TEAM
We are a research center inspired on classic liberal beliefs. Since we were formed-up in 2012, our mission has been to promote and defend the culture and institutions of a free society, where everyone’s freedom and dignity are the most valued features.
As an intellectual company, we are a non-profit organization, independent from any political or entrepreneurs’ groups. Our actions and activities are financed through contributions and support granted by people that are committed to Chile and adhere to the ideal of a free, self-reliant, prosperous and peaceful country.
The FPP honors the memory of Jean Gustave Courcelle-Seneuil, a French economist, because of his definite contribution to divulging and developing the economy and classic liberal beliefs in the country. Courcelle-Seneuil was hired by the Chilean government to establish and develop the political economy in the Republic of Chile’s onset. He performed this commission between years 1855 and 1863, from his position as a teacher in the Instituto Nacional, the Universidad de Chile and as an advisor to the Treasury Department.
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Our mission is to promote and defend a free society’s institutions and culture.
Our purpose is to influence the country’s public opinion and intellectual environment.
Our institutional values
In FPP, we live the values and principles of a free society every day and every minute. We believe that respect, honesty and dedication to do our best, together with perseverance and sincere appreciation for people’s dignity, will always keep us willing and active to contribute with the cultural change we desire for Chile, so that it acquires more freedom, prosperity and peace.
Progress and the principles of a free society
“We believe that progress is the discovery of what we still do not know. And that discovery may only be achieved in environments of deep freedom that allow people to experiment, make mistakes and learn through exploration and the improvement of the diverse talents and skills they have. The enormous spiritual and intellectual wealth that human beings hold may only flourish when they are allowed to deploy their uniqueness, that is, when they are free to pursue, without any limitation other than respect for other people’s life projects, their own dreams and personal goals in a spontaneous voluntary and peaceful collaboration action”.[/lvca_tab][lvca_tab tab_title=”Transparency”]
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Nicolás Ibáñez S. Chairman of the FPP Board of Directors Engineer in Business Administration from Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (UAI). Alumni Harvard Business School and member of the David Rockefeller Center Advisory Committee for Latin American Studies. He is a member of the board in several companies and foundations such as UAI, Fundación Adolfo Ibáñez, and Drake Enterprises A.G., among others.
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Dag von Appen B. Vice-chairman of the FPP Board of Directors Engineer in Business Administration from Universidad de Chile. AMP Harvard University. Chairman of Ultramar – a shipping company.
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Juan Conrads Z. FPP Board of Directors Treasurer Industrial Civil Engineer from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Master in Engineering Sciences – Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Master in Business Administration – Columbia University. |
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Francisco Pérez Mackenna. Director FPP Commercial Engineer at the Catholic University of Chile and MBA from the University of Chicago. Since July 1998 to date he held the position of General Manager of Quiñenco S.A.
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Juan Álvarez Chemical civil engineer of the University of Concepción. General Manager of Pares & Alvarez and Managing Partner of Buses Hualpén. |
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Sergio Escobar Commercial engineer of the University of Concepción. Director of the Chamber of Production and Commerce of Concepción and president of the board of the company Sergio Escobar y Cía. Ltda. |
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Fernando Prat Lawyer of the University of Concepción. Partner of the law firm Prat & Molina. |
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Benjamín Versluys Commercial Engineer from Universidad del Desarrollo de Concepción. Manager of Versluys Business Productions. |
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Beltrán Urenda Lawyer from the University of Chile, LLM in Maritime Law from the University of Wales and Master in Tax Management from UAi. Is director of Empresas Navieras S.A. and partner of Urenda y Cia Abogados |
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Sebastián Stephens Civil Engineer of the Adolfo Ibáñez University and owner of the Customs Agency Juan Carlos Stephens. |
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Niall Ferguson Honorary Member British historian from the University of Oxford. He is Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution (Stanford University) and Senior Fellow at the Center for European Studies at Harvard, where he was the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History for 12 years. In 2004 he was recognized by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
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Gonzalo Sanhueza
Senior Fellow
Economist from the University of Chile, Master and Ph.D in Economics from the University of California. Consultant of the Inter-American Development Bank and the International Monetary Fund. In 2016 he was distinguished by Focus Economics with the Best Current Account Forecasters Award – Chile for the correctness of his current account projections
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Mauricio Rojas Senior Fellow Historian and Doctor in Economic History, Former member of the Riksdag – Swedish parliamente (2002-2008) representing the Folkpartiet liberalerna (Liberal Popular Party). Associate teacher at the Lund University, Sweden.
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Roberto Ampuero Senior Fellow – On leave Writer, former minister of culture in Chile and former Chilean Ambassador in Mexico. Liberal and democrat. PhD, MA, IWP Fellow – Iowa University.
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Axel Kaiser Executive Director Lawyer. Doctor in Philosophy from Heidelberg University (Germany). Columnist of the newspapers “El Diario Financiero” and “El Mercurio”. He has written “El Chile que viene” (“The coming Chile”) (2007), “La fatal ignorancia” (“The fatal ignorance”) (2009), “La miseria del intervencionismo” (“The misery of interventionism”) (2012) y “La Tiranía de la Igualdad” (“The tyranny of Egalitarianism”) (2015).
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Armando Holzapfel General Manager Engineer in Business Administration from PUC. He is part of the philanthropic area of the Drake Group since 2012, which includes the areas of Ideas, Virtues, Elder People and Culture, among others. He is also a member of the Board of Directors in several foundations and leads the project called “Sociedad en Acción” (“Society in Action”), together with the CPPUC (Public Policies Center – Universidad Católica). Between 2009 and 2012 he led the Corporación de Adelanto Amigos de Panguipulli (Development Corporation – Friends of Panguipulli,) in the XIV Administrative Region.
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Rafael Rincón-Urdaneta Z. Director of Strategy and Global Affairs Engineer in Business Administration, Master in International Studies, graduated from the Academia Nacional de Estudios Políticos y Estratégicos of the Chilean Defense Department and Doctor in American Studies. He worked for Preussag Energie GmbH – a transnational oil company – and has performed as a counselor and teacher (Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez). He wrote “Del consenso a la encrucijada. El debate en torno al modelo chileno” (“From consensus to a crossroads. A discussion on the Chilean Model”).” (2013)
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Alejandro Cajas Director of Development Commercial Engineer from PUC and Master in Public Administration from Columbia University. Former vice president of FEUC and former president of the Association of Latino Students at the School of Public Affairs at Columbia University. He worked for Procter and Gamble and the Government of Chile. He was Executive Director of the Cientochenta Foundation and founder of the Latin American Network of Youth for Democracy.
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Diego Laguna Deputy director of formation Former student center president. Former member of Interact – Rotary Club. Graduated in electrical engineering from the University of Santiago de Chile. Member of the Circle Alumni FPP.
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Diego Figueroa Training Coordinator Graduate of Commercial Engineering from the Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana.
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Juan Carlos Vargas Network Coordinator He studie law at the Central University of Chile, where he was president of its Student Federation. He is currently Executive Director of the Latin American Youth Network for Democracy. And he is member of the FPP Alumni Circle since 2017.
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Jorge Gómez Arismendi Director of Research and Studies Journalist from Universidad Santo Tomas and master in Political Sciences from Universidad de Chile. He performed as director of contents for Fundación Cientochenta and was a researcher for the National Statistics Institute (INE).
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Esteban Montoya Researcher Graduated in Law from Adolfo Ibáñez University, with a minor in Political Science from the same university. He was Research Director of the Equity Foundation Studies Center. Former student leader for four years, both in its student center and in the UAI federation. Local coordinator for Students for Liberty (SPL) during 2016 and former member of the political and legal philosophy committee of the University of Valparaíso.
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Fernando Claro Director of Publications Economist from PUC and Master in Economy from this University. After performing in the financial market and as an advisor for several Economy and Education Ministers, he obtained a master’s degree in Political Economy from King´s College, London.
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Fernanda Somarriva Director of Communications Journalist from PUC. She obtained an academic degree in Social Media Marketing from the San Francisco State University, California.
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Luz María Lira Project and Communications Coordinator
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Gabriel Salas Content Manager Social Communicator of the Universidad Santa María (Venezuela). Former Regional Director of Students for Freedom Venezuela and member of the Latin American Executive Council 2013 – 2014. Previously he worked at the Venezuelan think tank Cedice Libertad and the citizenship organization Súmate |
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Rodrigo Martínez Triviño Audiovisual Producer Television Director and Producer. He formerly performed as Television Director in the Press Department at UCV Televisión, 2006 – 2014.
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Erwin Peña Audiovisual Performer Audiovisual Communicator, Duoc UC Professional Institute, San Andrés, Concepción.
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María Luisa Mira Designer Designer Duoc UC and journalist of the Universidad de los Ándes.
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Claudia Zavala Designer Designer and illustrator of the PUC.
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International relations
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Sascha Hannig Proyect Coordinatior Journalist, minor in history and economics of the East, candidate for Master’s degree at the Adolfo Ibáñez University and Alumni of the Universidad Cato 2013. She was president of the Student Federation of the UAI (2016) and is currently a collaborator at El Mercurio. He has published fiction novels (2010, 2012, 2015) and academic articles in international analysis.
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María Ignacia Court
External Consultant HR Consultant specialized in talent management, evaluation & development of Executives, Psychologist and Neurolinguistic Coach, 360º feedbacks. In addition to studies in Art Degree from the PUC, she is an organizational psychologist of the UDP, certified and accredited by the International Association of Coaching Institutes, the Human Coaching Network and the Chilean Association of Coaching and Saville Consulting .
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Josefina Prat People Managment Analyst Psychologist at the PUC. Former member of the UC College Student Center. |
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Silvia Peñaloza General Accountant Accountant Auditor with extensive experience in the world of real estate and retail.
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Tania Ramírez In charge of database and suppliers She has a degree in Communications and Public Relations. She has performed in the mining and education industries.
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Kristel Landeros Administrative Assistant
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Juan Pedro Lührs Regional Manager Valparaiso Journalist PUC and master (c) in Political Communication of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Former student leader and member of different social ventures such as Ají Verde, Cientochenta and the Leadership Institute foundation.
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Fernanda Valencia Head of Administration and Events Lawyer of the Adolfo Ibáñez University with Minor in Political Sciences. She was a secondary leader and assista profesor at the university. She has worked in yhe private world and in civil society.
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Camila Gaete Training Coordinator Valparaíso Titled Public Administrator of the University of Valparaíso. She was part of the Student Council of her career as manager of the extension area.
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Camila Muñoz Training Coordinator Concepción Degree in economics from the University of Concepción. She was the President of the Career Center. Secretary of the National Coordinator of Commercial Engineers.
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Matías Ruiz Content Assistant Concepción Architecture student at the Universidad del Desarrollo, vice president of the student center and member of EABB.
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