Dunstan Magro is the Managing Partner of the Audit, Assurance and Advisory service lines at WDM International.
After having worked for a Big Four audit firm, Dunstan joined his father Winston Magro, a respected tax practitioner, to form what is known today as WDM International.
Dunstan graduated as an accountant in 1997 from the University of Malta after carrying out research and writing a dissertation entitled “The Financial Implications of Joint Ventures and Mergers within the Perspective of the Competition Act”. He furthered his studies in 2010, reading for a Master degree in Business Ethics with the University of Malta and carrying out research in the field of ethics in taxation. Dunstan is a holder of a practicing certificate in Audit.
Dunstan provides both local and international clients with advice and consultancy in relation to audit, tax and advisory matters. To this end, in his over 15 years of experience, Dunstan has advised a multitude of clients in relocating their business interests to Malta, via the setting up of corporate vehicles to carry out trading, financing, holding and other activities. He has been involved in local and international tax planning, business advisory, financing, mergers and acquisitions, company formations and business structure development. He also advises clients in relation to corporate governance issues and holds the position of director in various Maltese companies.
Dunstan is heavily involved in the financial services industry. He is the Honorary Treasurer and a council member of the Malta Institute of Management, a Member of The Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism sub-committee of the Institute of Financial Services Practitioners, and a Committee Member of the Small & Medium Sized Practices of the Malta Institute of Accountants.
Dunstan has delivered numerous lectures and presentations, both in Malta and overseas. He has lectured accounting at the Malta International Training Centre, business ethics at the Malta Institute of Accountants and has delivered various presentations on diverse aspects of Prevention of Money Laundering. He has recently been invited to deliver a presentation on tax related matters at Ascoli Piceno, Italy for the Istituto Diplomatico Internazionle per L’Internazionalizazzione delle Aziende.
Main Practice Areas:
• Audit
• Business Advisory
• Risk Management
Other areas:
• Corporate law
• Taxation
• Prevention of Money Laundering
• Business Ethics