Thomas Dalby LLB, CTA was formerly head of share schemes at Gabelle, the specialist tax advisory firm, covering most aspects of employee reward. He is now Head of Employer Solutions at Haines Watts in London.

Thomas trained at the Bar before being seduced by the glamour and excitement of tax, joining Deloitte in 1996 and moving into the firm's employee reward practice in 2000. He has advised on and implemented all of the statutory share schemes, assisting clients with the design of awards, their grant, reporting obligations through to the exercise of share awards and their implications in the context of a transaction.