Kayla (Laidlaw) Brookes

Kayla is a Tax Advisory Director based in the British Virgin Islands, focused on assisting clients across the Caribbean region with meeting their global and local regulatory and information reporting obligations. Kayla has extensive experience bringing Deloitte’s wide range of FATCA, Common Reporting Standard (CRS), Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR), and Economic Substance (ES) offerings to entities in the BVI, Cayman islands, and Bermuda.

She has also assisted with the implementation of regulatory reporting portals and the related administration and oversight processes for various tax authorities in the region. Kayla has been with Deloitte for over 11 years, including over 5 years within Deloitte Canada’s Strategy and Operations Consulting practice, where she focused mainly on business transformation within the financial services and financial regulation sectors. She is also a member of the Board of Directors at BVI Finance, an organization established to promote the BVI’s products and services and manage the BVI’s excellent reputation as a premier offshore financial centre.