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Dr. Brambila-Macias is a Senior International Economist and Programme Manager with over 15 years of strategic leadership at the OECD, IMF, and FAO. Dual-trained as an industrial engineer and PhD economist, he brings deep expertise in trade policy, regulatory frameworks, agricultural mechanization, and robotics innovation. He has a proven ability to lead multicultural teams, manage complex programmes, build consensus across governments, and deliver results in politically sensitive international environments.

Since January 2015, Dr. Brambila has served as Programme Manager at the OECD's Trade and Agriculture Directorate (TAD/COD) in Paris, where he directs international programmes on agricultural quality standards, tractor testing codes, and pioneering robotics initiatives. He leads the OECD's work on agricultural robotics and autonomous vehicles, manages programme budgets, and serves as a trusted interlocutor with government officials, ministries, and embassies of OECD and partner countries. He maintains a strong global industry network spanning Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the United States.

Previously, he was a Research Fellow at the University of Reading (UK), a Consultant at FAO's Trade and Markets Division in Rome, and an Economist at the IMF's Western Hemisphere Department in Washington DC. He holds a PhD in Economics from Ca' Foscari University in Venice (Italy), an MSc in Economics from Bocconi University (Milan), an MBA from ITESM (Mexico City), and a BSc in Industrial Engineering from Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico City).

His fields of research include growth and development, applied economics, labour and inequality, international trade, macroeconomics, health economics, agriculture, and robotics and innovation policy. He is currently applying AI to automate programme workflows, with 2026 certificates in AI for Business (The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania) and AI and Digital Transformation in Government (University of Oxford, Saïd Business School & UNESCO).