Cristián Bowen Garfias

Cristián Andrés Bowen Garfias (Santiago, April 18, 1980) is a Chilean industrial engineer, consultant, and former public official. He served as Undersecretary of Transportation during the second government of President Michelle Bachelet, from 2014 to 2016. Since leaving public service, he has focused on consulting in energy, mobility, and innovation, advising organizations such as Copec Wind Garage and previously the Delegation of the European Union in Chile under the Global Gateway program.

Family and studies Born in Providencia, he is the son of programmer Juan Cristián Bowen del Valle and social worker María Gabriela Garfias Alcérreca.

Public career During 2005 he was executive director of the "Corporación Construyendo Futuro".

After Michelle Bachelet won the presidency, he served as Undersecretary of Transportation from March 11, 2014, until November 18, 2016, when President Bachelet made a cabinet change.

Recent professional career After leaving government, Bowen shifted his focus to the private sector and consulting in energy and innovation.

He is an associate consultant at CIS Consultores. From 2019 to 2024, he was a partner and executive director at Infinity H2, a company developing hydrogen-based technologies for mining trucks and power generation. From 2022 until late 2024, he advised the Delegation of the European Union in Chile under the Global Gateway program, promoting investments in renewable hydrogen, lithium, copper, and sustainable transport. He is currently a strategic advisor at Copec Wind Garage, leading projects in electric mobility, charging infrastructure, and new energies.

Publications Bowen, C. (2017). "Implementación del sistema Transantiago en Chile y su impacto en el mercado laboral del sector transporte." Boletín FAL, No. 360, August 2017. United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Bowen, C. (2008). "On the approximation bias to benefit measures in discrete choice models." International Journal of Transport Economics, Vol. XXXV, No. 2, June 2008.