Dillon Alleyne is the Deputy Director of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) sub regional Headquarters for the Caribbean based in Port of Spain. 

He is  a graduate of the University of the West Indies, Mona  and a former staff member of the Department of Economics, where he was elevated to  Professor of Applied Economics.  

He is has conducted research and published in the areas of public finance, taxation, the impact of remittances, labour markets and questions related to  poverty.

Since joining ECLAC 14 years ago, he has spearheaded projects aimed at improvement fiscal management of Caribbean member states through expenditure reviews (PERs).

He has been involved in promoting ECLAC’s debt for climate adaptation swaps initiative to address the debt overhang of the Caribbean member states.

Dillon Alleyne is also an amateur artist and his works can be seen at dillonalleyne.wordpress.com