Mercedes Araoz is a Professor of International Economics and Public Policy at Universidad del Pacifico, Lima, Peru. Currently, member of the Executive Board of the Global Crop Trust, and Commissioner of the Broad Band Commission for Sustainable Development (ITU-UNESCO). Also, she is cochairing the Academic Advisory Council Committee of United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards (UNFSS).
She has been Vice-President and member of the Parliament and Prime Minister of Peru. Another previous government positions she had held in her home country are Minister of Finance, Minister of Production and Minister of Trade and Tourism, Executive Director of the Competitiveness Council and Member of the Antidumping and Countervailing Duties Committee at INDECOPI. She has been Representative of the Interamerican Development Bank in Mexico.
She is an economist graduated from Universidad del Pacifico and has a master’s degree and doctoral studies from University of Miami, she has a long career in the Academia as professor and researcher in areas like international trade policy and negotiations and development and competitiveness public policy. She has received two “Doctor Honoris Causa” degrees, one by Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón in Lima and the other one by Universidad Nacional San Agustin in Arequipa, Peru.
