Partner, Tax & Advisory Services, Grant Thornton East Caribbean
Neil Coates is a Partner with Grant Thornton East Caribbean with more than 30 years of professional experience, primarily providing tax, advisory, and insolvency services.
He has regional responsibility for our tax services to clients in Barbados and the East Caribbean. This includes, but is not limited to, the filing of tax returns, review, and analysis of tax assessments from the tax authorities, preparation of tax responses, tax planning, tax defense and advocacy, and tax advisory services. He has extensive knowledge and understanding of the tax laws, regimes, and precedents in Barbados and the East Caribbean. He is responsible for servicing clients and leading our team of tax professionals delivering these services.
Neil is also an experienced advisory services practitioner, with his focus and expertise being financial due diligence and insolvency services. He has been involved in many due diligence assignments across the hospitality and service industries, along with other sectors. Over the last 25 years, he has also managed several insolvency engagements across the East Caribbean. His insolvency expertise extends across various entities and industries, including both international business/offshore, local financial institutions and other businesses.
- B.Comm (Distinction) – McGill University, Quebec, Canada
- Certified Professional Accountant, (CPA, CGA) Canada
- Certified Public Accountant, USA
- Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Eastern Caribbean
