011-14)<\/li>\n<li>Deputy Director, Business International, <abbr title=\"HM Revenue and Customs\">HMRC<\/abbr> (2009-11)<\/li>\n<li>Melissa was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in June 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melissa Tatton has been appointed on promotion to head up the Valuation Office Agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82917"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}