Paolo Valerio Barbantini

Head of Tax at FINCANTIERI GROUP

Paolo Valerio Barbantini is Head of Tax of Fincantieri Group, a leading Italian multinational in shipbuilding as from March 2024. From 2018 until February 2024 he has served the Italian Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle entrate) as Deputy Director General. From 2015 until January 2018, Mr. Barbantini has been working for the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration as coordinator of BEPS and Developing Countries and then as responsible for their engagement and launch of the Inclusive Framework on BEPS.

Before joining the OECD, he served the Italian Revenue Agency as Director of the Large Business Division (2009-2014) and as Director of the Italian APA program (2004-2009). He had been appointed as delegate at various OECD working parties (WP6, Vice-Chair of the ATP Steering Group and at WP11 for BEPS Action 2-3-4) and involved in several IFC-World Bank Group technical assistance programs delivered to developing countries on transfer pricing, aggressive tax planning and capacity building (e.g. Georgia, Thailand, Myanmar, etc.).

He is member of the faculty of the University of Lausanne (Tax Policy center and Master on Advanced Studies on International Taxation) and lecturer at the ITC at the University of Leiden (NL). He has also been involved in several IFA initiatives including being member of the IFA Permanent Scientific Committee and currently member of the IFA Supervisory Board. Before joining the Italian Revenue and the OECD, he worked in the private practice. He received his degree in Economics at the Rome University and a post-graduate degree in International Taxation.