MEHMET ÖGÜTÇÜ

Principal Administrator, OECD/ IEA
Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development/ International Energy Agency,
Office of Non-Member Countries, Division of Asia-Pacific and Latin America
Paris, France

Education

• Ankara University, B.Sc. with first honours, International Economic Relations, 1983.
• British Central Office of Information, Certificate, "Public Information Techniques and Dealing with Economic Press", London, 1984.
• London School of Economics (London University), Master of Science, Economics, "Role of Foreign Direct Investment in Development Process", 1986.
• College d'Europe, Bruges (Belgium), Master of Arts in European Economics, "New European Political and Economic Architecture After the End of the Cold War", (subsequently, published as a Chatham House discussion paper, London), 1991.
• London School of Economics (London University), Phd (started 1995), Economics, "Integration of the Eurasian Countries into the World Economic System"
• Special OECD Training Courses, "Facing the Press", "How To Communicate Effectively", "Making Presentations", "How to Deal with Difficult People" and "Managing A Team", 1992-1995.

Positions Held

• Counsellor, Office of Prime Minister, Economic Information Services, Ankara, 1979-1983.
• NATO Research Fellow,directed a project "Defence Industries in the Alliance and its Southern Flank", Brussels, 1984.
• Country-Risk Analysts, Global Analysis System, London, in charge of Middle East, the Balkans and the Former Soviet Union, 1984-1986.
• Diplomatic Correspondent, Turkish Daily News, the only English language newspaper of Turkey, covering global economic and political issues, London, 1983-1986.
• Foreign Officer, Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1986-1994.
  
• Department of Asia and Pacific Affairs (Desk Officer for China, India, Indonesia and Japan)
• Department of International Organisations (in charge of the U.N. Agencies, OECD and GATT)
• Turkish Embassy in Beijing, China (responsible for economic and political affairs)
• Turkish Permanent Delegation to the OECD, Paris, dealing with issues relating to development co-operation, environment, dynamic Asian non-Member countries and the former Soviet Union, as well as serving as a executive officer to the Ambassador.
• Lecturer (occasional), Bradford University, Department of International Relations, 1994- present, "East Asian Economic Miracle".
• " Administrator (till October 1996) and Principal Administrator (since then), OECD/IEA, Paris, responsible for analysis of, and co-operation programme with, the Asia-Pacific economies (particularly China, Vietnam and non-OECD economies of the APEC), since September 1994.

Selected Publications

1. "The New Economic Superpower (China) and Turkey: Preparing for the 21st Century", a report prepared for the TUSIAD (Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association), (Turkish) August 1995.
2. "The West and Islam: Can Turkey Bridge the Gap?", October 1994, in The Futures, Cambridge.
3. "The Eurasian Energy Prospects and Politics: The Need For A Longer Term Western Strategy", in The European Energy Charter, a book edited by Prof. T W Waelde, University of Dundee, 1996, London.
4. "Foreign Investment in China's Energy Sector: Critical Policy Options and Opportunities", October 1995, a paper submitted to Reform and Restructuring in China, International Summit, Beijing, PRC.
5. "Central Asian Oil and New Great Game", an editorial commentary in Yeni Yuzyil, (Turkish) 18 August 1994.
6. "Vietnam: The New Economic Tiger of Asia?", in The Turkish Daily News, 26 September 1993.
7. "Turkey's European Manifesto Prior to the Maastricht-II", in Milliyet, (Turkish) 13 October 1995.
8. "Futurology and Forecasting into the 21st Century", 12 June 1995, in Milliyet, (Turkish) "Intellectual Perspective".
9. "Asianisation of Asia: How Should the West Position Itself Towards the New Asian Reality?", May 1995, in The New Forum.
10. "Centrality of Economic Diplomacy in Foreign Policy", in Yeni Yuzyil, 18 November 1995.
11. "The Sun is Rising from Asia", 1-10 March 1996, a ten-part serial on the economic, security and political significance of the Asia-Pacific in the next century, in Milliyet.
12. "Haydi, Asya"yi Yeniden Kesfetmeye -- Yeni Ekonomik Super Guc Cin"den Kapali Kutu Butan"a" (Let"s Rediscover Asia -- From the New Economic Superpower China to the Land-Locked Bhutan), a 300-page Milliyet book, which will be published in early 1997.
13. "Turkey and China -- Preparing for the Next Century", in Perception, September 1996.
14. "China"s Energy Requirements in the 21st Century -- Global Implications", a paper presented to the Asian Oil and Gas Conference, Singapore, 18-19 June 1997.
15. Numerous articles contributed to daily newspapers, national and foreign alike, including the International Herald Tribune, the Wall Street Journal, the Futures, Milliyet, Yeni Yuzyil, Iktisat and Yeni Forum.

Others

Languages:

English (excellent), French (excellent), German (good) and Chinese (conversational)

Memberships:

World Future Society (Washington), Trans-European Policy Studies Association (Brussels), Strategic Studies Institute (Ankara), LSE (London), College d'Europe (Bruges) and Mulkiye Alumnis (Ankara), The New York Academy of Sciences (New York), AFEMOTI (Paris)

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