2026–present
Founder
Siderian
Developing an institution for repeated nuclear deployment, connecting technical evidence, industrial capacity and capital. Founding stage.
Curriculum vitae / 8 October 2026
Demian Reidel.
Physicist. Economist. Entrepreneur.
I am an entrepreneur in energy and technology. My experience spans scientific research, global macro investing, monetary institutions and nuclear energy. I founded Siderian and previously served as board president of Nucleoeléctrica Argentina and Second Vice President of the Central Bank of Argentina.
Professional experience
April 2025–February 2026
President of the Board
Nucleoeléctrica Argentina
Board leadership of Argentina’s nuclear power operator, responsible for Atucha I, Atucha II and Embalse. Work spanned nuclear strategy, operating capability and international technology relationships.
June 2024–July 2025
Ad honorem Chief of Staff of Presidential Advisers
Presidency of Argentina
Strategic advisory work under President Javier Milei, with a focus on energy, artificial intelligence and international technology relationships.
2015–2018
Board Member and Second Vice President
Central Bank of Argentina
Monetary Policy Committee member and one of the designers of Argentina’s inflation targeting system. Served as Argentina’s G20 Central Bank Deputy during its 2018 presidency.
2007–2012
Cofounder and Principal Portfolio Manager
QFR Capital Management · New York
Global macro investment management across international markets, including currencies, fixed income and credit.
2001–2002
Emerging Markets Strategist
Goldman Sachs · New York
Quantitative analysis and strategy in emerging markets.
Earlier career
Emerging Markets Research
J.P. Morgan
Research in international financial markets.
Education
Harvard University
PhD in Economics
Doctoral research in international economics and finance; dissertation supervised by Kenneth S. Rogoff.
University of Chicago
MSc in Financial Mathematics
Graduate training in mathematical methods for finance.
Instituto Balseiro
Licenciatura in Physics
1994 thesis on neural networks, supervised by Enrique Miranda and Damián Zanette.
Academic appointments & teaching
2019
Senior Fellow
Harvard Kennedy School
Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. Led a study group on Argentina’s 2015–2019 stabilization experience.
Past teaching
Asset Valuation
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
Teaching in asset valuation.
Research & publications
2026
Minimum Viable Scale: Extinction and Escape under Increasing Returns
Working paper, July 2026. A stylized mathematical model of minimum scale, survival and growth under increasing returns.
2026
When regulation kills growth: Summary for Davos
Public summary manuscript, 21 January 2026. An earlier manuscript in the same research programme; a distinct document from Minimum Viable Scale.
2006
Essays in international economics and finance
Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University. International economics and financial markets.
2004
A Biased View of PPP
Harvard working paper and preserved research slides, 22 September 2004. Purchasing power parity, sectoral differences and small sample bias in estimates of exchange rate adjustment.
1997
Statistical properties of random asymmetrical neural networks
Physica A, 241(3–4), 481–492. DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(97)00178-7.
1996
Space-time transformations within the path-integral approach to stochastic processes
Physical Review E, 54(1), 86–91. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.54.86.
1994
Redes neuronales: almacenamiento de secuencias y propiedades estadísticas
Physics thesis, Instituto Balseiro. Sequence storage and statistical properties of neural networks.
Selected writing
2026
The Founder’s Letter
Siderian
2025
Milei y la teoría de un premio Nobel para decidir en contextos de alta incertidumbre
Clarín, 20 December 2025
2018
G20: New proposals to enhance infrastructure
Central Bank of Argentina, 19 May 2018
Selected institutional work
November 2025
Nucleoeléctrica–Candu Energy agreement
Signed a memorandum of understanding on behalf of Nucleoeléctrica Argentina for cooperation in nuclear engineering, technical assistance and maintenance in third countries.
October 2025
Stargate Argentina
Participation in the initiative and Casa Rosada announcement of a proposed computing infrastructure project.
May 2024
Presidential technology visit to Silicon Valley
Helped organize the visit and participated in meetings at OpenAI, Apple, Google and Meta.
2018
G20 infrastructure and institutional capital
Central Bank Deputy in Argentina’s G20 finance track; work on the agenda for infrastructure as an asset class.
2009
IB50K evaluating committee
Assessment of science based business proposals at Instituto Balseiro while serving as a QFR portfolio manager.
Personal interests
Piano, chess, cooking, digital art, skiing, snowboarding and literature.
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