Arbind Modi is a globally recognized tax policy expert with over 40 years of cross-country experience in tax reform, revenue strategy, and institutional development. He has served as a short-term expert for the IMF and World Bank, advising several countries across Asia and Africa on comprehensive tax policy and administration reforms. In India, he held senior leadership roles in the Income Tax Department, including Member (Legislation) of the Central Board of Direct Taxes, Convener of the Task Force to rewrite the Income Tax Act, and Chairman of the Task Force on Goods and Services Tax set-up by the Thirteenth Finance Commission. He played a pivotal role in designing the Direct Taxes Code and India’s Goods and Services Tax (GST). At the IMF, he led multiple missions on tax diagnostics, microsimulation modeling, and revenue forecasting. He also established the Tax Policy Research Unit in India and served as Regional Tax Adviser at International Finance Corporation. A postgraduate in Economics from Delhi University, Harvard-trained MPA and international tax expert, Mr. Modi blends his technical depth, legislative experience, institutional leadership, international advisory roles, and practical reform experience to advise several developing and middle-income economies on reforming their tax systems.