Felipe Morandé

Felipe Morandé, a Chilean economist with a PhD in Economics from the University of Minnesota, is an international consultant in public policy, business representative and member of the board of a number of corporations. He was Chile’s ambassador to the OECD until March this year and during his professional career he has been minister of transport and telecommunications and Chief Economist of the Central Bank of Chile. In his academic career, Dr. Morandé has been Assistant Professor at the University of Houston, Adjunct Associate Professor at Georgetown University,  and Full Professor at the University of Chile, where he was also Dean of the School of Economics and Business. He has also been Invited Research Fellow at Stanford University. Dr. Morandé was the founder of Sociedad de Economía de Chile and its first President and was for a number of years member of the Latin American Standing Committee of the Econometric Society. As a consultant, Dr. Morandé has done work for the World Bank, the IMF, the IADB, the Government of Japan and several public and private entities.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Ambassador of Chile to the OECD, 2018 – 2022

• Member of the Board of several corporations in Chile: Listed in the Stock Exchange, Agunsa (Logistics, 2016-2018); Cabo Froward (Port, 2017-2018); Ripley (Retail, 2011 – 2017); Not listed: TOESCA (Asset management, 2022-Present); Acoger Santiago (Cineraries, 2022 – Present); ENAP (Oil refinery, 2011 – 2014); BCI AF (Financial Advise, 2013 – 2018); DESCO (Real Estate and Construction, 2013 – 2018)

• Minister of Transport and Telecommunications, 2010 – 2011

• Dean of the School of Economics and Business, University of Chile, 2006 – 2010

• Chief Economist, Chile’s Chamber of Construction, 2002 – 2006

• Chief Economist of the Central Bank of Chile, 1997 – 2001

• Director of the ILADES/Georgetown University Graduate Program in Economics, 1990 – 1996

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor of Economics, IE University, Spain, 2022 – Present

• Full Professor of Economics, University of Chile, 2004 – Present

• Invited Research Fellow, Economics Department, Stanford University, USA, 2002

• Adjunct Associate Professor of Economics, Georgetown University, USA, 1990 – 1997

• Adjunct Professor of Economics, Catholic University of Chile, 1985 – Present

• Associate Professor of Economics, University of Santiago, Chile, 1985 – 1987

• Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Houston (Tenure Track), USA, 1983 – 1985

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Ph.D. in Economics, University of Minnesota, USA, 1983

• MA in Economics, University of Minnesota, USA, 1982

• MA in Economics, Catholic University of Chile, 1978

• BA in Economics, Catholic University of Chile, 1977