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Ali Karami Ruiz
Business at OECD (BIAC)
Senior Director, Strategic Engagement and Communications
Description
Ali Karami-Ruiz oversees relations with our global network of 55 national business organizations, drives outreach to OECD Ambassadors and Paris-based delegations, and shapes our strategic engagement, communications, and campaign efforts. In this role, he is also the organization’s spokesperson to OECD and external stakeholders. He also heads our engagement with the G20 and Business-20, after establishing a partnership since 2014 with the rotating presidencies through an annual meeting that brings them together with the OECD and our business constituents. He also directs our corporate engagement program, set up in 2019, which brings together multinational corporations from a wide range of sectors in support of our mission. He leads our proactive initiatives on health and well-being, as well as future of work policy discussions.
Prior to joining, he held responsibilities in public affairs and global health policy at IFPMA—the global trade association representing the research-based pharmaceutical industry—and brokered dialogue with United Nations specialized agencies (WHO, WIPO, ITU) and governments in multilateral environments, also including the WTO. He also brings expertise on crisis communications and press relations having worked with a wide array of business sectors including luxury, e-commerce, hospitality, and commodity trading.
He holds a Master’s Degree from the Graduate Institute of Geneva and a B.A. in French (High Honors) and International Studies from Davidson College in North Carolina, USA. He joined Business at OECD in 2013 and is fully fluent in English, French, and Spanish. He has also lent his voice for radio broadcasting purposes.
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