Arturo brings more than thirty years of experience in the financial sector. His background is wide and diverse and spreads over many areas such as asset management, fixed income, derivatives, risk management, securitization, financial litigation, and regulation. Before switching to the financial arena, he worked as a scientist doing research on applied mathematics and mechanical engineering-related problems.
Currently, he divides his time between New York and Chile. In Chile, he is a Principal Researcher at Clapes-UC, a public policy center affiliated with the Catholic University of Chile (PUC). He is also part of the investment committee (endowment) of the Adolfo Ibáñez University (a private university based in Santiago), and CIO (a Chilean investment advisory firm). In the U.S., he is a member of the board of Pasadena Private Lending, a direct lending firm located in California.
He has taught at Columbia University in New York (Business School), the University of Southern California in Los Angeles (School of Engineering), and the University of Chile.
He served three years as a member and President of the Chilean Sovereign Fund investment committee (US$ 25 billion); and four years as a member of the Advisory Board of the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Also, he participated in the Financial Regulation Reform Commission that was appointed by the Chilean Minister of Finance (2010-2011).
As a consultant, he has acted as an advisor to government entities and private firms in the United States, Asia, and Chile. He has written numerous academic articles (refereed papers) on topics related to finance, portfolio management, art markets, applied mathematics, and engineering. Many of his opinion pieces have been published by the Financial Times. His book, The Worth of Art: Financial Tools for the Art Markets, (co-authored with Ventura Charlin) was recently published by Columbia University Press.
As a result of the subprime financial crisis, he was invited twice to testify, as expert witness, by the U.S. Senate. He has also been consulted by the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Treasury, and the Connecticut State Insurance Commissioner.
Arturo holds a Ph.D. in applied mechanics and a M. S. in civil engineering from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech); an MBA in finance from New York University; and a civil engineering degree from the University of Chile.