Antonio Gomes is Deputy Director of the OECD Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs (DAF), the Directorate responsible for the areas of Competition, Investment, Financial Markets, Insurance and Pensions, Financial Consumer Protection, Education and Inclusion, Anti-Corruption, Corporate Governance and Corporate Finance, and Responsible Business Conduct. He supports the Director in the strategic management of the Directorate, ensuring the delivery of leading and timely research and analysis, the preparation and implementation of standards, the delivery of capacity building and technical assistance and the effective engagement with stakeholders and partners both inside and outside the Organisation.
He represents the OECD at the Financial Stability Board Analytical Group on Vulnerabilities (FSB AGV). He is also the Directorate’s Accession Coordinator, co-ordinating the accession review process of OECD accession candidate countries for the five technical Committees in the Directorate’s sphere.
He previously served as Acting Deputy Director of the OECD Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs (2018- 20), Head of the OECD Competition Division (2016-18), and President of the Portuguese Competition Authority (2013-16). He worked at the OECD in 2013 as Senior Competition Expert and served as Director of the Merger Department of the Portuguese Competition Authority (2007-13).
Since 2005, he has been an Assistant Professor at the Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal.
A Portuguese national, Mr. Gomes holds a Doctorate Degree in Economics from the University of York, United Kingdom, and Master Degrees in Economics from the University of York and the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.