Pablo Peña Corrales

Master in Public Administration in International Development (MPA-ID) Candidate at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
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Pablo Peña Corrales (Madrid, 1993) is a Master in Public Administration in International Development (MPA-ID) Candidate at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is interested in improving education and health systems in developing countries.

Previously, Pablo was a Project Manager at Dalberg Advisors in Kigali, Rwanda. Among others, Pablo performed an impact evaluation of a digital healthcare provider in Rwanda, supported the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) in defining the National Skills Development and Employment Promotion Strategy and collaborated in a UN publication on tax digitization in developing countries.

Previously, he worked as an Associate at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Madrid, where he focused on analytical and strategic projects in the Technology and Energy sectors. Among other cases, Pablo helped define the Strategic Plan of a major Tech firm; contributed to develop the long-term strategy of a leading European utility; monitored a Randomized Control Trial (RCT) testing an AI-based pricing software for a major European bank; restructured an industrial goods company, achieving a +50% EBIDTA increase in 12 months, and led a pro-bono initiative to improve Spain’s public adult education system.

Prior to BCG, Pablo interned at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Lima, supporting the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC). There, he contributed to the United Nation’s publication “United Nations System priorities to address Child Labour in Latin America and The Caribbean: A common commitment”, signed by eight UN agencies, setting a roadmap to tackle child labour in the region.

During his undergraduate studies, Pablo was a Research Assistant at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) based in London, investigating the long-term impact of an early education programme. His responsibilities then included the design and implementation of a large-scale survey and the performance of preliminary quantitative analyses. 

Pablo holds a BSc in Economics from University College London (1st class honours, dean’s list), where he focused on econometrics and quantitative economics, and studied Political and Social Sciences at Sciences Po Paris (summa cum laude). He is a recipient of the La Caixa Foundation Excellence Scholarship Award and is fluent in English, French and Spanish.