Nick Malyshev is Head of the OECD Regulatory Policy Division where he directs thematic analysis and country reviews of regulatory reform in OECD and non-OECD countries. He was responsible for updating the OECD normative framework on regulatory policy, now the 2012 Recommendation on Regulatory Policy and Governance. He is co-author of a number of OECD publications, including the 2015 Regulatory Policy Outlook, the 2011 publication, Regulatory Policy and Governance, Supporting Economic Growth and Serving the Public Interest and the 2010 study Risk and Regulatory Policy, Improving the Governance of Risk. He has also worked with a number of national governments to support their efforts to realise regulatory reforms including, most recently, Korea, Peru, Chile and Mexico.

While at the OECD he has also worked extensively on the economic transition in Russia and central and Eastern Europe, including analytical and advisory work on a range of topics including regulatory policy and institutional reforms. Prior to joining the OECD, Mr. Malyshev worked as a financial analyst at GlaxoSmithKline, a pharmaceuticals company, and as a securities trader at Wall Street West, an investment bank. Mr. Malyshev, a US national, holds degrees in economics from Duke University and Colorado College.