The Rafael del Pino Foundation, within the framework of its Programme for Attracting Teaching Talent, has signed a collaboration agreement with CEMFI in order to contribute to the return of outstanding Spanish researchers who work in centres of excellence abroad. The Foundation's objective in creating the Rafael del Pino Chairs is to raise the level of teaching and research in the best Spanish universities.
On 7 June 2017, the Rafael del Pino Foundation awarded the Rafael del Pino Chair at CEMFI to Tano Santos, co-director of the Heilbrunn Centre at Columbia University Business School. Professor Santos completed his PhD at the University of Chicago in 1996. From 1996 to 2003 he was a professor at the University of Chicago Business School, joining Columbia University Business School in 2003, where he currently holds the David and Elsie Dodd Chair in Finance. His research ranges from asset valuation to organisational theory. His publications include three articles in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, two in the American Economic Review and two in the Journal of Political Economy. Tano Santos reinforces CEMFI's academic team in the area of finance.