Mrs. Martine DURAND

Martine Durand was appointed Deputy-Director of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs in 2002. In her present capacity, Martine Durand oversees the OECD work on employment and training policies, social policies, health and international migration.

Martine Durand joined the OECD in 1983 as an economist in the Economics Department. She developed the OECD indicators of international competitiveness and was responsible for oil and commodity markets and the modeling of employment, wages and inflation in OECD countries. She later worked on the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand Desks and contributed to the OECD Economic Surveys of these countries.

In 1991, she was appointed senior economist, heading the team responsible for monitoring and projecting trade and current account balances of OECD countries, as well as ensuring world consistency of OECD projections published twice yearly in the OECD Economic Outlook. In 1992, she also assumed the G-10 Secretariat responsibilities, in collaboration with representatives from the IMF and the BIS.

Between 1994 and 1997 she was responsible for preparing general assessments of the economic situation and policy orientations in OECD Member countries for publication in the OECD Economic Outlook.

In 1997, Martine Durand was appointed Counselor to the OECD Chief Economist, advising him on a wide range of policy issues and being responsible for the overall organisation of meetings of the OECD Working Party No. 3 and Economic Policy Committee.

In early 2001, Martine Durand took up the position of Deputy-Head of the OECD Secretary-General’s Private Office where she worked on a number of national and international policy issues requesting the attention of the Secretary-General and his Deputies.

Prior to joining the OECD, Martine Durand worked in a French research and consultancy institute, specialising in forecasting trends in sectoral activities and providing consultancy services to business and industry.

During her career at the OECD, Martine Durand has co-authored numerous articles and publications in the area of international competitiveness, foreign trade and investment, exchange rates, public finances, saving and investment and analysis and assessments of economic policies in OECD Member countries. She is one of the principal authors of the OECD Growth Study. She was a member of the Editorial Board of OECD Economic Studies. Martine Durand is a member of the Board of the French Centre for Employment Studies.

Martine Durand graduated in mathematics, statistics and economics from the Paris VI University, the Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Economique (ENSAE) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  She is married with three children.