Ana Fernanda Maiguashca is currently head of the Private Competitiveness Council, a private think tank dedicated to support public and private agendas to build productivity and improving life conditions in Colombia. She acts as member of several boards of directors in for profit and not for profit organizations. She was member of the board of governors of Colombia's central bank, Banco de la República, from 2013 to 2021, and she previously acted as Deputy Minister of Finance. Maiguashca studied economics at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá and holds an MBA from Columbia University in New York. She spent the first part of her career at the Banco de la República, in various assignments related with the development of the local capital market. She left to become Head of Strategy for a local pension fund; acted as Deputy Superintendent for Risks at the Financial Superintendency of Colombia; and Head of Financial Regulation of the Colombian Ministry of Finance. Most of her career was devoted to public service and currently serves in the Consejo Superior of Universidad de los Andes, Fedesarrollo and Propacífico.