Paul Gavin Johnson CBE (born 5 January 1967) is a British economist, currently serving as director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
[1][2] Johnson's first job was at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, where he remained from 1988 to 1998, in the last two years serving as a deputy director.
That year he went to HM Treasury as Director of Public Services and Chief Micro-Economist, continuing in post until 2007.
He has carried out reviews of automatic enrolment for the government, inflation measurement for the UK Statistics Authority and of tax devolution for the Northern Ireland Executive.
[4] In the 2018 Queen's birthday honours list, Johnson was appointed a CBE for services to the social sciences and economics.