Background
Fabian Michael Tassano was born on 18 May 1963 in Munich to German parents. He changed his original family name of Wadel to Tassano on the marriage of his mother to a Major in the British Army, Michael Tassano, in 1967.
Fabian Michael Tassano was born on 18 May 1963 in Munich to German parents. He changed his original family name of Wadel to Tassano on the marriage of his mother to a Major in the British Army, Michael Tassano, in 1967.
Tassano was educated at a variety of schools in Dorset. He studied Natural Sciences at Churchill College, Cambridge, specialising in Physics and Philosophy of Science. He graduated with a First in 1984, winning the Bronowski Prize.
He has lived in the United Kingdom as a British citizen since 1973. In 1991 he qualified as a Chartered Accountant, having trained first at Grant Thornton and subsequently at Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler Peat Marwick. He came tenth nationally in the Institute of Chartered Accountants" qualifying examination
He subsequently took a Master"s degree in economics at New College, Oxford, and carried out research on the economics of vertical mergers for which he was awarded a doctorate by Oxford University in 1996.
From 1994 to 2000 he held College Lecturerships at Oxford in Economics, successively at Jesus College, Balliol College, Saint Peter"s College and Pembroke College. From 2000 to 2002 he was a senior economist at PricewaterhouseCoopers in London, working on transfer pricing policy.
He is currently a Research Director at Oxford Forum.
He is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation.
