Rodrigo Rojo


Associate at WAGEMANN | Consulting.

Business Administrator with 20 years of professional experience including infrastructure and energy project evaluation. His expertise also covers development and public policies in trade, finance and climate change with special emphasis on international affairs.

Before joining WAGEMANN, he was the representative of the State of Chile on the Board of Directors of the World Bank, Deputy Director for International Affairs of the Ministry of Finance, Commercial Attaché of Chile to the United Kingdom and Head of the Department of Services and Investments at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Throughout his career, he has held important technical positions representing the State of Chile in international fora as OECD, APEC, WTO, UN and the Pacific Alliance, among others. Mr.  Rojo also was part of the Chilean team in trade negotiations with the United States, the European Union, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), Japan and China, as well as other regional countries.

In the private sector, he has advised major companies in Chile and abroad, where he evaluated more than 200 projects financed by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for investments up to USD$ 1 billion, including the analysis of financial structures and returns, due diligence, ESG factors, legal aspects of investments and economic and social benefits.

An important part of his professional career has been linked to the negotiation of dispute settlement mechanisms between Investors and States, established in the Investment Chapters under the Free Trade Agreements signed by Chile.

Currently, he is a Senior Consultant at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Managing Partner at Vásquez Urra Abogados (VUA).

  • Commercial Enginneer with a major in Business Administration, Universidad Santo Tomás.Diploma in Management and Public Policy, FCFM Universidad de Chile.
  • Languages: Spanish and English