Financial CommitteeMembers

Mr. Bianchi holds a masters degree in economics from Yale University and a degree in judicial and social sciences from the Universidad de Chile. He was president of the Central bank of Chile from 1989 to 1991, and Chilean ambassador to the United States from 2000 to 2006. He has also been president of the Credit Lyonnais Bank and of the Dresdner Banque Nationale de Paris, and executive secretary of ECLAC. He has worked as an advisor to the World Bank, the IDB and the central banks of Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela.

Mr. Costabal holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a degree in business administration from the Universidad Catolica de Chile. He has served as finance minister and budget director, and has been a manager of Empresas Pizarreño and of Infraestructura 2000. He was chief executive of AFP Habitat and an ex member of the board of ICARE. He is currently a member of the board of directors of CMPC S.A. and of Empresas Pizarreño S.A.

Ms. Jul holds a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and worked for the IMF for 27 years, where she served as adjunct director and as executive director of the IMF board of directors where she represented Chile and four other countries of the southern region of South America. She has taught in the universities of Chile and Pennsylvania.

Mr. Sanfuentes holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Chicago and a degree in business administration from the Universidad de Chile. He has served as president of the Banco Estado (1990 – 2000), consultant, and has taught at the University of Chile in the Ilades- Georgetown program.

Mr. Walker holds a doctorate in business administration with a concentration in finance from the University of California at Berkeley. He is currently a professor at the School of Administration of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He has also been an associate visiting professor in the Finance Department of the McCombs School of Business of the University of Texas at Austin, head of research for AFP Habitat, a member of the Capital Market Committee and of the Risk Rating Commission, as well as an international consultant.

Mr. Schmidt-Hebbel holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is currently a professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and an associate professor at the Universidad de Chile, as well as an international consultant and advisor. Former Chief Economist of the OECD and Director of the OECD Economics Department in Paris for 2008-2009; Chief of the Economic Research Division of the Central Bank of Chile for 1996-2008 and Principal Economist of the Research Department of the World Bank in Washington for 1988-1996. He was also President of the Chilean Economic Association for 2007-2008 and in 2008 he was elected "Economist of the Year" by Chilean economists.