Lucio Castro is the former Director of Economic Development at CIPPEC. Head of Public Finance and senior economist at the Department of International Trade at the firm Maxwell Stamp PLC in London. Responsible for Macroeconomic analysis and design of macro stock investment portfolio for Emerging Markets Morley Fund Management in London.

Previously, he worked in the public sector and in international organizations such as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). He was a professor at the University of Tres de Febrero (UNTREF), University of San Andrés (UdeSA), FLACSO, Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA) and guest researcher at Harvard University.

He received the Fullbright Nexos Scholarship and won the JCI TOYP Argentina 2010 award for Leadership and Academic Achievement bestowed by the Argentine Chamber of Commerce (CAC). He is the author of numerous publications and a frequent speaker at seminars at national and international conferences.