Dr Rodrigo Ormeño- Pérez

Dr Rodrigo Ormeño- Pérez

The Department of Accounting
Assistant Professor in Taxation and Accounting (Part-time 20%)

Contact details

Address
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Rodrigo Ormeño-Pérez is Assistant Professor in Taxation (Part-time) at Birmingham Business School, and Associate Professor in Taxation at Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland. His research interests include tax policy, tax administration, and social theory applied to taxation.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Accountancy
    Exeter Business School, University of Exeter, UK
    2011–2014 (awarded 2015)

  • Master’s in Taxation
    Faculty of Economics and Business, Universidad de Chile, Chile
    Awarded 2010 (highest distinction)

  • Bachelor’s in Information Systems and Management Control
    Faculty of Economics and Business, Universidad de Chile, Chile
    1999–2003 (awarded with honours and distinction)

Professional Qualifications

  • Accountant
    University of Chile
    Awarded 2005 (distinction)

  • Engineer in Information Systems and Management Control
    University of Chile
    Awarded 2005 (distinction)

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
    University of Birmingham, UK
    2014–2016 (awarded 2016)

Biography

Rodrigo is an academic with significant international experience, having taught in Ireland, the UK, Singapore, Dubai, and his native Chile. His teaching spans subjects such as domestic taxation, principles of international taxation, tax policy and politics, and research methods for business, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

He has extensive experience in research supervision across all levels, including the co-supervision of two PhD students in taxation alongside Professor Penelope Tuck.

Rodrigo has previously held full-time academic positions at the University of Chile and the University of Birmingham. Before entering academia, he worked in the tax department at PwC, in the Risk division at Deloitte, and in the corporate sector as head of the accounting department.

Teaching

Module lead for 33934 LI Taxation: Principles and Planning (Singapore)

Postgraduate supervision

Past co-supervision with Prof Penelope Tuck:

  • Mayya Konovalova (2019). “The impact of global regulations and international relations on the regulatory environment of a tax haven: A case study of Seychelles”. 
  • Marie Calderoni (2022). “Knowledge, ethics and identity in tax practice: The UK experience of tax professionals”.

Research

Rodrigo´s research interests include:

  • Tax politics and policy; tax law-making; tax administration and taxpayers’ rights
  • Tax compliance
  • International taxation
  • Social theory applied to taxation