Miguel Braun
Miguel Braun Cortés (born November 30, 1973) is an Argentine economist and policymaker who served was Secretary of Commerce of the Ministry of Production (2015–2018) and Secretary of Economic Policy of the Ministry of Finance (2018–2019) of the Argentine Republic. Biography Braun holds a bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, in Economics from University of San Andrés. He graduated with honors in 1996. He continued his postgraduate studies in the United States. He obtained a PhD in Economics from Harvard University. Between 2000 and 2003 he was a member of the Academic Council of Universidad of San Andrés, as well as a professor of Economic Policy, Banking Theory and Macroeconomics. He also worked as a professor at the Torcuato di Tella University and at the University of Buenos Aires. Professional activity In 2000, he was co-founder of CIPPEC (Center for the Implementation of Public Policy for Equity and Growth), where he worked as Director of Fiscal Policy (2000–2006) and executive director (2007–2010). He has served as an economic consultant to the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, CELAC, UNICEF and the Ministry of Economy (Argentina), among others. Between 2010 and 2015 he served as the executive director of Pensar Foundation. In February