José Antonio Ocampo is the Minister of Finance for Colombia and the Chair of the Committee for Development Policy of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). He is on the board of trustees for the Institute of Development Studies (IDS). Previously, he was a Professor at Columbia University. He has occupied numerous positions at the United Nations, including UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).