Francisco Pérez Mackenna

José Francisco Pérez Mackenna (born 16 March 1958) is a Chilean economist, business administrator, businessman, academic, consultant, researcher, and business association leader.

He previously served as president of the Chilean Association of Pension Fund Administrators (Asociación de AFP), which represents the companies that manage the country’s private pension system. On 20 January 2026, he was nominated as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the incoming government of President-elect José Antonio Kast, a post he is scheduled to assume on 11 March 2026.

Early life and education Pérez Mackenna is the eldest of four siblings. His father, Francisco Pérez Concha, was a business administrator, and his mother, María de la Luz Mackenna Dávila, worked as a secretary at Codelco during the period of Anaconda Copper.

He attended Saint George's College and later the Colegio Tabancura, where he completed his secondary education.

He later pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at the University of Chicago in the United States, where he received the Henry Ford II Award as the top graduating student and the Wall Street Journal Award in finance. He later co-founded a consulting firm with Juan Bilbao and Alfredo Moreno. He subsequently joined Citicorp Chile and later Bankers Trust, where he became Manager of Administration and Finance at AFP Provida.