Ben Dickinson is Deputy Director of the OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTP), where he plays a key role in all OECD tax work, in particular on advancing inclusive and effective international tax co-operation. He has led efforts to support developing countries’ active engagement in the OECD’s international tax standard-setting work, helping to strengthen tax systems, combat illicit financial flows, and promote investment and growth. He is the architect of initiatives such as OECD/UNDP Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) and the Platform for Collaboration on Tax, a global effort with the International Monetary Fund, United Nations, and World Bank Group to strengthen collaboration on domestic resource mobilisation.
Mr. Dickinson joined the OECD in 2005 as Head of the Governance, Conflict and Fragile States Unit in the Development Co-operation Directorate (DCD), responsible for the Development Assistance Committee’s work on economic governance, conflict, and security matters (2005-2010). He then established the OECD’s horizontal work on taxation and development and illicit financial flows, serving as Tax and Development Manager (2010-2015) before becoming Head of the Global Relations and Development Division in CTP (2015-2024). He was appointed Deputy Director in March 2025, having served as Acting Deputy Director since 1 July 2024.
Before joining the OECD, Mr. Dickinson held various positions at the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID): Senior Governance Adviser in London, Moscow and Kiev (2002-2005); Governance Adviser in Jakarta (1999-2002); Director of the Development and Training Services in Islamabad (1998-1999) and Governance Project Manager in Nairobi (1994-1998).
A British national, Ben holds a Master’s degree in economics from the University of Manchester and a Bachelor’s degree in administration from the University of Brighton, UK.
Last updated: March 2025