Alia Lum

Partner, Tax Policy Lead

KPMG Australia

Alia has more than 20 years’ experience in corporate and international tax, financial services tax and tax policy. She is KPMG Australia’s Tax Policy Lead, working within the firm’s Australian Tax Centre.

Her areas of focus include the OECD’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) reforms and tax transformation and technology.

Alia has previously worked in KPMG’s London and Singapore offices, and has been a partner with the firm since 2012.

  • Corporate Tax
  • Financial Services
  • International Tax
  • Operating Effectiveness
  • Public Policy and Regulatory Change
  • Tax
  • Tax planning
  • Tax regulation and compliance policies
  • Tax strategies

  • Bachelor of Commerce and Laws, University of Tasmania (majoring in Accounting), 1998

  • Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment, FINSIA, 2003

  • Admitted as a Legal Practitioner to the Supreme Court of NSW, 2000

  • Chartered Accountants ANZ, Affiliate Member

  • The Tax Institute, Fellow Member

  • Business Council of Australia’s Women’s Participation Taskforce

  • Business Council of Australia’s Tax and Federation Working Group

  • Chartered Accountants ANZ – Tax Technical Committee member