Mr. Helm was the Head of the Estonian Tax and Customs Board. During his tenure, Estonian Tax and Customs Board has become one of the most trusted government organizations – tax (espec-ially VAT) fraud has almost been elimi-nated, revenue has increased over 30%, and OECD has ranked Estonian Tax and Customs Board to TOP 3 most efficient tax organizations.
Helm is a true opinion leader within OECD coun-tries, having introduced tangible change and improvements also in several partnering coun-tries
He is one of the most awarded Estonian gov-ernment officials, being successfully reforming and introducing change for the past 15 years.
Sessions
10/02/2019
03.40 - 04.00
DP World Hall
Estonia’s e-Residency program offers anyone in the world the opportunity to have a government-issued digital ID, which gives non-Estonians access to a whole network of Estonian services such as company formation, banking, payment processing, and taxation. E-Residency offers the freedom to easily start and manage a global business in the EU while maintaining an entirely digital presence in the country. This is one of the many technological innovations that blockchain has already enabled in Estonia, as the technology underpins all of Estonia’s digital identity services. Nortal is one example of this cross-border technological industry. Headquartered in Estonia but with data-driven business transformation projects across three continents, they are the perfect example of the potential that blockchain-based technologies offer. Join us in this session as Marek Helm, General Manager at Nortal, teaches us just how disruptive this technology can be.