Gabriela Ramos is Chief of Staff of the OECD, Sherpa to the G20 and Special Counsellor to the Secretary-General. In this position, and since 2006, she has been advising and supporting the Secretary-General's strategic agenda to reinforce the impact of the work of the OECD, both at the international governance sphere, and at the domestic level in OECD member and partner countries. She developed the targeted policy advice through the “Better Policies series”, and the “Getting it Right” publications (in particular, “Getting it Right: Mexico Competitiveness Agenda”), that present the most relevant and timely OECD views on the challenges countries are    confronting, as well as its main recommendations. She also supports the Secretary General when launching major OECD initiatives such as the Gender initiative, the Development Strategy and the Skills strategy and is now overseeing “New Approaches to Economic Challenges” a whole of the house reflection started in 2012 to distil the lessons from the economic crisis, and to upgrade the analytical frameworks that underpin the OECD policy advice. In addition, she oversees OECD’s work on Financial and Enterprise Affairs. Previous to this position, Mrs. Ramos was the Head of the OECD Office for Mexico and Latin American, where she promoted OECD policy recommendations in several areas, particularly education, competition and health. She collaborated in the preparation of several OECD reports, developed the OECD Forum in Mexico and launched the Latin American Program. Before joining the OECD, Mrs. Ramos held several positions in the Mexican government, including the Director of Economic Analysis in the Foreign Affairs Ministry and Advisor to the Budget and Planning Minister, among others.  In 1995, she earned a MA on Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, where she was a Fulbright and Ford-MacArthur scholar.  More recently, the President of France, François Hollande, granted her the recognition of member of the Order of Merit, in the grade of Chevalier, due to her contributions to strengthen the relationship between the OECD and France.