Alvaro Santos Pereira

Director of the Country Studies Branch at the Economics Department, OECD

Alvaro Santos Pereira is Director of the Country Studies Branch at the Economics Department of the OECD since April 1^st 2014 where he oversees the peer review process of the Economics Surveys. He provides leadership in the co-ordination and management of the activities of the Directorate and ensures that it is at the forefront of the international political economy agenda. He identifies challenges and develops ways in which OECD can promote policies to improve member and partner countries long-term Economic performance.

Prior to joining the OECD, between June 2011 and July 2013, Mr Pereira was Minister of Economy and Employment in Portugal, responsible for the areas of Industry, Commerce and Services, Tourism, Energy and Public works, Transportation and Employment. Prior to this, he was a Professor of Economics Development and Economic Policy at Simon Fraser University in Canada and a lecturer at the University of British Columbia in Canada and the University of York in the United Kingdom.