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“Lithium”

José Miguel Benavente

Executive Vice President, CORFO

Mr. Benavente has an undergraduate degree in civil industrial engineering and a doctorate in economics from Oxford University. He is an expert in science, innovation and entrepreneurship.

Before joining CORFO, he was a Lead Specialist at the Competitiveness, Technology, and Innovation Division of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Mr. Benavente was also Vice President of Chile’s National Innovation Council and a professor in the Economics Department at Universidad de Chile and the Business School at the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez.