Office of the Secretary General

The Office of the Secretary-General provides support to the Secretary-General in the exercise of his functions and the fulfillment of his mandate, including the preparation of his daily activities, missions abroad and overall coordination of the work of the OECD Secretariat. The Office is lead by the Chief of Staff. The Secretary-General is assisted in his function by OECD Deputy Secretaries-General.

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Chief of Staff: Mr. Juan Yermo
Deputy Chief of Staff: Mr. Rafal Kierzenkowski

Responsibilities of the Secretary-General and Senior Management

Secretary-General

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Secretary-General Angel Gurría

Areas of responsibilities

General Secretariat
- Council Secretariat (CES)
- Legal Directorate (LEG)
- Internal Audit (IA)
Executive Directorate (EXD)
Public Affairs & Communications (PAC)

Attached Institutions*

International Energy Agency (IEA)
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
International Transport Forum (ITF)
Accession

* These three institutions have their own Management
Boards and funding arrangements. They depend on the
OECD's management for issues regarding
administration and operations.

Senior Management

Deputy Secretary-General Masamachi Kono

Areas of responsibilities:

Financial and Enterprise Affairs (DAF)
Environment and Sustainability (ENV)
Financial Stability Board (FSB)

Horizontal projects & initiatives:
- Infrastructure
- Green Growth

Deputy Secretary-General Ludger Schuknecht

Areas of responsibilties:

Trade and Agriculture (TAD)
Education & Skills (EDU)
Fiscal issues (CTPA)

Horizontal projects & initiatives:
- Compact with Africa
- Skills Strategy

Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen, Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD

Deputy Secretary-General Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen

Areas of responsibilities:

Centre for Entrepreneurship,
SME’s, Regions and Cities (CFE)
Science, Technology and
Innovation (STI)
Employment, Labour, Health and Migration (ELS)
Skills Center (SKU)

Horizontal projects & initiatives:
- Going Digital II

Deputy Secretary-General Jeffrey Schlagenhauf

Areas of responsibilities:

Public Governance (GOV)
Development Cluster
- Development Cooperation Directorate (DCD)
- Development Centre (DEV)
- Sahel and West Africa Club
(SWAC)

Horizontal projects & initiatives:
- Anti-corruption
- SDGs

Chief Economist Laurence Boone

Areas of responsibilities:

Economics department (ECO)
- Policy Studies
- Country Studies
G20 Finance Track

Horizontal projects & initiatives:
- Housing

Chief of Staff Juan Yermo

Areas of responsibilities:

Office of the Secretary-General
Global Relations and Global Governance

Horizontal projects & initiatives:
- New Approaches to Economic Challenges
(NAEC)
- Strategic Foresight (SF)
- Inclusive Growth (IG) (including gender)