Augusto Iglesias Palau, Commissioner

Master's Degree in Economics from the University of California, and a Commercial Engineering degree with a major in Economics from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). Before assuming as commissioner at the Financial Market Commission, he performed as presidential advisor for the pension reform of the second Mr. Sebastián Piñera's administration (2018-2022). Mr. Iglesias has an extensive career as a consultant to various countries and multilateral institutions in the field of social security, and was Vice-Minister of Social Security between 2010 and 2014. He was also a member of the Commission for the Social Security Reform, being appointed to this position by the former-President Mrs. Michelle Bachelet.

Mr. Iglesias has also held different positions in the private sector and academy as well. He performed as a partner and board member at PrimAmérica S.A.; a consultant in the areas of economy, finance, and social security; a researcher at the Centro de Estudios Públicos (CEP) and the PUC's Institute of Economics; and a professor at several universities on the fields of macroeconomics, industrial organization, and labor economics.