Aruna Kalyanam

Aruna is the EY Global and Americas Tax Policy Leader. She works closely with Washington Council Ernst & Young, QUEST and the US National Tax Department on US legislative and tax policy developments.

Based in Washington DC, she has decades of experience serving in government as a tax policy professional for the executive and legislative branches. More recently, as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax and Budget in the US Treasury Department, Aruna was instrumental in passing several pieces of major tax legislation and driving billions of dollars in economic growth and investment. She previously spent two decades on the House Ways and Means Committee and worked on every major piece of tax legislation since 2001.

Aruna earned a JD from the Washington College of Law at American University, and a BA from Washington University in St. Louis.

How Aruna is building a better working world

“Tax laws are increasingly viewed by policymakers as more than just a proxy for companies’ revenue obligations – they are evolving across the globe every day and in every way. That means the role of tax policy plays an increasingly important factor in business decision-making at the highest levels. I look forward to helping companies seize opportunities and avoid potholes that are present in the ever-changing global tax landscape.”