Ambassador Zepeda is the director of Human and International Security at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile. He is a lawyer and a career diplomat. During his career, he served as ambassador of to Egypt from 2008-2010, ambassador to Trinidad & Tobago from 2005-2008 and as deputy director for the South American Affairs Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2003-05. He joined the Chilean Foreign Service in 1974. Mr. Zepeda has a B.S. in law and social sciences, given by the University of Chile. He also graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of Chile and the University of Belgrano.