Economic Policy Committee

Chair

Klaus Deutsch

Federation of German Industries (BDI) (Germany)

Lead

Jacobo Ramos-Folch

Policy Manager

Vice-Chair

Richard Grenfell-Hill

Diageo (United Kingdom)

Vice-Chair

Francesca Mazzolari

Confindustria (Italy)

Vice-Chair

András Vértes

GKI Economic Research (Hungary)

Vice-Chair

Carlos Serrano

BBVA (Mexico)

Vice-Chair

Ira Kalish

Deloitte (USA)

Vice-Chair

Trevin Stratton

Deloitte (Canada)

Vice-Chair

Osamu Nosé

Sompo Japan (Japan)

Vice-Chair

Sandrine Duchêne

Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale (France)

01.
Overview

Our Economic Policy Committee advises the OECD on macro–economic issues as well as priorities for structural reforms. It helps create an enabling policy environment that supports private sector–led growth and open, competitive markets. It contributes expertise on the main driving forces behind OECD projections for the global economy, key risks, and priority policy messages via webinars and meetings with the OECD Economic Policy Committee leadership. It also undertakes economic surveys of Business at OECD members.
03.
Business engagement at OECD
The OECD is a leading purveyor of cross-cutting statistics and fact-based policy recommendations. Through a unique system of peer review and monitoring of implementation, these OECD recommendations have important bearing on the business environments in OECD and many emerging economies. The Economic Policy Committee offers a unique channel by which the private sector can, at an early stage, work to shape the ground-breaking analysis and policy recommendations of landmark OECD publications.

The Economic Policy Committee contributes to the work of the following OECD bodies:
- OECD Economic Policy Committee
- OECD Working Party 1 on Macroeconomic & Structural Policy Analysis
- OECD Global Forum on Productivity

02.
2023 priorities
- Economic impact of Covid-19 crisis and recovery efforts
- Promoting structural reforms that contribute to sustainable growth
- Macro-economic trends and projections
- Interactions, complementarities and possible trade-offs between policies for economic growth, stability, environment, financial markets, taxation and income distribution, among others
- The productivity challenge
04.
Overview
The Business at OECD Responsible Business Conduct Expert Group oversees work in the area of responsible business conduct, particularly in relation to the implementation of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) and work on due diligence. The OECD MNE Guidelines are the most comprehensive government-backed instrument for promoting responsible business conduct.
- OECD Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct
- OECD Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct