February 17, 2022 – William Robson, CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, announces the re-appointment of Peter van Dijk as a Senior Fellow.
“Peter combines extensive practical experience in tax and sustainable finance matters with powerful enthusiasm for initiatives to improve Canada’s competitiveness and build sustainable prosperity,” said Robson. “We are delighted that he will continue to support the C.D. Howe Institute with his ideas and his energy.”
“I am delighted to be re-appointed by the C.D. Howe Institute as a Senior Fellow,” said van Dijk. “I am also honored to be associated with the C.D. Howe Institute. The C.D. Howe Institute is a world-class Canadian think tank that produces leading-edge, objective and analytically rigorous public policy work. Canadians have benefited tremendously from the institute’s work. I hope that all levels of government in Canada will take full advantage of the institute’s outstanding public policy work.”
Currently, Peter is Director, Climate Risk & TCFD, at Anthesis, a global sustainability consulting firm. Prior to joining Anthesis, he was an Executive in Residence at the Global Risk Institute in Financial Services (GRI). Before GRI, Peter was a Partner at PwC, where he was the National Tax Policy Leader. He has also served as Senior Vice President, Finance, at TD Bank Group and led the tax function of TD Bank Group; Senior Vice President, Finance, at Sun Life Financial; and International Tax Partner at EY in Toronto.
After graduating from law school in the Netherlands, Peter worked as an international tax consultant for over 15 years in the Netherlands, Luxembourg, the US and Canada for both law and accounting firms. His main technical area of expertise is international corporate tax planning, including cross border financing structures, leasing transactions, holding structures, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property structures and tax effective supply chain management.
During his time in industry, he has developed a deep expertise in building, leading, inspiring and managing corporate tax teams. He has also acquired extensive knowledge and experience in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the tax reporting and compliance functions through process improvement and automation.
Throughout his career, Peter has built strong relationships with tax policy and revenue authorities in many countries, including Canada, the US, the UK, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Singapore. In 2010, he received the HMRC’s External Engagement Award for Advancing Transparency in Tax. Additionally, Peter has developed strong relationships with the OECD through his active participation in the OECD’s BEPS initiative.
Peter has a Dutch and a Canadian Master of Laws degree (University of Leiden Law School and Osgoode Hall Law School, respectively) as well as a Canadian Master of Business Administration degree (Richard Ivey School of Business). He also holds the ICD.D and SCR designations.
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