Professional Affiliation

Head of Global Relations and Development Division, OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration

Expert Bio

Ben Dickinson is Head of the Global Relations and Development Division in the OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration. In this role, he is responsible for ensuring developing countries have a voice in OECD tax standard setting and receive the right support to undertake implementation of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting package. He joined the OECD in 2005 as Head of the Governance and Fragile States Unit in the Development Corporate Directorate, responsible for the Development Assistance Committee’s work on economic governance, conflict, and security matters. He then established the OECD’s horizontal work on taxation and development and illicit financial flows. Prior to joining the OECD, Dickinson worked for the U.K. government as a governance specialist in Kenya, Pakistan, Indonesia, Russia, and Ukraine. He earned his master’s degree in Development Studies from the University of Manchester.