Carlos Massad Abud became a Director on February 20, 2004. He also serves as Chairman of AMICAR S.A. He has served as professor at the Faculty of Economics of the Universidad de Chile, and as the Director of the Institute of Economic Research and of the Graduate School of the same university. In 1964 he was appointed Vice President of the Central Bank, and he became President of the Central Bank in 1967. In 1970 he became an Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund. In 1974, Mr. Massad joined the United Nations' Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) as an adviser, eventually serving as Deputy Executive Secretary. In early 1994, Mr. Massad was appointed Minister of Health in the first cabinet of President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle. In September 1996 he became President of the Central Bank and served in that capacity until April 2003. Mr. Massad received a B.A. in Business and Administration and graduated from the Universidad de Chile. He completed his graduate training at the University of Chicago. |