The OECD in your words
Our anniversary presents an opportunity to reflect on how the world has evolved, and dwell on some of the lessons and achievements we’ve shared together. We can look ahead to the trends shaping the future, and define our role in the years to come.
Hear from leaders and key stakeholders who lend their voice to this reflection.
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister, Canada
Robert C. O’Brien
National Security Advisor, United States of America
Boris Johnson
Prime Minister, United Kingdom
Mette Frederiksen
Prime Minister, Denmark
Erna Solberg
Prime Minister, Norway
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
President, Turkey
António Costa
Prime Minister, Portugal
Micheál Martin
Taoiseach, Ireland
Alexander de Croo
Prime Minister, Belgium
Angela Merkel
Chancellor, Federal Republic, Germany
Stefan Löfven
Prime Minister, Sweden
Simonetta Sommaruga
President, Swiss Confederation
Sebastian Kurz
Federal Chancellor, Austria
Mark Rutte
Prime Minister, The Netherlands
Xavier Bettel
Prime Minister, Luxembourg
Giuseppe Conte
President of the Council of Ministers, Italy
Yoshihide Suga
Prime Minister, Japan
Sanna Marin
Prime Minister, Finland
Scott Morrison MP
Prime Minister, Australia
Arturo Herrera
Minister of Finance, Mexico
Mihály Varga
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Hungary
Andrej Babiš
Prime Minister, Czech Republic
Mateusz Morawiecki,
Prime Minister, Poland
Moon Jae-in
President, Republic of Korea
Igor Matovič
Prime Minister, Slovak Republic
Sebastián Piñera
President, Chile
Janez Janša
Prime Minister, Slovenia
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister, Israel
Jüri Ratas
Prime Minister, Estonia
David Sassoli
President, European Parliament
Sergio Mattarella
President, Italy
Jair Bolsonaro
President, Brazil
Li Keqiang
Premier of the State Council, People's Republic of China
Andrej Plenković
Prime Minister, Croatia
Abdel Fattah al-Sissi
President, Egypt
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
President, Kazakhstan
Pravind Kumar
Prime Minister, Mauritius
Saad Dine El Otmani
Prime Minister, Morocco
Francisco Sagasti
President, Peru
Paul Kagame
President, Rwanda
Prayut Chan-o-cha
Prime Minister, Thailand
Victoire Tomegah Dogbé
Prime Minister, Togo
Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
Prime Minister, Vietnam
Federico González
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador, Paraguay
Dato Lim Jock Hoi
Secretary-General, ASEAN
Masatsugu Asakawa
President, Asian Development Bank
Marija Pejčinović Burić
Secretary General, Council of Europe
Alicia Bárcena
Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Odile Renaud-Basso
President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Christine Lagarde
President, European Central Bank
Werner Hoyer
President, European Investment Bank
Rebeca Grynspan
Secretary-General, Ibero-American General Secretariat
Guy Ryder
Director-General, International Labour Organization
Kristalina Georgieva
Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
Houlin Zhao
Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union
Jürgen Stock
Secretary-General, Interpol
Mircea Geoană
Deputy Secretary-General, NATO
Luis Almagro
Secretary-General, Organisation of American States
Angel Gurria
Former Secretary-General, OECD
António Guterres, Secretary-General, UN
Achim Steiner
Administrator, UNDP
Inger Andersen
Executive Director, UNEP
Audrey Azoulay
Director-General, UNESCO
Anita Bhatia
Deputy Executive Director, UN Women
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
UN Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development
Nasser Kamel
Secretary-General, Union for the Mediterranean
Mari Pangestu
Managing Director of Development Policy and Partnerships, World Bank
Klaus Schwab
Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
Ban Ki-moon
Former Secretary-General, United Nations
Nancy Birdsall
Senior Fellow, President Emeritus, Center for Global Development
Ana Botín
Group Executive Chairman, Banco Santander
Richard Boucher
Former Deputy Secretary-General, OECD
Laura Chinchilla
Former President, Costa Rica
Chiara Corazza
Managing Director, Women’s Forum
Eduardo Ferro
President of the National Assembly, Portugal
Julio Frenk
President, University of Miami, United States
Peter Georgescu
Chairman Emeritus, Young & Rubicam
Julie Gerberding
Executive Vice President and Chief Patient Officer; Strategic Communications, Global Public Policy, and Population Health, Merck
Aart de Geus
Chairman of the board, Goldschmeding Foundation
Alex Gorsky
Chairman, Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, Johnson & Johnson
Mary Goudie
Founder, 30% Club; Member, House of Lords, United Kingdom
Dalia Grybauskaitė
Former President, Republic of Lithuania
David Howie
CEO, World Skills International
Christy Hoffman
General Secretary, UNI Global Union
Mo Ibrahim
Founder and Chair, Mo Ibrahim Foundation
Tadahiko Ito
Member of Parliament, Deputy Secretary General, LDP, Japan
Jo Ann Jenkins
Chief Executive Officer, AARP
Eva Kaili
Member, European Parliament
Silvana Koch-Mehrin
President & Founder, Women Political Leaders
Yuriko Koike
Governor of Tokyo, Japan; OECD Champion Mayor for Inclusive Growth
Rihards Kols
Member, Latvian Parliament
Huguette Labelle
Former Chair, Transparency International
Alain Lamassoure
Former Member of Parliament, France
Pascal Lamy
Former Director-General, WTO
Yves Leterme
Former Deputy Secretary-General, OECD
Branko Milanovic
Author, Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization
Toshihiro Nikai
Secretary-General of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party and President, “Friends of the OECD in Japan"
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Former Minister of Finance, Nigeria
Phil O'Reilly
Chair, Business at OECD
Jonathan Prendas Rodríguez
Member of Parliament and President of the OECD Special Commission, Costa Rica
Romano Prodi
Former President of the European Commission; former Prime Minister, Italy
Gabriela Ramos
Assistant Director-General, UNESCO
Rémy Rioux
CEO, Agence Française de Développement, France
Lynn Forester de Rothschild
Founder and Managing Partner, Inclusive Capital Partners
Kailash Satyarthi
Activist and 2014 Nobel Peace Prize
Susan Segal
President and CEO, Americas Society/Council of the Americas
Nick Stern
Chairman, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, United Kingdom
Richard Trumka
President, TUAC
Richard Wilkinson
Social Epidemiologist; Professor Emeritus, Social Epidemiology, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Ernesto Zedillo
Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, United States; Former President, Mexico