Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel is an international consultant and advisor. He is Professor of Economics at the Catholic University of Chile. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Pension Fund AFP Habitat and a member of the Advisory Board of the Chilean Chapter of Transparency International.
Dr. Schmidt-Hebbel held the position of Chief Economist of the OECD and Director of the OECD Economics Department in Paris in 2008-2009.

He was Chief of Economic Research at the Central Bank of Chile during the previous 12 years. Before that he was Principal Economist in the Research Department of the World Bank in Washington.

Dr. Schmidt-Hebbel has been Chairman of Chile’s Advisory Fiscal Council, Chairman of the Financial Advisory Board of Chile’s Sovereign Wealth Funds, General Director of Grupo Res Publica Chile, and President of the Chilean Economic Association.

He has worked closely as advisor and consultant with more than 60 international organizations, global and national corporations, 28 central banks, 10 governments, and many universities, conducting research and providing key financial and policy advice on a wide array of topics, ranging from financial markets, macroeconomics and growth policies, to pension systems and capital market reform, institutional organization and policy design. He has been invited as keynote speaker on financial, macroeconomic, and development issues to many corporate, official, and academic meetings and international conferences.

Dr. Schmidt-Hebbel is Full Professor of Economics at the Catholic University of Chile and Associate Professor of Economics at University of Chile. He was elected “2008 Economist of the Year” by his peers in Chile. He has been widely published in the fields of international finance, macroeconomics, monetary policy, economic growth, and development. He speaks fluent Spanish, English, German, and Portuguese, as well as basic French.

Mr. Schmidt-Hebbel holds a PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a BA and a MA in Economics from the Catholic University of Chile.