In addition, their knowledge qualifies them for important roles in specialized and regulatory agencies (domestic or international ones) in their fields of expertise, as well as in multilateral organizations.

By doing so, the Government emphasized the importance acquired by international trade in the years following the Great Depression and the need to devote attention and expertise to the defense of Spanish commercial interests.

It was ascribed directly to Prime Minister and was assigned, among other functions, with the duties of performing economic studies and advising centers and ministerial departments whose projects did affect Spanish economy.

The number of TCEE that have acquired notoriety and gained public recognition thanks to the importance of their contribution to the process of design and management of the Spanish economic policy, either in academia or in private enterprises, is very high.

Without being exhaustive, some of them are the following: Spanish government: Vicepresidents: Enrique Fuentes Quintana, Juan Antonio García Diez y Pedro Solbes Ministers of Economy: Luis de Guindos, Pedro Solbes o Enrique Fuentes Quintana Minister of Industry, Tourism and Energy: Jose Manuel Soria Minister of Public Administration: Jordi Sevilla Minister of Labour: Álvaro Rengifo Calderón Minister of Economic Trade and Tourism: Juan Antonio García Diez Minister of Commerce: Agustín Cotorruelo Minister of Industry and Energy: Carlos Bustelo Minister of Trade and Tourism and Minister of Transport: Luis Gámir Minister of the Presidency: Matías Rodríguez Inciarte Head of the Economic Office of the President: Álvaro Nadal Secretaries of State for Trade: Agustín Hidalgo de Quintana, Luis de Velasco, Apolonio Ruiz Ligero, Miguel Ángel Feito, Pedro Mejía Gómez, Silvia Iranzo Gutiérrez, Alfredo Bonet Baiget y Jaime García Legaz Secretaries of State for Economy: Pedro Perez Fernandez, José Ramón Álvarez Rendueles, Guillermo de la Dehesa, Miguel Ángel Fernández Ordoñez, Manuel Conthe,[9] Luis de Guindos, Fernando Jiménez Latorre e Iñigo Fernandez de Mesa Secretaries of State for Energy: Nemesio Fernández Cuesta y Alberto Nadal Secretary of State for Relations with the European Community: Pedro Solbes Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: Miquel Nadal Segalá Secretary of State for the European Union: Fernando Eguidazu Palacios Bank of Spain Governors of the Bank of Spain:[10] José Ramón Álvarez Rendueles, Luis Ángel Rojo Duque, Jaime Caruana Lacorte, Miguel Ángel Fernández Ordoñez y Luis María Linde International organizations Jaime Caruana as General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), as Head of Monetary and Capital Markets in the IMF and a current member of the Group of 30[11][12] Manuel Conthe as Vice President for Financial Sector in the World Bank Antonio Carrascosa as member of the Adjudication Board in the Single Settlement Mechanism of the European Union[13] Guillermo de la Dehesa as Chairman of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and Senior Member of the Group of 30[14] Several Executive Directors at the Executive Board of the IMF such as Ramón Guzman Zapater and Fernando Jiménez Latorre Other members of the body have stood out for their contributions to the academic world as professors.

Finally, there are also a large number of members of the body who have held and currently hold leadership positions in public and private companies as well as banks and financial institutions.