The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that President Gabriel Boric appointed renowned actor Alejandro Goic as Chile’s new cultural attaché in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The announcement is made within the framework of the appointment of the Head of Attaché Offices in Technology, Cooperation, Investment, Human Rights, Press and the aforementioned Culture.
Through a statement, the portfolio highlighted that Goic is “a graduate in Dramatic Art and a theater director with extensive experience as an actor, director and scriptwriter for film and theater. At the national level he has obtained the Altazor, Aspes, Sienna, among others “.
“Internationally, he won the Ingmar Bergman Award at the Gothenburg Film Festival, Sweden; Best Actor Award at the Punta del Este Film Festival, Uruguay; Best Actor Award at the Ceara Film Festival, Brazil. In addition, his works They have been represented in Sweden, Spain, France, Brazil, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Colombia, Peru, the United States, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Mexico, and Argentina,” explained the Executive.
Alejandro Goic has not only stood out in cultures, but he was a member of the Socialist Party for several decades, he directed the television slot of former candidate Jorge Arrate in 2009 and in 2017 he served in the command of Alejandro Guillier.
In 2021 he was the head of the presidential campaign of Senator Yasna Provoste (DC), and in 2022, he was the “master of ceremony” for the presentation of the official document that sought to materialize the “Approval to reform” of the ruling party.
Other attachés
Added to the election of Goic as cultural attaché in Buenos Aires, the Foreign Ministry made other appointments in Technology, Investment, Cooperation, Human Rights and the Press, which “will be in charge of positioning the image of Chile in international debates, as well as promoting initiatives of cooperation to strengthen capacities and attract international talent and investment”.
“In the case of the technology and investment attaché offices, established for the first time at the presidential level, the role of the officials will be aimed at supporting the management and coordination of activities between the Chilean public services and their local counterpart, in relation to topics such as technological and industrial innovation, providing information of strategic value on technologies and foreseeable trends linked to the productive sectors of Chile, interacting with the local commercial ecosystem, at a public and private level, building long-term relationships of trust with relevant stakeholders; and identify and establish contact with investors and priority or strategic projects for the State of Chile,” the statement added.
Technology Attachés
San Francisco, United States: Bernadette Muñoz
Commercial Engineer with a major in Economics from the University of Chile. She has a Master’s in International Development from the University of Manchester, UK.
She has performed functions in the management of projects with social impact and public policies, with a special focus on impact evaluation, monitoring and fulfillment of objectives, where her work as the person in charge of designing impact evaluations of public programs, part of the National Innovation System, stands out. (SNI) of the Ministry of Economy; She leads two teams at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, Latin America and the Caribbean, and as part of the Microdata Center at the University of Chile, among others.
Frankfurt, Germany: Francisco Orozco
Industrial Civil Engineer from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. He has a Master of Public Administration from the London School of Economics (LSE) and a Master in Management and Public Policy from the University of Chile.
He has extensive experience in digital transformation projects with social impact, specializing in innovation, digital transformation, and public policies. He was a consultant to the UK National Health Service; He advises the Taxpayer Service Directorate of the Internal Revenue Service, as well as a manager in various ventures with a social focus such as Double Impact and ALCOM.
Canberra, Australia: Gabriela Legues
Commercial Engineer from the University of Chile, with postgraduate studies in Global Economy at the University of Glasgow, Scotland.
He has outstanding experience promoting international trade in clean growth industries such as low carbon hydrogen, renewable energy, infrastructure and transportation. He has worked promoting business opportunities for government institutions in Chile and the United Kingdom, a country where he is leading the technical regulatory dialogue on low-carbon hydrogen between the two countries. Likewise, she was Assistant for Asia Pacific Markets and new markets for ProChile.
Investment Attachés
Paris, France: Cristián Sagal
Agricultural Engineer from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He has a Master’s in International Business from the Iéseg School of Business in Lille, France, as well as diplomas in Food Innovation, Circular Economy, and Negotiation from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
He has worked at InvestChile leading the management of sectorial teams of the Investment Promotion Division, in addition to projects focused on circular economy and has led the portfolio of the food area in investment promotion.
Rome, Italy: Francisca Müller
Commercial Engineer from the University of Chile and Master in Economics from the same institution. She began her professional career as a researcher at the Microdata Center of the University of Chile. Later she worked as an analyst for educational, labor and impact evaluation projects at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Washington DC.
He worked as an economist in the Cabinet of the Ministry of Labor through the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). He worked in the Innovation Division of the Ministry of Economy in collaboration with the IDB. At the time of his appointment, he was working in the Chilean Mission to the OECD.
Ottawa, Canada: Francisco Xavier Appelgren
Lawyer from the University of Chile, Master in International Law, Investment, Trade and Arbitration from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and Diploma in Trade Policy from the University of Chile.
He has developed as a legal advisor in coordination of trade facilitation and trade policy of the Ministry of Finance and as part of the Legal Division at the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency, where he worked in the relationship with international investors and the provision of services for the evaluation and development of investment projects in various sectors.
Cooperation Attaché
Chilean mission to the EU. Brussels, Belgium: Juan Fierro
Professor of History and Geography at the Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences (UMCE). He has a Magister Artium in International Studies from the University of Chile. He has served as Head of the Commercial Office of ProChile for Scandinavia and the Baltic Countries; Coordinator of the International Network for Investment and Development Management of CORFO. In the Foreign Ministry, he was Head of the Department of Europe, Africa and the Middle East, in addition to being an adviser in the then General Directorate of International Economic Relations:
On the other hand, he was Head of the Economic Department of the Chilean Mission to the European Union. To date, he was the Head of the Department of International Negotiations and Monitoring, Chilean Agency for International Development Cooperation (AGCID).
Human Rights Attaché
Chilean Mission to the OAS. Washington, United States: Alexandro Alvarez
Lawyer from the University of Chile, Master in Law from the American University, Washington DC, and Master in International Human Rights Law from the University of Kent, Belgium.
He has vast experience in advising on legal, legislative and public policy matters both nationally and internationally, among which his role as deputy coordinator at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights stands out, and as an international consultant in the office of the High Commissioner for United Nations for Human Rights.
Press Attachés
Chilean Mission to the UN New York, United States: Tamy Palma
Journalist from the Alberto Hurtado University, awarded a scholarship by the United States consulate in the Edward R. Murrow: Research and Investigation program and beneficiary of the Pacific Alliance Scholarship at the Iberoamerican University of Mexico, studying Journalism and International Relations.
He has extensive experience in the media, especially in the written press and digital media such as La Tercera and The Clinic, and has held positions in corporate communications, especially focused on generating contact networks and managing external and internal communications for institutions in the public world. and private. Likewise, she is co-author of the book “Joyitas. The protagonists of the biggest cases of corruption in Chile” (2021) published in Editorial Hueders.
Washington DC, United States: Fernando Garcia
PhD in Information and Communication Sciences from the University of Paris VIII, Master’s in Political Science from the University of Paris I and Journalist from the Gabriela Mistral University, with postgraduate studies at the University of California and a graduate of the Diplomatic Academy of Chili. With public experience in international cooperation. He was Head of International Relations of the Council for Transparency and worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is the author of the book “Political Fiction of Social Networks” (2017).
