Paradigm hires new Tax VP

Source: taxcareers magazine

Paradigm, a software supplier to the global oil and natural gas exploration and production industry, has appointed Eileen Howell to its executive management team as vice-president of tax. In this role, she will manage and develop tax strategies across the world, including the examination and strategic planning of Paradigm's entity structures, staffing levels and branch operations.

Howell has more than 20 years' global accounting in the energy industry. She joins Paradigm from Schlumberger, a global oil field services company, where was oil field services US tax manager. At Schlumberger, she managed all US tax matters for the company's oil field sector and held several managerial positions in its divisions and joint ventures, including worldwide tax manager of both WesternGeco (a JV between Schlumberger and Baker Hughes) and Schlumberger Network Solutions.

Howell also worked for four years in Singapore as Schlumberger's accounting manager responsible for the Pan Pacific basin.