XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

Mario Marcel Cullell has served as Chile’s Minister of Finance since 2022 under President Gabriel Boric. He holds a degree in Business and Economics from the University of Chile and a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Economics from the University of Cambridge. He was Governor of the Central Bank of Chile from 2016 to 2022 and has been a board member since 2015. Previously, he served as Director of the Budget Office under President Ricardo Lagos (2000–2006), Deputy Director for Governance and Territorial Development at the OECD (Paris), Director of the Governance Practice at the World Bank (Washington), and Manager for Institutional Capacity and Finance at the IDB (Washington). He has also worked as a researcher at Cieplan and served as an international consultant. He has been recognized with awards such as “Economist of the Year 2017” and “Governor of the Year” by LatinFinance (2020–2021). He has been recognized with awards such as “Economist of the Year 2017,” “Governor of the Year” by LatinFinance (2020–2021), and “Central Bank Governor of the Year 2021,” according to the specialized publication Central Banking.