Commercial Engineer from the University of Chile and Economist. He was minister of two portfolios in the Government of Eduardo Frei RuizTagle.
He was a director of the Banco del Estado and President of the System of Public Companies (SEP) and of the Board of Directors of National Television of Chile (TVN).
He was President of the Magallanes Development Foundation, President of the Technical Cooperation Service (Sercotec), President of the Technical Cooperation Service (Sercotec), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Europa-Chile Foundation (EuroChile) and advisor of the Chile Foundation.
He has been director of several companies, including Empresa Eléctrica Pilmaiquén, Empresa Nacional del Carbón, Celulosa Arauco y Constitución, Aguas Andinas, METRO S.A and ENAER.