In the context of ChileWeek in Beijing, the lawyer Cristián Rodríguez Chiffelle took up his new position as director of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency, InvestChile.

Rodríguez, who was selected through the Civil Service Board system and whose appointment was confirmed by President Sebastián Piñera, studied law at the University of Concepción and holds a Master of Laws degree from Harvard University and a Master in Public Administration degree from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Before his appointment at InvestChile, he served as Head of Trade and Sustainable Investment Policy at the World Economic Forum in Geneva. His experience includes his role at the Chilean Foreign Ministry’s General Directorate of International Economic Relations as chief negotiator on trade and the environment for agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Chile-Hong Kong FTA, and several investment treaties.