Angel Gurría has been the secretary general of the OECD since 2006. Under his leadership, the Organisation has established itself as a pillar of the global economic governance architecture including its active engagement with the G20, G7, APEC and other international fora. Gurría has advanced the OECD’s impact and relevance in several policy areas, focusing on the promotion of better lives through inclusive growth and new approaches to economic challenges. He has also made the OECD more inclusive through new memberships, strengthening the link with key emerging economies and fostering its global outreach. Gurría came to the OECD following a distinguished career in public service in his native Mexico, including positions as minister of foreign affairs and minister of finance and public credit in the 1990s.