Eric Zolt is the Michael H. Schill Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA. He also serves as a consultant to the Treasury Department, US AID, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, and has provided tax policy advice in over 30 countries. In 2002, he co-founded and served as the first Chair of the Executive Committee of the African Tax Institute, a training and research facility for tax policy and tax administration located at the University of Pretoria. In 2016, Eric was appointed to the Eminent Expert Group on Tax Policies and Public Expenditure Management for Sustainable Development, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.