Bev has served as a policy advisor to the federal and provincial governments. He was a member of the Jenkins Panel on federal support for research and development. In 2016, Bev chaired the British Columbia Commission on Tax Competitiveness. In May 2019, Bev was appointed to the MacKinnon Panel to review the Government of Alberta’s finances. His international experience includes advisory work on tax reform for the IMF in Malawi, for the Thailand Development Research Institute, and for the World Bank in Brazil and Mexico.