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  "title": "Alejandro Werner",
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  "summary": "Alejandro Werner Alejandro Werner Related Links IMF Senior Officials Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF (January 2013 - August 2021) Alejandro Werner assumed his current position as Director of the Western Hemisphere Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in January 2013.",
  "publishDate": "2019-06-03",
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    {
      "heading": "Current position and tenure",
      "content": "- Director, Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund\n- Tenure as Director: (January 2013 - August 2021)\n- Assumed the position in January 2013"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Career background and roles",
      "content": "- Mexican citizen with careers in the public sector, private sector, and academia\n- Undersecretary of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico: (December 2006–August 2010)\n- Head of Corporate and Investment Banking at BBVA-Bancomer: (August 2011 until end-2012)\n- Director of Economic Studies at the Bank of Mexico\n- Professor at ITAM, Instituto de Empresa, and Yale University\n- Published widely in his fields of expertise"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Education and honors",
      "content": "- Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994\n- Named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2007"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Administrative note",
      "content": "- Last Updated: September 1, 2021"
    }
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    "Tenure as Director: (January 2013 - August 2021)",
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    "Undersecretary of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico: (December 2006–August 2010)",
    "Head of Corporate and Investment Banking at BBVA-Bancomer: (August 2011 until end-2012)",
    "Director of Economic Studies at the Bank of Mexico",
    "Professor at ITAM, Instituto de Empresa, and Yale University",
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    "Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994",
    "Named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2007",
    "Last Updated: September 1, 2021"
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