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Mr. Sergio Arzeni

Sergio Arzeni is the Director of the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development since July 2004. He continues to head the OECD Programme on Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED).

Sergio Arzeni, OECD, BoA member - (C) OECD PHOTO OCDE

His work has focused primarily on entrepreneurship and innovation, on job creation and social cohesion, on the internationalisation of SMEs and area-based approaches to economic development.

Mr. Arzeni has worked at the OECD for 23 years, previously serving as an economist for the Italian Parliament, the Italian Trade Unions and the European Commission. As an economic journalist he has contributed to several Italian and international newspapers.

He holds a First Class Honours Degree in Political Science from the University of Rome and specialised in Industrial Economics at the University of Luxembourg and on International Economic Relations at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C., USA.