Camila Merino

Camila Merino Catalán
Camila Merino Catalán
Mayor of Vitacura
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 28 June 2021
Preceded by	Raúl Torrealba
Ministry of Labor and Social Provision
	In office; 11 March 2010 – 14 January 2011
President	Sebastián Piñera
Preceded by	Claudia Serrano
Succeeded by	Evelyn Matthei
Personal details
Born	21 September 1967 (age 57); Concepción, Chile
Political party	Evópoli
Spouse	Enrique Elsaca Hirmas
Children	Four
Alma mater	Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (BA); MIT Sloan School of Management (MA);
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Industrial engineer

Camila Merino Catalán is an industrial engineer and former Minister of Labor and Social Welfare for Chile. Currently is Mayor of Vitacura.

Early life

Merino completed her studies in Colegio Alianza Francesa in Concepción, Chile. She completed her university studies in Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and majored in Industrial Engineering. She holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.^[1] She also completed studies at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris. She is married to Enrique Elsaca Hirmas, Vice-President of Services and Operations of LAN Airlines.

Career

In 1991 she began working as an executive for Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), where she remained for the next 16 years. Amongst her positions, she was Vice-president of Administration Manager of Corporate Services, Human Resources and Mining. For her functions in the mining company, she worked for several years in Antofagasta, where she was director of the Association of Local Industries.^[2] The headhunter Humanitas selected her as a candidate for General Manager of Santiago Metro in December 2007, position which she accepted. She worked on a project—which had not had a manager for over a year—with a budget of nearly 1 billion USD to extend lines 1 and 5 of the subway.^[3]

Politics

In February 2010, she was nominated by Chile’s President-elect Sebastián Piñera as Minister of Labor and Social Forecast.^[4]

References

^ (in Spanish) Radio Cooperativa Camila Merino
^ (in Spanish) FETRAPES Ministra del Trabajo
^ (in Spanish) El Mercurio Ex ejecutiva de SQM aterriza en gerencia general del Metro
^ NASDAQ Chile President-Elect Names Felipe Larrain As Finance Minister

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[1] (in Spanish) Radio Cooperativa Camila Merino

[2] (in Spanish) FETRAPES Ministra del Trabajo

[3] (in Spanish) El Mercurio Ex ejecutiva de SQM aterriza en gerencia general del Metro

[4] NASDAQ Chile President-Elect Names Felipe Larrain As Finance Minister

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