Jose Manuel Puente Camba

Professor of the Public Policy Centre at the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración – IESA. Associate Professor. IE-University-Madrid. 2019-2022. Visiting Professor University of Salamanca. 2016-2022. Universidad Autonóma de Madrid. 2018. Visiting Lecturer. Blavatnik School of Government. University of Oxford. 2014 – 2017. Senior Member St Antony’s College. University of Oxford. 2013 – 2016. B.A. in Economics, Universidad Central de Venezuela – UCV (1994); Msc. in Public Policy and Administration, London School of Economics (1997); Msc. in Public Policy, University of Oxford (1998). P.hD. in Political Economy (2005), University of Oxford.

He has consulted to numerous international institutions and companies, including: the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Bank (WB), the Office of Economic and Financial Advice of the Venezuelan National Assembly (OAEF), as well as various government institutions and national and international corporations. He has worked in several legal cases as “expert advisor/witness” among other in the case of Kimberly Clark for Gibson Dunn in New York/Paris. Participant in the International Visitor Leadership Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, 2010. He has contributed in the Harvard Business School’s Global Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning, 2011 and 2012. In 2012, 2013, 2018 and 2021 he received IESA’s best teaching award. In 2013 he received the award for Best Article about Venezuela in Social Sciences at the Latin American Studies Association LASA. Elected Member. National Academy of Economic Sciences (2019)

He has lectured and spoken on economics and public policy affairs at numerous international research institutes and universities, including University of Oxford, Harvard University, MIT, University of Cambridge, University College London, King’s College London, Princeton University, University of Chicago, Tulane University, Miami University, Center for Strategic & International Studies (USA), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Real Instituto Elcano, IE University, University of Salamanca, Grupo Concordia (Spain), Sciences Po, OECD (Paris), ESAN (Peru), IPRI (Brazil) EU (Brussels). He has been visiting lecturer at the University of Oxford, University of Chicago, University of Salamanca, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Institute Ortega y Gasset, IE-University, Madrid, University of Coruña and Georgetown University.

His areas of academic interests are: Political Economy, Public Economics, Public Finance and Budgeting, Social Expenditure and Venezuelan Macroeconomics and Emerging Markets and Developing Economies. His most recent book is: Puente José Manuel (y Susanne Gratius) coordinators: “Venezuela en la Encrucijada. Radiografía de un Colapso (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, abediciones e IESA. Caracas, 2021)

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Vice-President of the Metropolitan Real Estate Chamber of Venezuela, 2012 – 2016

• Advisor and consultant to multiple national and international companies, National Governments and multilateral institutions

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Full Professor of the Public Policy Centre at the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración – IESA, Venezuela, 2003 – Present

• Associate Professor. IE-University-Madrid, Spain, 2019 – Present

• Visiting Professor University of Salamanca, Spain, 2016 – Present

• Visiting Professor University of Coruña, Spain, 2018 and 2021

• Visiting Professor Instituto Ortega y Gasset, Spain, 2019 and 2021

• Visiting Professor Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2018

• Visiting Lecturer. Blavatnik School of Government. University of Oxford, UK., 2014 – 2017

• Senior Member St Antony’s College. University of Oxford, UK., 2013 – 2016

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Bachelor in Economics, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela, 1994

• MSc. in Public Policy and Administration, London School of Economics, UK, 1997

• MSc. in Public Policy, University of Oxford, UK, 1998

• Ph.D. in Political Economy, University of Oxford, UK, 2005