Former Minister For Finance Mattias Cormann Prime Candidate For OECD Post

Former Minister For Finance Mattias Cormann Prime Candidate For OECD Post
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann in Canberra, Australia Oct. 6, 2020. Photo by Sam Mooy/Getty Images
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Former Senator Mathias Cormann has emerged as one of the prime candidates to head up the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) after playing a pivotal role in Australia’s COVID-19 response as federal Finance Minister.

According to reports by the Sunday Morning Herald on Jan. 14, Cormann now stands alongside two other top contenders Sweden’s  Cecilia Malmström, who is the former European Union’s trade commissioner, and Switzerland’s Philipp Hildebrand, the CEO for investment company Blackrock after a phase of screening left only ten nominees.