Directors
Rimisp’s Executive Board is primarily responsible for guiding the organization’s strategic direction and ensuring that its mission, vision, and institutional objectives are fulfilled. Currently, our governance structure consists of a Regional Directorate, responsible for the strategic and technical coordination of Rimisp in Latin America, and the directorates of the Offices in Colombia and Ecuador. This structure addresses the need for integrated regional leadership that strengthens our impact in the region, while maintaining the hallmarks of innovation, relevance, and excellence that underpin Rimisp’s prestige and track record in the region.
Rodrigo Yáñez Rojas holds a PhD in Sociology and a Master in Sociology and Statistics from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS). He is a Social Anthropologist from the University of Chile. He has specialised in poverty and development issues in rural territories in Chile and Latin America, developing research related to welfare indicators, analysis of food insecurity, multidimensional poverty and adaptation to climate change in indigenous and peasant communities. He has taught in Colombia, Spain, France and Mexico. Currently, he is also a professor at the Universidad Diego Portales.
Diego Bautista is an Industrial Engineer and Specialist in Project Evaluation from the Universidad de los Andes, and Master in Public and Social Policies from Pompeu Fabra. He has been a manager, advisor and consultant in different entities of the Colombian government and has been in charge of management and public policy projects in international and cooperation organisations (IDB, World Bank and USAID). He was an advisor to the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace during the negotiation process that led to the peace agreement with the FARC. Founder of the Platform for Improbable Dialogues, an organisation that promotes and accompanies processes of understanding and exploration of consensus between leaders with diverse and opposing interests. Former Director of the Inspirapaz Programme and President of the Rural Development Agency.
Carol Chehab Rouaiheb is an economist from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador- Quito (PUCE). She holds a Diploma in Foreign Trade from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and a Master’s Degree in International Finance and Trade from the University of Barcelona – Spain.
