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Colin Forbes

Partner, Tax & Legal | Global Employer Services Leader

As leader of Deloitte Ireland’s Global Employer Services (GES) team, Colin oversees the provision of various services to multinational and domestic employers across all industries. Colin is also the Employment Taxes leader for Deloitte North South Europe (NSE).

Colin has over 25 years’ experience and deep industry knowledge from advising clients in the life sciences, financial services and technology, media and telecoms (TMT) sectors on areas ranging from mobility taxes, employment taxes, equity remuneration, executive compensation, outsourced payroll and corporate immigration. Colin has led our GES team since 2022 and our Employment taxes team across our North & South Europe firm since 2024.

In his Employment Tax leader role for Deloitte NSE, Colin leads a multi-geography team providing cutting edge solutions to complex employment tax matters for clients across the region.

Colin was shortlisted for the International Tax Review EMEA Tax Awards 2024 in one of the Individual Award categories.