Alberto Dahik is Director of the Center for Economic and Social Studies for Development (CESDE) of the Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo (UEES) and Vice President of Grupo Empresarial Amazonas. Dahik has held important public positions such as the Vice Presidency of Ecuador, the Presidency of the Monetary Board, the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, and the Technical Management of the Central Bank of Ecuador, among others. He is also a national and international lecturer and economic advisor in several institutions. He holds a Master's degree from Princeton University, and is an Economist and Mathematician from the University of Western Ontario.

• Primary and Secondary Education: Cristobal Colon Salesian School of Guayaquil, Ecuador.
• University Studies: University of Western Ontario: Combined Honours Program. Degree in Economics and Mathematics. University Honours List. First year university mathematics valedictorian award.
• Graduate Studies: Princeton University. Academic direction by Sir. Arthur Lewis, Nobel laureate in economics in 1979. Specialization: Economic development, international trade, monetary and exchange rate policy.
• 1978-1981: Technical Manager of the Central Bank of Ecuador, in Guayaquil.
• 1981-1984: Columnist of the editorial page of “El Universo” newspaper, the largest newspaper in Ecuador. President of the Board of Directors of Coca Cola de Guayaquil. Economic advisor of the Chamber of Commerce of Guayaquil. Economic Advisor of the Chamber of Construction of Guayaquil. Business advisor. Professor of monetary theory and policy at the University of Guayaquil. Professor of Mathematics at Universidad Politécnica del Litoral. Entrepreneur and real estate developer. Entrepreneur in the shrimp industry in Ecuador.
• 1984-1987: Economic advisor to the President of Ecuador. President of the Monetary Board of Ecuador. Minister of Finance and Public Credit.
• 1987: Director of the Conservative Party of Ecuador.
• 1988-1992: National Legislator.
• 1992-1995: Vice President of Ecuador.
• 1994-1995: Co-founder and first chairman of the Advisory Council of Transparency International.
• 1996-1998: Financial and business advisor. Advisor to the president and government of Paraguay. Columnist of the editorial page of the newspaper “La Prensa Libre” of Costa Rica and the newspaper “La Tribuna de Nicaragua”.
• 1999-2014 Dedicated to his private, business and professional activities in San Jose, Costa Rica. He has been engaged in financial activities, real estate development, consulting.
• 2015 Advisor and Vice President, Grupo Empresarial Amazonas (GEA), Guayaquil, Ecuador
• Throughout his professional life, he has given countless lectures both in Ecuador and in other countries around the world.
• Present: Director of the Center for Economic and Financial Studies for Development (CESDE). Espiritu Santo University, Guayaquil.