Professor Louka T. Katseli

Louka T. Katseli is the former Director of the OECD Development Centre in Paris (July 2003 - July 2007). Previously Professor of Economics at the University of Athens, she is the recipient of two Masters Degrees – M.A in Public Policy (1974) and M.A. in Economic Science (1975) – and of a PhD in Economics (1978) from Princeton University. As Assistant and Associate Professor of Economics at Yale University USA (1977-1985), she received, in 1980, the best-new-professor award and a two-year fellowship from the German Marshall Fund (1984).

She has published over 50 articles in international academic journals in the areas of development finance, international migration, foreign direct investment and exchange rate policy in emerging economies.

Prof. Katseli has also served as Director General of the Center of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE) in Athens (1982-86), Special Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister of Greece (1993-1996), and Advisor to the Greek Minister of Education (1996-1998). She has been a Member of the European Commission’s Economic and Monetary Policy Committees, the “Comité des Sages” on the reform of the European Social Charter (1995-1997), and the Committee of Development Policy (CDP) of the United Nations.