Overview
- He will lead the Economics Department to deliver evidence-based analysis, international benchmarking and country-specific policy advice for policymakers in more than 100 countries.
- His appointment follows a tenure since 2013 directing the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs and serving as G7 and G20 sous-sherpa on jobs and social policy.
- OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann cited Scarpetta’s exceptional leadership and deep expertise in economic analysis and policy.
- Scarpetta began his OECD career in 1991, became a senior economist in 1995, and worked at the World Bank from 2002 to 2006 as a lead economist and labor-market advisor before returning to the OECD.
- He is the first Italian to hold the post since Pier Carlo Padoan and has identified geopolitics, digital transformation and generative AI as central challenges for the agenda.