Former Aussie Finance Minister Picked to Head Up International Economic Corporation, OECD

Finance Minister Mathias Cormann in Canberra, Australia Oct. 6, 2020. Photo by Sam Mooy/Getty Images

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has welcomed the OECD picking former Australian finance minister Mathias Cormann as its new head.

Mathias Cormann has been selected as the new head of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in a move Prime Minister Scott Morrison calls a “recognition of Australia’s global agency.”