Dan Priestley
Global Head of Tax, Careem Technologies
The move
MoveUber → Careem
TitleTax lead - Careem (Rides) and Uber (MENA / TR / MT) → Director - Global Tax
LocationAmsterdam → Dubai
Career arcRecent arrival
Cross-border moveYes · Netherlands → United Arab Emirates
Years in UAE2.1
Total experience17.8 years
Careem headcount1,001-5,000 employees
Careem industrySoftware Development
Careem HQDubai
Careem founded2012
Careem typePrivately Held
Career arc
- Director - Global TaxApr 2024 — Present
Careem· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time - Tax lead - Careem (Rides) and Uber (MENA / TR / MT)Sep 2023 — Apr 2024
Uber· Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands· Full-time - Tax Lead: Uber - MENA / Southern Europe, Careem - oversight all marketsJan 2023 — Sep 2023Uber· Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands· Full-time
- Tax Lead: Manager - Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan, Careem oversight, Nordics lead (interim)Aug 2022 — Jan 2023Uber· Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands· Full-time
- Tax Lead: Manager - Uber - Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan; Careem - oversightFeb 2021 — Sep 2022Uber· Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
- Tax Lead - Middle East, North Africa & PakistanDec 2018 — Feb 2021Uber· Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
- Senior Direct Tax AdvisorDec 2017 — Dec 2018
Gazprom Marketing & Trading· London, United Kingdom
- Direct Tax AdvisorOct 2014 — Dec 2017
- Tax Assistant Vice PresidentSep 2011 — Mar 2012
Barclays· New York, New York, United States - Tax Assistant Vice PresidentJan 2011 — Oct 2014Barclays· Canary Wharf, London
- Tax AnalystSep 2008 — Jan 2011Barclays· London, England, United Kingdom
- Tax InternJul 2006 — Aug 2006
KPMG· Liverpool
Education
- ICAEWACA Chartered Accountant2008 — 2011
- University of NottinghamBachelor's Degree · Management Science2004 — 2007
Top skills
Corporate TaxProject ManagementAuditingBankingFinanceInternational Tax