Former Portuguese Economy Minister Álvaro Santos Pereira has clinched a top job in the economics department of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Coincidentally, Santos Pereira – who ran the Portuguese economy under the stranglehold of the Troika between June 2011 and July 2013 – will start as Director of the Country Studies Branch on April’s Fools Day.
The OECD said his role will be to “support the Chief Economist and ensure that the organisation remains at the forefront of the international political economy agenda”.
Overall, the former minister “will directly oversee 70 staff members responsible for around 20 country-based Economic Surveys annually”.
Christian Kastrop, a high-level German government official, will be joining Santos Pereira as the new OECD director of the Policy Studies Branch.
Welcoming the appointments, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said: “Mr Santos Pereira and Mr Kastrop will bring valuable political and policy experience to the organisation, ensuring that it continues providing solutions to the challenges countries face in today’s complex and multi-polar economy.”
