The Council

Pablo García

President of the National Commission for Evaluation and Productivity

• PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1999). Commercial Engineer and Master in Economics from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (1993). He served as Board Member and Vice President of the Central Bank of Chile between 2014 and 2024, having previously held the positions of Head of the Research Division and Chief Economist, Head of the Financial Policy Division, Head of Macroeconomic Analysis, and Head of Financial Stability.

• Between 2010 and 2014, he served as Alternate Executive Director for the Southern Cone constituency at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), where he also chaired the Board’s Ethics Committee. He also chaired the Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and led the external evaluation panel of the IMF’s Independent Evaluation Office.

• He is currently a professor at the Business School of Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. He joined the Board of the National Commission for Evaluation and Productivity in 2025.

Marcela Angulo

Board Member

• Civil Engineer and PhD in Environmental Sciences from the University of Concepción, with over 25 years of experience in sustainability, innovation, and technology transfer. She joined the CNEP in 2025.

• She is currently Director of the Santiago Campus of the University of Concepción, Chair of the Board of CFT Lota–Arauco, and an independent board member at Colbún and Suralis. She also serves on the boards or advisory councils of CPC Biobío, the Infrastructure Policy Council, IncubaUdeC, ITREND, the Chile Massachusetts Foundation, and is a member of Espacio Público.

• Between 2014 and 2018, she was Manager of Technological Capabilities at CORFO, where she led programs for technological development, science–industry linkage, and knowledge transfer. Previously, she served as Corporate Manager of Sustainability at Anglo American, where she actively participated in the Sustainability, Water Resources, and Energy and Climate Change Committees of the Mining Council.

• From 2003 to 2011, she was Environment and Energy Manager at Fundación Chile, promoting projects in water efficiency, water technologies, environmental monitoring, and clean energy. Before that, she led Clean Production and technological incubation programs at INTEC–Chile, and was part of the founding team of the Talcahuano Environmental Recovery Plan (PRAT), a pioneering initiative of CONAMA.

Pamela Jervis

Board Member

• PhD in Economics from University College London (UCL), where she also earned MPhil and MRes degrees in Economics. She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Chile. Her research focuses on human capital, early childhood, policy evaluation, and household behavior.

• She has worked at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) in London, focusing on early stimulation and nutrition programs, as well as high-quality preschool interventions in India. She has developed and evaluated programs in countries such as India, Gambia, and Colombia, and studied how social norms and intrafamily dynamics affect parental investment in education and child well-being.

• She has served as a consultant for the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Jacobs Foundation, and Oxford Policy Management, among others. She is currently an academic at the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Chile and an associate researcher at centers such as MIPP, J-PAL LAC, and the Center for Public Systems.

Susana Mondschein

Board Member

• PhD in Operations Research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Industrial Civil Engineer and Master of Science in Engineering from the University of Chile. Specialist in applied stochastic models, with research in healthcare management, epidemiology, revenue management, and pricing policies.

• She has collaborated with multidisciplinary teams from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Chile, the J.J. Aguirre Hospital, and INTA, as well as with MIT and national hospitals. She led the study on inequality in colorectal cancer survival in Chile (2009–2018), which revealed significant gaps by socioeconomic level and region.

• She was a researcher in home-based COVID-19 patient monitoring projects and has taught at Yale University and Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. She is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Chile and a researcher at the Institute for Complex Engineering Systems (ISCI).

Andrés Zahler

Board Member

• PhD in Public Policy from Harvard University. Associate Professor at the School of Management and Economics of Universidad Diego Portales, Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Economy, and consultant to the World Bank.

• He has been an academic at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Universidad Alberto Hurtado, with publications in international journals such as the Review of Economic Studies, the Journal of Development Economics, and the World Economy. He served as Head of the Innovation Division at the Ministry of Economy, Chair of the Board of the Government Laboratory, Executive Secretary of the Interministerial Committee on Innovation (2014–2016), and Chile’s representative to the OECD on innovation matters.

• He is a member of the Statistical Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Economy. He has received numerous awards for teaching excellence, including one from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.