Economist with extensive international experience in trade and business development in China, the Caribbean, Central America and Colombia. Since 2016, he has been advisor to the General Commissioner of ARESEP, and current chair of the Regional Commission for Electricity Interconnection (CRIE). At ARESEP, Juan Carlos has been mainly involved in creating a regulatory framework capable of adapting to the fast-evolving social and technological reality. He is also a university professor and researcher at the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica.