Naoko Ueda
Head of the Tokyo Office - OECD
Naoko Ueda has been Head of the Tokyo Office since July 2022. Naoko previously worked in senior roles at the OECD – as Deputy Director of the Development Centre (2016-2019), as Senior Advisor in the Partnership for Democratic Governance and as Senior Policy Analyst for Development in the Heiligendamm-L’Aquila Dialogue Process Support Unit of the OECD (2007-2011), consistently focusing on the OECD engagement with non-member countries.
Prior to joining the OECD, Naoko served as Director of APEC Division (2019-2022); Permanent Representative to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) (2014-2016); Principal Deputy Director for Climate Change Division (2011-2014) and Deputy Director (2003-2007) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan. She also served as First Secretary at the Embassy of Japan in Zimbabwe (1999-2002).
A Japanese national, Naoko holds a master’s degree in International Development, with a focus on Development Economics from the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and Foundation for Advanced Studies in International Development in Tokyo. She also holds a Master of Arts in International Politics and Political Economy from the University of Pennsylvania.
Naoko Ueda's publications
Fostering regional cooperation for trustworthy AI in Southeast Asia
The OECD is convening a policy roundtable on 26 May 2025, in Tokyo and online.
May 19, 2025 — 
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