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The '''Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners''' is the professional body for the trust and estate profession, which "blatantly promotes tax haven activity" according to some.<ref>[http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2008/10/14/the-abuse-of-charity Richard Murphy of Tax Research UK], accessed Feb 2009</ref> 

Founded in 1991, it is headquartered in London but has a local branch network which spans 33 countries, including many offshore centres: [[Cayman Islands]], [[British Virgin Islands]], the [[Turks and Caicos Islands]], [[Bermuda]], [[Isle of Man]] and [[Jersey]].

As of the end of 2010 STEP had nearly 16,000 members in 66 countries. <ref> STEP, Annual Review 2010, accessed Sept 2011 </ref>

==People==

* [[Michael Young]], STEP Chairman
* [[Nick Jacob]], Deputy Chairman
* [[Gavin St Pier]], Deputy Chairman
* [[Larry Frostiak]], Treasurer 

* [[David Harvey]], Chief Executive
* [[Keith Johnston]] Director of Policy and Communications
* [[George Hodgson]], Head of Policy,
* [[Daniela Osborne]], PR and Communications Executive,

Former staff:
*[[Jacob Rigg]], Head of Philanthropy at STEP Worldwide (circa 2009) <ref> Dr Thomas A Wach, [http://www.stepjournal.org/default.aspx?page=1274 A better way of doing good], Step Journal, April 2009, acc 28 Sept 2011 </ref> Head of Policy (circa 2008), former press and parliamentary officer (2008), 'lobbyist' <ref> [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/jacob-rigg/9/a4/75b Jacob Rigg], Linkedin] acc 28 September 2011 </ref>

==Lobbyists==
*[[Cicero Consulting]] provided only UK public affairs monitoring services in the 1 Sep-30 Nov 2010 quarter. <ref> APPC Register Entry, 1 Sep - 30 Nov 2010 </ref>

==Contacts==
Artillery House (South)
11 - 19 Artillery Row
London
SW1P 1RT

http://www.step.org

==References==
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