Jorge Pena Izquierdo

Jorge Pena is PhD for the UNED and Md in Industrial Organization and Markets for the Universidad Carlos III. He has worked as consultand for organizations such as The World Bank, The Interamerican Development Bank or the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. He has taught different courses of econometrics, statistics, microeconomics and macroeconomics at the IE University, Universidad Carlos III, Universidad Complutense and The World Bank. In 2019, he was awarded with the IX José Mª Huch Award, for his study “Understanding the gap between supply and demand for truck drivers in Spain“. He is currently adjunct professor at the IE University where he taught Econometrics, Microeconomics and Macroeconomics.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Consultant, The World Bank, Washington DC, US, 2005 – Present

• Consultant, Spanish Association of Road Transport, Madrid Spain, 2014 – Present

• Consultant, Inter American Development Bank, Washington DC, US, 2014

• Consultant, Ministry of Economics, Madrid, Spain, 2014

• Researcher, Michigan State University, US, 2011

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct professor, IE University Madrid, Spain, 2011 – Present

• Visiting professor, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 2009 – 2014

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Ph.D in Applied Economics, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) Madrid, Spain, 2006 – 2010

• MSc in Industrial Economics and Markets, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) Madrid, Spain, 2001 – 2003

• BSc in Applied Economics, Universidad de Oviedo Asturias, Spain, 1996 – 2001