## Alejandro Werner

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**Canonical URL:** [Alejandro Werner](https://www.imf.org/en/about/senior-officials/archive/alejandro-werner)

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: June 3, 2019

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### Current position and tenure
- Director, Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund
- Tenure as Director: (January 2013 - August 2021)
- Assumed the position in January 2013

### Career background and roles
- Mexican citizen with careers in the public sector, private sector, and academia
- 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
- Published widely in his fields of expertise

### Education and honors
- Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994
- Named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2007

### Administrative note
- Last Updated: September 1, 2021

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## References

- [IMF Senior Officials](https://www.imf.org/en/About/senior-officials)

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