This document is a resume for Alberto Soler Vera, a Spanish economist with over 15 years of experience working for the Spanish government. It summarizes his roles managing budgets over €274M, analyzing macroeconomic trends, and representing Spain in international organizations like the OECD. It also lists his educational background, including a PhD from Complutense University, and publications in economic journals.

1. A L B E R T O S O L E R V E R A
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P R O F I L E
Economist with 15+ years’ experience in macroeconomic, financial and
microeconomic/market analysis, econometric modelling and economic policy and
planning. Demonstrated leadership in management of budgets (€274M), staff (80+) and
representation of national government in OECD and other international fora. Produces
analyses and recommendations that influence high-level policy and decision-making.
Multilingual: Spanish (native); English, German (fluent); French (Basic). Spanish State
Economist, member of High Corps of Commercial Specialists and Economist of State of
Spain since 1999.
A r e a s o f E x p e r t i s e :
Country Risk Analysis • Financial Market and Juncture Analysis * Forecasting• Long-run and Structural Macroeconomic
Analysis, including Structural Change and Regional Convergence* Fiscal Rules, Medium-Term Fiscal Scenarios and Debt
Sustainability* Balance sheet and Financial Risk Analysis* Exchange Rate Determination Models* Competitiveness and
Current Account Dynamics* Monetary Unions Economics* Monetary Economics and Central Bank Strategies* Growth,
Human Capital and Dynamic Economics* Poverty and Social Mobility Drivers* Economic Policy Assessment* Competition
and Market Studies* Business Development * Time Series Analysis * VAR and SVAR • Dynamic Systems Of Equations•
Panels * Cointegration Analysis * Filters* Simulations• Macro and Microeconometric Modelling
P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E
MINISTRY OF ECONOMY OF SPAIN 1999 - 2015
Counsellor of Economic Affairs in Spanish Representation in OECD (since September 2014) Paris
(FRANCE)
Currently in OECD in charge of Committees of Financial Markets, Competition and Company Governance,
Economic and Development Review (involving OECD examination of 35 member countries/partners, ECOFIN
Committee of Economic Policy (UE), OECD Economic Policy Committee (EPC-OECD), Working Party on
Structural and Macroeconomic Issues, Short-Term Economic Experts Group, Corporate Governance
Committee, Competition Committee and Insurance and Pension Funds Committee.
Managed Spanish government’s economic relations with OECD, conveyed its position to member countries and
secured data to determine economic policy measures, update forecasts and revise quantitative tools.
General Director of Macroeconomic Analysis and International Economics (2012 - 2014)
Oversaw department budget (€274M) and staff of 80, reporting to Deputy Minister and Minister of Economy.
Report and Analysis (I took part in their elaboration or wrote them on my own):
• Stability Programme of Kingdom of Spain: Developed macroeconomic/financial projections to determine
government’s medium-term fiscal strategy – provided basis for preparation of annual budget (€450B) and
fiscal reforms, and fulfilled European Commission requirements under Excessive Deficit Procedure
• Produced three official forecasts (including risk assessments) per year identifying macroeconomic variables
for Spain/world used for development of budget, design of economic policy and risk assessment.
• National Reform Program: Applied dynamic general equilibrium models to determine quantification of
structural reforms and reconstruction of medium/long-term path of growth and employment – played
integral role in implementation of reform agenda, considered instrumental in post-recession recovery
• Executed follow-up of Spanish/international economic juncture and short-term forecasting -- generated ~50
intermediate forecasts per year for direct use by Minister of Economy
• Created ~80+ internal reports providing structural analysis of Spanish/international economy (e.g.
progress on imbalances reduction, financial sector health, structural obstacles for recovery of credit growth,
drivers of competitiveness and the current account, domestic and international factors of vulnerability,
optimal tax system reforms, income inequality and labor supply incentives) and
proposals/recommendations to Minister of Economy for solutions and economic policy measures
Represented Spain as state economist in four top-level committees:
• UE Economic Policy Committee (EPC-ECOFIN): oversaw adoption of decisions of Economic Policy
Coordination by Member States (in terms of liberalising reforms, budgetary consolidation, pension reform
or correction of macroeconomic imbalances)

2. R E S U M E : A L B E R T O S O L E R V E R A
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• Chairman of Working Group for Methodology of Lisbon Treaty (LIME): led coordination of 28 countries in
determining methodology for macroeconomic, structural and financial analyses, e.g. thresholds and
indicators for Procedure of Macroeconomic Imbalances within EU
• OECD Economic Policy Committee: Direct parallel role to its peer in UE-EPC, referring to
recommendations formulated to Member States
• Output Gap Working Group (ECOFIN): Determine methodology for UE Excessive Deficit Procedure
Economic, Commercial Counsellor/Head of Economic Section of Spanish Embassy in Riyadh (2010 - 2012)
Deputy Director of Business Cycle Analysis and Economic Forecasts (2007 - 2010)
Focused on short/medium-run forecasting, as well as country risk assessment.
Deputy Director of Research and Studies at Court for Protection of Competition (2006 - 2007)
Senior Advisor on IMF Related Issues at General Directorate for International Financing (2003 - 2006)
Head of Spanish Delegation at Paris Club, General Directorate for International Financing (2001 - 2003)
Represented Spain in Club of Paris, managing external debt negotiations of €1B+.
Technical Advisor on Mergers at General Directorate for Protection of Competition (1999 - 2001)
UNIVERSITY COMPLUTENSE OF MADRID 2002 - 2010
Professor, Department of Applied Economics III (Economic Policy)
Taught three subjects (Fiscal Policy and Financial Markets, Monetary and Financial Economics, Advanced
Monetary Theory) to ~100 students per year.
E D U C A T I O N
UNIVERSITY COMPLUTENSE (MADRID) 2015
PhD (directed by Ramon Febrero, trained in LSE and University of Chicago)
Dissertation on human capital and its rates of return under different endogenous growth settings; educational and transfer
policies, social mobility and poverty traps
UNED (Spanish University of Distance Education), Department of Economic Analysis
Dissertation: Monetary Transmission Mechanisms in Neo –Keynesian General Equilibrium Models)
UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA
Degree, Economics (Major: Economic Analysis/Minor: Econometrics)
Goethe Institute (Oberstufe), German
Language Institute of Zaragoza, English and German
P U B L I C A T I O N S
“Insurance and Signalling in IMF programs” (2005), jointly with Maria Serrano. ICE magazine, Number 827, pp.
45-71.
“The promotion of competition” (2006), jointly with María Fernández. Yearbook of Competition 2006, directed
by Luis Cases; pp. 101-129.
I N T E R E S T S
Sport (trekking, swimming, jogging), travelling, literature, history, music, cinema, academic research, media,
socializing