Jorge Desormeaux

Jorge Desormeaux Jiménez (born 23 August 1950) is a Chilean economist, academic, and consultant. He served as Vice President and board member of the Central Bank of Chile.

He participated in the design and implementation of Chile’s pension reform that established the private system of Pension Funds (AFP). In the late 1970s, he worked alongside José Piñera Echenique and other economists on the development of a pension system based on individual capitalization and private administration of pension funds.

Between December 1999 and December 2009, Desormeaux served as a member of the Board of the Central Bank of Chile, including a term as Vice President from 2007 to 2009.

In the private sector, he worked as an economic consultant for national and international firms across sectors including banking, mining, agriculture, industry, and transport. He also advised public institutions such as the National Institute of Statistics (Chile), the World Bank, and financial institutions including Banco Santander Chile.

In 2010, during the first administration of President Sebastián Piñera, he chaired an advisory commission on financial regulation and supervision.

From May 2019 to May 2022, he served as President of Chile’s Autonomous Fiscal Council.

Personal life Desormeaux married Evelyn Matthei in September 1979. They have three children.