Our Team - Public Management and Budgeting Division (PMB)
Jón R. BLONDAL
Head of Division and Editor-in-Chief of the OECD Journal on Budgeting
From Reykjavík. Icelandic national
Previously with the Icelandic Ministry of Finance and Office of the Prime Minister
Recipient of the Award for Lifetime Professional Achievement from the American Society for Public Administration and the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management
Graduate of The George Washington University, Washington DC
Andrew BLAZEY
Deputy Head of Division and Lead, Green Budgeting
From Wellington. New Zealand national
Previously Budget Director of New Zealand
Led the development of New Zealand’s Well-Being Budget
MBA from Chinese University of Hong Kong
Seok AHN
Senior Policy Analyst (On secondment)
From Sejong. Korean national
Previously with Korean Ministry of Personnel Management
BA from Jeonbuk National University (Korea); MA from University of Birmingham (UK)
Alana BAKER
Policy Analyst, Public Employment and Management
From Calgary, Alberta. Canadian national
Before joining the OECD with various policy and economics research centres. Previously, journalist at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
MPP from University of Cambridge; MRes from University College London (UCL); MBA from Porto Business School
Indre BAMBALAITE
Junior Policy Analyst, Spending Review and Machinery of Government
From Klaipeda. Lithuanian national
Previously with the OECD's Economics Department
MA from Sciences Po Paris; BSc from ISM University of Management and Economics in Vilnius, Lithuania
Yosra BEDAIR
Resident Advisor - Cairo
From Cairo. Egyptian national
Previously with World Bank and Egyptian Ministry of Finance
M.Phil. from University of Cambridge; B.A. from American University in Cairo (AUC)
Titouan CHASSAGNE
Junior Policy Analyst, Policy Evaluation and Spending Review
From Aix-en-Provence. French national
Previously with the United Nations and UNDP
MSc (Research) from the London School of Economics (LSE); MA from Sciences Po Paris; BA from McGill University.
Sean DOUGHERTY
Lead, Fiscal Relations Across Levels of Government
From Houston. American national
Previously with OECD’s Economics Department
PhD from the Paris School of Economics, MA from the University of Pennsylvania, BS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Brian FINN
Lead, Expenditure Frameworks
From Dublin. Irish national
Previously with the SIGMA Programme. Prior to joining the OECD with the Irish Department of Finance.
Graduate of Institute of Public Administration, Dublin
Meral GEDIK
Publication Officer
Managing Editor of the OECD Journal on Budgeting
From Antalya, Türkiye. Turkish and French national
Joined the OECD in 2010. Since 2020, working as an external consultant
Daniel GERSON
Lead, Public Employment and Management
From Vancouver, British Columbia. Canadian national
Prior to joining the OECD with the Canadian Federal Public Service
MA from University of British Columbia (Canada); MA from University of Potsdam (Germany)
Stéphane JACOBZONE
Senior Advisor
From Lyon. French national
Previously held a number of positions in the Public Governance Directorate and the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. Prior to joining the OECD with the French Ministry of Finance and the National Institute for Economics and Statistics (INSEE)
Graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and ENSAE (National Academy for Economics and Statistics)
Mija KANG
Senior Policy Analyst (On secondment)
From Seoul. Korean national
Previously with Korean Ministry of Economy and Finance
BA from Dongguk University (Korea); MA from Seoul National University
Anne KELLER
Junior Policy Analyst, Financial Management and Reporting
From Walldorf in Baden-Württemberg. German national
Previously with the Development Co-operation Directorate. Prior to joining the OECD with UNESCO
MA from University of Konstanz (Germany)
Tae Suk LEE
Senior Policy Analyst (on secondment)
From Sejong. Korean national
Previously with the Korea Development Institute - KDI and the University of Auckland (New Zealand)
BA, MA from Seoul National University; PhD from the University of Rochester (United States)
Yumi LEE
Policy Analyst, Parliamentary Budget Offices (on secondment)
From Seoul. Korean national.
Previously with the National Assembly Budget Office (KR)
MPA from Texas State University; BA from Ewha Woman’s University (Korea)
Margaux LELONG
Policy Analyst, Green Budgeting
From Nice. French national
Prior to joining the OECD with the French Ministry of Economy and Finance. Previously with the Cour des comptes and Chambre régionale des comptes (Supreme Audit Institution)
Also teaches Public Finances at Sorbonne University and French National School of Administration (ENA)
MA from Sciences Po Aix; MA from Université Panthéon-Sorbonne and École Normale Supérieure (ENS)
Deborah MERRAN
Administrative Co-Ordinator; Secretary to the Committee of Senior Budget Officials
From Paris. French national
Previously held a number of positions with investment banks in the US and the UK
MA from University of Paris - Dauphine
Delphine MORETTI
Lead, Financial Management and Reporting and Medium-term budgeting
From Marseille. French national
Prior to joining the OECD with the International Monetary Fund. Previously with French Ministry of Finance and Cour des comptes (Supreme Audit Institution)
MA from Sciences Po Paris and the University of Aix-Marseille (France)
Dónal MULLIGAN
Policy Analyst, Public Employment and Management
From Dublin. Irish national
Previously with the OECD’s Talent Management and Analytics Group. Prior to that with the Permanent Delegation of Ireland to the OECD and the Irish government trade development agency (Enterprise Ireland)
MA from College of Europe, Bruges (Belgium)
Scherie NICOL
Lead, Gender Budgeting, Parliaments and Independent Fiscal Institutions
From Black Isle, Scotland. British national
MA from Strathclyde University, Glasgow
Helped set up the Financial Scrutiny Unit at the Scottish Parliament
Natalia NOLAN FLECHA
Policy Analyst, Public Employment and Management
From Melbourne, Florida. US national
Prior to joining the OECD with the World Bank and various consulting firms
MA from the London School of Economics (LSE)
Andrew PARK
Policy Analyst, Spending Review
From Los Angeles. American national
Previously with the US Agency for International Development (USAID)
MA from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Silvia PICALARGA
Researcher
From Rome. Italian national
Previously with the Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministries
Double MA from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE) and Bocconi University (Italy)
Lyora RAAB
Budget and Office co-ordinator
From Munich. German national
Previously with the International Herald Tribune
BA from the American University of Paris
Claire SALAMA
Lead, Performance monitoring and evaluation
French / American national
Previously with a strategy and management consulting firm
MA from Sciences Po Paris; BA from Johns Hopkins University (United States)
Lucy STERNE
Policy Analyst, Spending Better
From Brighton. British national
Previously with HM Treasury in the United Kingdom, New Zealand Treasury, and most recently Head of Scottish Government Office based in the British Embassy in Paris
BA and MA from Cambridge University
Nina Handlos THOMASSEN
Junior Policy Analyst, Public Employment and Management
From Aarhus, Denmark. Danish national.
Previously with the Permanent Representation of Denmark to the EU and the European Parliament
BSc from Aarhus University, MSc from Maastricht University
Alfrun TRYGGVADOTTIR
Lead, Spending Review and Machinery of Government
From Reykjavík. Icelandic national
Previously Deputy Budget Director of Iceland
MA from Copenhagen Business School
Led the implementation of the organic budget law in Iceland, including the rollout of performance budgeting and spending reviews
Camila VAMMALLE
Lead, Budgeting for Health
From Buenos Aires. French / Argentinean / Israeli national
Previously with OECD’s Regional Development Division
BA from the Universidad de San Andrés (Argentina); PhD from Sciences Po Paris
François VILLENEUVE
Junior Policy Analyst, Public Employment and Management
From Avignon. French national
BA from ESSEC Business School (France); MA from Sciences Po Paris
Peter WELCH
Senior Advisor
From Gloucester, England. UK and Luxembourg national
Previously with the European Court of Auditors (Director, Sustainable use of Natural Resources)