This high-level event will include a presentation of the revised Guidelines and the launch of the new OECD report on Ownership and Governance of State-Owned Enterprises 2024.
The event will include a presentation of the revised Guidelines and the accompanying report, followed by a panel discussion with high-level panellists.
Discussions will focus on the growing role of state-owned enterprises in the marketplace and the consequences for a global level playing field, including the role SOEs and their owners can play in leading by example on sustainability.
We recently presented the revised OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-owned Enterprises and new report on Ownership and Governance of State-Owned Enterprises 2024.
Watch insights from DAF Director, Carmine Di Noia and SOE Unit Head, Sara Sultan.
Mathias Cormann
Secretary-General, OECD
Charles Donald
Chair of the OECD Working Party on State Ownership and Privatisation Practices; CEO of UK Government Investments
Carmine Di Noia
Director for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD
Maria Pagan
Deputy United States Trade Representative and Chief of Mission (Geneva)
Maija Strandberg
Director General, Prime Minister’s Office, Ownership Steering Department, Finland
Giuseppe Zafarana
Chair of the Board, Eni
Alexis Zajdenweber
Director General, Commissioner, L'Agence des participations de l'État, France
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) play important roles in most economies, often providing public goods and services and operating in strategic sectors such as energy, extractives, infrastructure and finance. The weight of SOEs in the global economy has increased over the past decades. Since 2000, the number of SOEs in the top 500 global companies by revenue quadrupled from 34 to 126. Today, the state is an important owner representing 12% of global market capitalisation.
Since 2005, the OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises (Guidelines) have been the leading international standard for policymakers to design effective ownership and corporate governance frameworks for SOEs. Revised in 2024, they aim to address the unique challenges and opportunities faced by state ownership in view of fostering transparency, accountability, integrity and efficiency within the state-owned sector.
The new report on Ownership and Governance of State-Owned Enterprises 2024 is a rich source of comparative information and global trends on the ownership and governance of SOEs.
