Anthony Gooch DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS, OECD

Anthony Gooch is the Director of the Public Affairs & Communications Directorate at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In this capacity, he manages the OECD’s major international public communication efforts to address OECD priorities. Most recently, this includes efforts to contribute to tackling the Covid-19 crisis. He also chairs OECD’s Global Parliamentary Network, gathering over 1500 legislators from over 50 countries, including OECD and G20 members, to address key public policy issues.
Before joining OECD, Mr Gooch worked for the EU Commission for 13 years as an international trade negotiator, the EU’s Trade Spokesman & special adviser to the Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy. He also represented the EU in its Embassies in the US in Washington DC and UK in London. He holds a postgraduate degree in Political Science & International Relations from the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris and an MA in Modern History from Cambridge University.