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Speakers’ Profiles SESSION 1: SHAPING THE FUTURE OECD STRATEGY ON DEVELOPMENT Ian Goldin Director Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford Ian Goldin took up his position as the first Director of the School in September 2006. He was Vice President of the World Bank (2003-2006) and prior to that, the Bank's Director of Development Policy (2001-2003). He served on the Bank's senior management team, and was directly responsible for its relationship with the UK and all other European, North American and developed countries. Mr. Goldin led the Bank's collaboration with the United Nations and other partners. As Director of Development Policy, Mr. Goldin played a pivotal role in the research and strategy agenda of the Bank. From 1996 to 2001, he was Chief Executive and Managing Director of the Development Bank of Southern Africa and served as an adviser to President Nelson Mandela. He succeeded in transforming the Bank to become the leading agent of development in the 14 countries of Southern Africa. During this period. Previously, Mr. Goldin was Principal Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London, and Program Director at the OECD Development Centre in Paris, where he directed the Programs on Trade, Environment and Sustainable Development. Born in South Africa, Mr. Goldin has a BA (Hons) and a BSc from the University of Cape Town, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and a Doctorate from the University of Oxford. Jon Lomøy Director OECD Development Co-operation Directorate Jon Lomøy has been appointed Director of the Development Co-operation Directorate of the OECD in April 2010. From 1989 to 1996, he held senior positions at the Norwegian Agency for Development Co- operation (NORAD) headquarters. From 1996 to 2000, as Ambassador of Norway to Zambia, he also managed bilateral development programmes, including education and governance. Mr. Lomøy returned to NORAD from 2001 to 2004 as Director of the Southern Africa Department. In 2004, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Deputy Director General of the Department for Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, where he was responsible for the overall management of the Norwegian bilateral assistance programme. During this period, he initiated the Oil for Development Programme and, with the World Bank, a review of multi-donor trust funds in post-conflict countries. From 2007, he was Ambassador of Norway to Tanzania, managing one of Norway’s largest bilateral aid programmes. Nora Lustig Professor / Non-resident fellow Tulane University / Center for Global Development Nora Lustig is Professor at Tulane University and a nonresident fellow at the Center for Global Development and the Inter-American Dialogue. Prior to joining Tulane, she was Shapiro Visiting Professor of International Affairs at George Washington University; Director of the Poverty Group at UNDP; President and Professor of the Department of Economics of the Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, Mexico; Senior Advisor and Chief of the Poverty and Inequality Unit at the Inter-American Development Bank; Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Studies Program of the Brookings Institution; and Professor at the Center of Economic Studies, El Colegio de Mexico. Ms. Lustig’s research focuses on inequality, poverty, and social policy and development economics. Ms. Lustig was co-director of the World Development Report 2000/1, Attacking Poverty, founding member and president of LACEA (Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association), and chair of the Mexican Commission on Macroeconomics and Health. She received her doctorate in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. Mario Pezzini Director OECD Development Centre Mario Pezzini, an Italian national, joined the OECD in 1995. He was Head of the OECD Rural Development Programme (1996-1999), then Head of the Regional Competitiveness and Governance Division in the Public Governance and Territorial Directorate, promoting regional development, regional policy effectiveness and multi-level governance (1999 -2006), and Deputy Director of the Public Governance and Territorial Directorate (2007-2010). Before joining the Organisation, Mr. Pezzini was Professor in Industrial Economics at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris as well as in US and Italian Universities. On several occasions, Mr. Pezzini has been economic advisor for international organisations and think tanks (such as ILO, UNIDO, European Commission and Nomisma in Italy) in the field of economic development, industrial organisation and regional economics. Rintaro Tamaki Deputy Secretary-General OECD Rintaro Tamaki has been appointed Deputy Secretary-General as of 1st August 2011. He helps the Secretary- General manage the OECD work on environment, development, green growth, financial affairs and taxes. Prior to joining the OECD Mr. Tamaki, a Japanese national, was Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs at the Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan. During his 35-year prominent career at the Japanese Ministry of Finance. Mr. Tamaki has worked on various budget, taxation and development issues. He worked for the OECD Secretariat from 1978-1980 in the Economic Prospects Division and from 1986-1988 in the Fiscal Affairs Division of DAFFE. In 1994 he was posted to the World Bank and in 2002 as Finance Minister at the Embassy of Japan in Washington DC. He then became Deputy Director-General (2005), Director-General (2007) and Vice Minister, International Affairs (2009) at the Ministry of Finance. SESSION 2: DOMESTIC RESOURCE MOBILISATION: FROM TAXES TO SPENDING Odd-Helge Fjeldstad Senior Researcher Chr. Michelsen Institute Odd-Helge Fjeldstad is an economist with more than 20 years of experience from research and policy analysis in Eastern and Southern Africa and the Middle East. Thematically his work focuses on public sector reforms, mainly related to taxation and revenue administration, including tax evasion, fiscal corruption, capital flight, intergovernmental fiscal relations, and local government tax reform. Mr. Fjeldstad is Professor of Development Ethics and Corruption at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, and Research Director of the International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD). He has been advisor for African Governments on public financial management, and has worked as consultant for bilateral and multilateral development organisations, including DFID, Norad, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, OECD, IFC and the World Bank. During 2008-2009 he served as member of the Norwegian ‘Government Expert Commission on Capital Flight from Poor Countries’. Mr. Fjeldstad is a member of the OECD-DAC “Task Team on Taxation and Governance”. Ben Kagarama Commissioner General Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) Ben Kagarama is the Commissioner General of the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA), a position he has held since February 2011. Ben is a long-term tax official. Before his appointment as the Commissioner General, he was the Deputy Commissioner for Large Taxpayers Office, a post he held since August 2006. Between 2003 and 2006, he served as the Director of Finance. He was also the Head of Customs Field Operations from 2001 to 2002, and before that he was the Chief Internal Auditor. His tax and accounting career dates way back in 1989 when he was an accountant in Lesotho at the Sun International Hotel. From 1994 to 1996, he worked as a tax auditor and advisor in Lesotho with Moleko & Associates Chartered Accounts. From 1997 to 2000, he worked as an Administrative Manager and Chief Accountant with the Rwanda Ministry of Education (World Bank project). Pascal Saint-Amans Director OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration A French national, Pascal Saint-Amans joins the CTPA from the "Direction Générale des Impôts" (DGI) of the Ministry of Finance in Paris where he has been responsible for a wide range of tax issues. He graduated from the National School of Administration (ENA) in 1996 and has held various positions within the DGI: he was in charge of following the EU work on direct taxes, responsible for legislation on wealth tax and mergers and spin offs. He was also in charge of tax treaty negotiations and mutual agreement procedures. In this capacity, he participated as the delegate for France in Working Party No. 1 (tax treaties) of the Committee on Fiscal Affairs before being elected Chair of that group in 2005. He was also a member of the UN Group of experts on international tax co-operation, and a “rapporteur” in 2006. His latest position was Deputy Director in charge of litigation at the DGI. He thus brings a wealth of international tax experience to his new position. Vito Tanzi Former Director IMF Fiscal Affairs Department Vito Tanzi was a senior associate in the Economic Reform Project. Mr. Tanzi has had a distinguished career at the International Monetary Fund, where he has served for almost three decades. Mr. Tanzi has served as director of the fiscal affairs department at the IMF since 1981. He started at the IMF in 1974 as chief of the tax policy division. From 1990 to 1994, he also served as president of the International Institute of Public Finance. Before joining the IMF, Mr. Tanzi was professor and chairman of the department of economics at American University. Mr. Tanzi received his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. He is known for his research on Latin American economies and the so-called Tanzi effect, whereby real tax proceeds are eroded during periods of high inflation. His most recent publications include Public Spending in the 20th Century: A Global Perspective; Policies, Institutions, and the Dark Side of Economics; and Taxation in an Integrating World. Attiya Waris Assistant Lecturer / Vice-Chair University of Nairobi / Tax Justice Network Attiya Waris is an Assistant Lecturer, Department of Commercial Law, School of Law of the University of Nairobi in Kenya. She holds two Master of Laws one in Human rights and Democratisation in Africa from the University of Pretoria in South Africa and another in Business and Commercial Law from the University of London.