THE OECD has appointed two senior professionals in key positions in its hierarchy. Manal Corwin has been appointed to serve as the next Director of the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration beginning 3 April 2023. And Clare Lombardelli has been appointed as the next Chief Economist of the OECD, starting on 2 May 2023.

Manal will lead the work of the Centre across all areas, including the two-pillar solution to the tax challenges of digitalisation, the Base Erosion and Profit-Shifting Project, the tax transparency agenda, and the Centre's participation in the OECD's new Inclusive Forum on Carbon Mitigation Approaches.

Manal is very well known in the international tax community and extremely well regarded internationally for her leadership, integrity, expertise, and contributions in the field of tax law and policy. Having held senior tax policy positions in two separate US Administrations and having previously served as a delegate and then Vice Chair of the OECD Committee on Fiscal Affairs and as delegate to the Global Forum on Tax and Transparency, Manal is uniquely suited for this position and will make an outstanding contribution.

Clare was selected after a highly competitive merit-based selection process. She is a highly regarded economic policy leader who joins the OECD with 20 years of experience in economic analysis and policy making in the United Kingdom, including as the Chief Economist at the UK Treasury and the Joint Head of the UK Government Economic Service over the past five years. Having started her career as an economist at the Bank of England, working on monetary policy and financial markets, Clare joined the UK civil service in 2005. Her roles at the UK Treasury have included Deputy Director for Labour Market Policy (2007-2010), Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer (2012-2015), and Director of Strategy, Planning and Budget (2015-2018).