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21/02/2007 - The Secretary-General of the OECD presented his proposals to fill the four vacancies for Deputy Secretaries-General, which were approved by the Council.  They will replace the four officials that served during the mandate of former Secretary-General Donald J. Johnston, and whose terms have expired.

The four DSGs will support Angel Gurría as Secretary-General in pursuit of his management and strategic responsibilities laid down in the OECD Convention.  They will contribute to delivering the mandates that were given to the OECD by its Council at Ministerial Level in 2006, i.e. to become the hub of a permanent dialogue for global policy; to take measures to start the process of enlargement and enhanced engagement, and to support Member countries to identify best policy practices and best methods of implementation (the political economy of reform).

The four newly-appointed Deputy Secretaries-General are:

• Thelma Askey:  a U.S. diplomat and high-level international trade and economics specialist, who is currently Director of the United States Trade and Development Agency.  She will be in charge of Global Relations.
• Aart de Geus: currently Minister of Social Affairs and Employment in the Netherlands, will be in charge of the Political Economy of Reform.
• Pier Carlo Padoan:  former Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund and former Economic Adviser to the Italian Prime Minister.  Currently Professor of Economics at the University of Rome, he will be contributing to developing the Future Strategic Vision for the OECD.
• Mari Amano:  from Japan, currently Acting Executive Director of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organisation.  He will be in charge of the Policy Coherence dossier.

In this context, the OECD Secretary-General noted that:  “The breadth of international experience and expertise of this new team will be of real benefit in our current work and in setting our agenda in the years ahead.”

For further information, journalists are invited to contact the OECD’s Media Division (tel. + 33 1 45 24 97 00).