María Pilar Giménez Celis

Expert in urban public policies, with more than 20 years of experience in high-level positions within private and public organizations, including the Ministry of Housing and Urbanism of Chile. Among her achievements is the drafting of the new National Urban Development Policy of Chile. In the international arena, Ms. Giménez was the Chilean representative on the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Working Party on Urban Planning between 2018 to 2022.

Ms. Giménez is currently the Director of the Center for Territorial Studies and Professor at University of Los Andes, in Santiago, Chile. She is also a partner at D’Urbano Consulting, a firm that focuses on strategic planning, applied regulations and urban research