José Pinilla is Policy Manager at IPA Global. Before joining IPA, he worked as the Plans, Policies, and Interventions Coordinator at the Directorate in charge of vocational education and training at Peru's Ministry of Education. He has also worked at the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Peru, in the directorate in charge of promoting private investment through public-private partnerships. José also has experience working with different privately-funded interventions on education, nutrition, and rural development, as part of corporate social responsibility programs. He has completed a Master’s program in Data, Economics, and Development Policy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Universidad del Pacífico.