Juan Carlos Guajardo B.
CESCO Executive Director
Since September 12th 2006, Juan Carlos Guajardo Beltrán is the CESCO Executive Director.
Prior to joining CESCO, Mr. Guajardo worked as Research and Policy Planning Director at the Chilean Copper Commission (Cochilco), the advisory body to the Ministerio de Minería de Chile on economic and policy issues. Mr. Guajardo worked as an economist for the International Copper Study Group (ICSG), the intergovernmental body devoted to copper in the world. Mr. Guajardo holds a B.A. with honors (best graduate) in Business Administration from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile and a Diploma de Estudios Avanzados (DEA) in Economics from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. He is also candidate to PhD on International Economy and Development at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. Is also member of the Long-term Copper Price Committee, which is relevant for The Structural Balance Policy in Chile. Mr. Guajardo, has also worked in assessment to nationals and foreigns organizations as The Conferencia de Ministros de Minería de las Américas, CAMMA, United Nations Revolving Fund Natural for Resources Exploration (UNRFNRE), The Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente, CONAMA, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and The United Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD). Mr. Guajardo also counts with a large number of publications in different organizations as the OECD, ICSG, The Universidad Complutense de Madrid, The United Nations Revolving Fund Natural for Resources Exploration and in the Ministerio de Minería de Chile.