Filiz Unsal is Deputy Director of the Policy and Research Branch in the Economics Department of the OECD, which produces analysis on a wide range of macroeconomic and structural policy issues and coordinates major flagship publications such as the Economic Outlook and Going for Growth. Earlier in her OECD career, she was the Head of the Structural Policy and Research Division, overseeing work on productivity, investment, artificial intelligence, demographics, and climate adaptation and modelling.
Prior to joining the OECD, she worked at the International Monetary Fund, where she led various key policy and research initiatives as well as country missions. A Turkish national, she holds a Ph.D. in Economics and an MSc in Economics and Finance from the University of York (UK). Her research, focusing on macroeconomics and international trade and finance, has been widely published and has informed policymaking across advanced and emerging economies.