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Alejandro Bernales is a consultant, advisor, researcher, and academic with over 20 years of international experience in financial economics. He is an Associate Professor (with tenure) at the School of Economics and Business, Universidad de Chile, where he also serves as Director of the Doctoral (Ph.D.) Program at the Business School and previously served as Director of Research and Director of the Master in Finance program.

Dr. Bernales has held positions as a Research Fellow at the Inter-American Development Bank, a Marie Curie Fellow at the European Commission, and an economist at both the Banque de France (the central bank of France) and the Central Bank of Chile. He has served on the Scientific Committee for Economics and Business at Chile's National Agency for Research and Development (ANID), within the Ministry of Science. He has also held visiting and teaching positions at various international institutions, including the University of Sydney, Goethe University Frankfurt, and ESSEC Business School in Paris.

He has extensive experience as a director in the financial sector and has provided consultancy services to a wide range of institutions, such as companies, law firms, international organizations, and governments. His expertise encompasses regulation, impact evaluation, legal cases involving the financial sector, corporate events, investments, valuations, and portfolio strategies.

Dr. Bernales has published numerous articles in international scientific journals specializing in financial economics and finance. He regularly contributes opinion columns to newspapers and online media. He is fluent in Spanish and English, with intermediate proficiency in French.

Dr. Bernales earned his Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom, and holds a Master's degree in Financial Engineering (Highest Honors, summa cum laude) and a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering (Highest Honors, summa cum laude) from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.