Previously, he held a senior position at the Institute for Liberty and Democracy as the Head of the Economic Division, where he lead the research projects and design the economic aspects of institutional reforms in developing countries. Furthermore, he worked as the General Director of User Management at the Peruvian Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion, where he managed the Peruvian targeting system for social policy. He received his DPhil in Economics and MSc in Economics for Development from the University of Oxford and also holds a BA degree in Economics from the University del Pacifico.