Megha Khandelwal

Regional Tax Director at International Flavours & Fragrances

Speaker

Megha Khandelwal is Regional Tax Director at International Flavours & Fragrances, responsible for overseeing tax strategy, compliance, and controversy management across multiple jurisdictions in the Asia-Pacific region. With deep expertise in transfer pricing and tax audits, Megha focuses on aligning global tax policies with increasingly complex local requirements, particularly in an environment shaped by real-time reporting, data transparency, and heightened regulatory scrutiny.

She brings a strong track record of managing high-stakes tax disputes and building proactive audit defence strategies, managing jurisdictional complexity, and ensuring alignment between tax, customs, and operational realities in multinational businesses.

A regular contributor to industry discussions, Megha offers a practical, in-house perspective on what works in practice—from cooperative compliance approaches to managing tax authority expectations around commercial realities versus standardized margins. Her insights are grounded in operational experience and tailored to the unique challenges of the APAC tax landscape.