Miguel Santos

Miguel Angel Santos is the Director for Applied Research of the Growth Lab at Harvard University. He is also an Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, and Visiting Lecturer at Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. At the Growth Lab, Miguel has led multidisciplinary teams in developing top-notch research aimed at helping countries (Colombia, Mexico, Perú, Panama, Venezuela, Jordan, Albania, Namibia), states (Chiapas in Mexico), cities (Hermosillo in Mexico, and Buenos Aires in Argentina) and protected areas (Peruvian Amazonia) to rethink their development strategies.

Before joining the field of international development, Miguel Angel worked for ten years in corporate finance and business development in Latin America, performing as Director of Finance for the Cisneros Group of Companies (1997-2003), Head of Corporate Finance for Mercantil Servicios Financieros (2005-2007), and Business Vice-President for Sony Pictures and Entertainment Latin America (2008-2009).

Miguel Angel holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Universidad de Barcelona, two Master of Science degrees in Economics and International Finance and Trade from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and a Master in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He was admitted as a Member of the Venezuela Academy of Social Sciences in May 2019.