Luis Miguel Castilla

Associate Fellow, Latin America Programme and the Global Economy and Finance Programme

Biography

Luis Miguel Castilla holds a PhD and MA in Economics from Johns Hopkins University and a BA in Economics from McGill University. 

He served in various capacities for the Government of Peru, including as Minister of Economy and Finance and Ambassador to the United States. 

He has over twenty years of professional experience at multilateral development banks, holding senior management positions at the Inter-American Development Bank and the Development Bank of Latin America-CAF. 

He is a member of the Inter-American Dialogue and has held scholarly positions at MIT and several universities in the US and Peru. Dr Castilla has written extensively on development, public finance, public policies and international affairs, and currently is Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE.

Past experience

2025–presentSenior Visiting Fellow, School of Public Policy, London School of Economics
2021–2026Executive Director, Videnza Instituto
2016–2020Manager of Strategic Planning and Development Effectiveness, Inter-American Development Bank
2015–2016Peruvian Ambassador to the United States, Peruvian Embassy in the US
2011–2014Minister of Economy and Finance of Peru, Ministry of Economy and Finance of Peru