Dr. Vela-Treviño is a Mexican economist and is the Head of the Insurance, Pensions and Social Security Unit at the Ministry of Finance of Mexico.
He joined the Ministry in August 2009 as an Economist in the staff of economic advisers to the Deputy Minister of Finance and latter became Deputy General Director of Public Debt. Prior to joining the Ministry, Dr. Vela Treviño worked as for Barclays Capital, in New York, within the Emerging Markets Fixed Income Research Team. He also worked at Banco de México, as an Economist in the Research Department. Dr. Vela-Treviño holds a bachelors degree in Economics from ITAM, Mexico City, a Masters Degree in Economics from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D in Economics, also from The University of Chicago. Dr. Vela Treviño has lectured courses in public finance, public policy and microeconomics both at The University of Chicago and ITAM, México. Some of his research has been published in refereed journals in the U.S. and México.