Pedro Hernandez Santamaria Economist and Political Scientist

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Deputy Technical Director for Economic & Sectorial Analysis

Secretariat of Finance, District Capital

Jan 2021 - Aug 2023 (2 years 8 months)

• Led the Fiscal Observatory of the District Capital, attracting over 1,500 visitors in its first operating quarter and positioning Bogotá as the first city to join the Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency. This data project was instrumental in advancing a data-driven strategy to enhance public spending efficiency and improve public service delivery for Bogotá’s citizens, monitoring a city budget of approximately $7.5 billion. • Guided comprehensive economic analysis about Bogotá, delivering +12 monthly sectoral notes and 5 annual forecasting reports on local economic activity as a critical input for public finance management decision-making. • Managed a team of 10 people to develop 12 dashboards featuring 50 economic indicators, publ

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Government Affairs Advisor – General Director

National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE)

Dec 2018 - Jul 2019 (8 months)

• Advisor in charge of the institutional relationships with the Congress and subnational authorities • Participated in sectorial and economic statistics work-teams, as well as in project formulation of technical cooperation initiatives with international organizations as the Swiss Embassy (SECO) and Catapult UK • Supported the legislation approval of 3 fundamental articles in the Development Plan Law 2018-2022 that transform the National Statistical System and increase the national enforcing as data authority of DANE

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Economic advisor – Office for Competitiveness, Science, Technology, and Innovation

Presidency of the Republic of Colombia

Oct 2017 - Dec 2018 (1 year 3 months)

• Supported 3 inter-ministerial committees (logistics and trade, quality assurance, productive development) in topics related to customs efficiency, sustainable mobility and modal efficiency, sustainable infrastructure, foreign investment, agricultural and technological extensions. Pedro O. Hernández Santamaría London, UK E-mail: p.o.hernandez-santamaria@lse.ac.uk C: +44 7774 408499 • Accompanied dialogue processes with representatives of international organizations and technical cooperation institutions with an agenda focused on the promotion of the Colombian productive sectors, for example, the Swiss Embassy (SECO), the British Embassy (Catapult), the European Union, the OECD, CIAT, among others. • Designed a follow-up tool for str

CSR and Sustainabilit y Consultant Project Manager

Intelligent Social Investment

Mar 2017 - Jul 2017 (5 months)

• As project manager I oversaw the projects assigned by the General Manager (management, supervision, development and deliverable drafting and revision). For this short-term project, I gave advice on sustainability and support for the assessment of operational environmental and social impacts and risks of the 14 CEMEX Mexico' Cement Plants, including technical and social reviews of the operations.

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Economic advisor

MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND PUBLIC CREDIT OF COLOMBIA

Jul 2016 - Feb 2017 (8 months)

• Advised on Health and Pension Policy and Regulation. Mediated inter-institutional discussions on the implementation of the Statutory Law that regulates health, as a fundamental right in Colombia • Designed and updated a health system income-spending resources model according to the current laws and norms, to compute health sector long-term budget projections and economic impact assessments • Formulated, followed-up and supervised projects for the strengthening of Colombia's health and pension system. One finalized project was: "Health spending in Colombia"

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Lecturer, Consumer and Firm Theory

Economics Department, Universidad de los Andes

Jan 2016 - Aug 2016 (8 months)

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Adjunct Professor, Research Quantitative Methods II

Sociology Department, Universidad del Rosario

Aug 2015 - Nov 2015 (4 months)

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Information Anal yst – Office

Center for Studies on Economic Development

Feb 2015 - Jul 2016 (1 year 6 months)

• Coordinated the information gathering process for the official Faculty quality evaluation. Ending 2015, we achieved a high-quality official accreditation for 10 years. • Updated all the academic and research matrices for the +40 faculty members of the Faculty • Organized all the information about the +500 publications of the professors between the years 2010 and 2016 • Quantified the 2015 and 2016 performance indicators for all academic (40) and administrative collaborators (34) RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

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Research Assistant

Government, Universidad de los Andes

Feb 2014 - Aug 2014 (7 months)

• Paper: "Effectiveness of targeting in social protection programs aimed to children: lessons for a post-2015 agenda" (Sandra Garcia, & R Iyana Miranti. EFA Global Monitoring Report, UNESCO, 2015)

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Research Assistant

Economics Department, Universidad de los Andes

Sep 2013 - Nov 2013 (3 months)

• Project: "Citizen Culture Survey" in partnership with Corpovisionarios.

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Research Assistant

Political Science Department, Universidad de los Andes

Jun 2013 - Aug 2013 (3 months)

• Project about mining in Colombia and its relationship with the conflict and the illegal armed forces, in partnership with the Economics Department and the Colombian National Police.

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Research Assistant

School of Government, Universidad de los Andes

Jul 2012 - Oct 2012 (4 months)

• Project: "Pursuing teaching excellence and quality education for all in Colombia" in partnership with Compartir Foundation.

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Intern, Economic Research Unit

Banco de la República (Central Bank of Colombia)

Jan 2012 - Jun 2012 (6 months)

London, UK E-mail: p.o.hernandez-santamaria@lse.ac.uk C: +44 7774 408499 • Research, statistical and econometric analysis for writing as coauthor the paper: "Higher Education in Colombia: Current Situation and Efficiency Analysis" with Ligia Melo and Jorge Ramos

Intern, Research Unit

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Jun 2010 - Jul 2010 (2 months)

• Research on the UNDP World, Regional and National Human Development Reports since 1991 to compile, classify and organize into the Online Documentation Center of the Virtual School project from the UNDP Regional Center for Latina America and the Caribbean

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