Diane Seccombe B Com, LLB, LLM (Taxation) is an admitted attorney with a Master’s degree in taxation and has been involved in tax for well over 10 years. Currently the National Head of Taxation with the Mazars Academy, Di provides tax training to Mazars partners, staff and clients. She also consults on Income Tax matters including, Corporate, Individual and International tax as well as VAT.

Di presents tax seminars on a national basis for, amongst others, Sanlam, ABSA, and the SA Institute of Professional Accountants. To enable all attendees to access Di’s training online, Di’s seminars are separately recorded in a studio and placed onto the Mazars Upskill platform.

Di started her tax career as a full-time academic with the University of KwaZulu-Natal before moving into practice. She has presented numerous tax seminars with great success to attendees ranging from JSE Corporate advisers to smaller tax practitioners and is a popular lecturer amongst her students. Di’s primary focus in any presentation is that attendees find the material relevant and presented in an understandable and accessible manner.