Juan Carlos Echeverry
Executive Director for Colombia and Peru
Inter-American Development Bank
Former Finance Minister of Colombia
Juan Carlos Echeverry is
the Executive Director for Colombia and Peru at the Inter-American Development
Bank, based in Washington DC. He is a macroeconomist, policymaker and
university professor, experienced in economic and political analysis. Dr
Echeverry served as Colombia’s Minister of Finance between 2010 and 2012 and
its Minister of Economic Planning between 2000 and 2002. He was responsible for
the technical design and congressional approval of Colombia´s economic
stabilization package (1998-2002) and Colombia’s economic take-off program
(2010-2014). For eight years, he advised international banks and financial
institutions at Global Source and Econcept, consultancies based in New York and
Bogota, respectively. He was also a weekly columnist at Atlanta-based CNN en
Español for three years. Dr Echeverry has taught at New York University and
universities in Colombia, and is a former Dean of Economics at Universidad de
los Andes in Bogota. He has published papers in specialized journals covering
different fields of economics, has written three books on the Colombian
economy, and has contributed to books on the economic development of Africa and
the Pacific Basin. He has a PhD in Economics from New York University.
Ernesto Zedillo
Director
Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
Former President of Mexico
Ernesto Zedillo is the
Frederick Iseman ’74 Director of the Yale Center for the Study of
Globalization, Professor in the Field of International Economics and Politics,
Professor of International and Area Studies, and Professor Adjunct of Forestry
and Environmental Studies at Yale University. Dr Zedillo was President of
Mexico from 1994 to 2000. He had previously served in the Mexican Government as
Undersecretary of Budget (1987-1988), Secretary of Economic Programming and the
Budget (1988-1992), and Secretary of Education (1992). He worked at Banco
de México from 1978 to 1987. Dr Zedillo currently serves on the
Global Commission on Drug Policy, chaired by former Brazilian President
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, and is Co-Chair of the Inter-American Dialogue.
Other advisory roles include Vice Chair of the Global Commission on Elections,
Democracy and Security (2010-2012); Chairman of the Oversight Board of the
Natural Resource Charter (2010-2013); Chair of the Global Development Network
(2005-2011); Co-Chair of the Regional Migration Study Group (2010-2013); and
Chair of the High Level Commission on Modernization of World Bank Group
Governance (2008-2010). He also previously served on the International
Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament; chaired the Commission
of Eminent Persons to recommend the future course of the International Atomic
Energy Agency; and co-chaired the Partnership of the Americas Commission. Dr
Zedillo is a Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum; the
Trilateral Commission; the G30; and the Board of Directors of the Peterson
Institute for International Economics. He is also a Distinguished Practitioner
of the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford and an international member of
the American Philosophical Society. His edited volume, Rethinking the War on
Drugs through the US-Mexico Prism (YCSG), was published in 2012, and two others,
Global Warming: Looking Beyond Kyoto (Brookings/YCSG) and The Future of
Globalization: Explorations in Light of Recent Turbulence (Routledge) in 2008.
He earned his Bachelor’s degree from the School of Economics of the Natìonal
Polytechnic Institute in Mexico, and his MA and PhD from Yale University.
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Michael Fitzgerald
Partner and Chair, Latin America Practice
Paul Hastings
Michael Fitzgerald heads
the Latin America Practice Group at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s
New York office. He has represented a wide range of international and domestic
underwriter and issuer clients in debt and equity financing transactions and
merger and acquisition activities. Mr Fitzgerald has been especially active in
Latin American financial markets, and was one of the first US corporate lawyers
to focus on capital markets work in the region. He is recognized as a leading
lawyer (band 1) by Chambers USA, Chambers Global, and Chambers Latin America;
named in the International Who's Who of Capital Markets Lawyers and Business
Lawyers; recognized by Legal 500 US as one of four leading lawyers in the US
for Global Offerings; named one of the world's best capital markets lawyers in PLC
Cross Border Handbook; and included among the "500 Best Lawyers in the
US" by Lawdragon. Mr Fitzgerald has written articles and presented
seminars on a variety of issues involving international capital markets. He
earned his JD from Fordham University School of Law and BA from University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Andrés Gluski
President and CEO
AES
Andrés R. Gluski was named Director, President and CEO of AES in September 2011. He possesses deep experience in the global electricity business, and is recognized as an industry thought leader on international finance and operating infrastructure finance and operating infrastructure issues. In September 2013, Mr Gluski was appointed by President Obama as a member of the President's Export Council. He was named International CEO of the Year by Latin Trade Magazine in 2012. With more than 20 years' experience, Mr Gluski has created an operational excellence mindset at AES. He led the turnaround of some of the group's most significant operating businesses and spearheaded a major expansion program in Chile. Under his leadership, AES was the first company to be recognized with four Edison Electric Institute awards within a seven-year time span. These awards were granted for distinguished leadership, innovation and contribution to the advancement of the electric industry in Cameroon, Chile, Philippines and Latin America.
Prior to his current position, Mr Gluski served as AES Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from 2007 to 2011, Regional President for Latin America for 2006 to 2007, Senior Vice President for the Caribbean and Central America from 2003 to 2006, CEO of La Electricidad de Caracas (EDC) from 2002 to 2003, and CEO of AES Gener (Chile) in 2001. Before joining AES in 2000, Mr Gluski held several leadership roles including Executive Vice President and CFO of EDC, Executive Vice President of Banca de Venezuela (Grupo Santander), Vice President for Santander Investment, and Executive Vice President and CFO of CANTV (subsidiary of GTE). Mr Gluski has also held positions in the public sector and multilateral agencies. He worked in the International Monetary Fund's Treasury and Latin American Departments, and served as Director General of Public Finance for Venezuela's Ministry of Finance. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Cliffs Natural Resources, Council of the Americas, the USA Spain Council, and the Edison Electric Institute. He is Chairman of AES Gener and AES Brasiliana. Mr Gluski is a graduate of Wake Forest University and holds an MA and a PhD in Economics from the University of Virginia.
Adele Gulfo
President
Pfizer Latin America
Adele Gulfo is Regional
President of Latin America in Pfizer’s Emerging Markets Business Unit. She
leads a team of over 4,000 colleagues operating across more than 23 countries.
In 2012, Pfizer Latin America achieved more than $3 billion in revenue and has
become the largest revenue generator within Pfizer’s Emerging Markets Business
Unit. Previously, Ms Gulfo served as President and General Manager of Pfizer’s
US Primary Care Business Unit, which included the Managed Markets (Corporate
and Government Customer) organization for all of Pfizer’s Biopharmaceutical
business units. In 2011, Pfizer’s US Primary Care business generated more than
$10 billion in revenue under her leadership. Prior to joining Pfizer, Ms Gulfo
was Vice President of Business Development, Innovation and Design for Launch at
Astra-Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, where she launched the cholesterol-lowering
medicine Crestor. Before AstraZeneca, she held positions of increasing
responsibility at Warner-Lambert, including senior director of cardiovascular
marketing. It was in this role that she launched LIPITOR, the world’s most
successful medicine with over $10 billion in peak year global sales. Ms Gulfo
developed award-winning medical and public education campaigns that helped to
establish the significance of lowering cholesterol in preventing and managing
heart disease. She has also been awarded five US patents for innovative
packaging designed to help patients adhere to their medicines. Trained as a
scientist with experience in both operational and strategic roles, Ms Gulfo
serves as an advisor for the Cleveland Clinic’s Innovation Center. She is also
on the Board of Directors for Volunteers of America-Greater New York, the
Council of the Americas, and the Committee of 200 (C200), an organization of
the world’s most successful women entrepreneurs and corporate leaders. She is a
member of the National Association of Female Executives, and the Healthcare
Businesswomen’s Association’s Advisory Board. Among many honors, she has
received the 2012 C200 Luminary Award for Corporate Innovation, and the 2013
Oracle Award by Springboard Enterprises. Ms Gulfo holds a Bachelor’s degree in
Biology and Chemistry from Seton Hall University and an MBA in Marketing from
Fairleigh Dickinson University, both with honors. She studied post-graduate
microbiology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
Gerardo Mato
President, Global Banking & Capital Financing - Americas
HSBC
Gerardo Mato is President of Global Banking &
Capital Financing – Americas at HSBC Securities (USA) Inc, a subsidiary of HSBC
Holdings plc, one of the world’s largest banking and financial services
organizations. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing all of HSBC’s
investment banking and origination activities across Canada, the US, Latin
America and the Caribbean. This includes investment banking advisory, project
and export finance, leverage and acquisition financing, and debt and equity
capital markets. Mr Mato has more than 20 years of origination experience and
has provided strategic capital-raising advice to governments and large-cap
companies across the Americas region. He joined HSBC in 2002 from Merrill
Lynch. In addition to holding a degree from the Wharton School of Business, Mr
Mato's education includes Harvard Business School.
Alejandro Werner
Director, Western Hemisphere Department
International Monetary Fund
Alejandro Werner assumed
his current position as Director of the Western Hemisphere Department of the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) in January 2013. A Mexican citizen, Mr Werner
has had distinguished careers in the public and private sectors as well as in
academia. Most recently, he served as Undersecretary of Finance and Public
Credit of Mexico from 2006 until 2010, Professor of Economics at the Instituto
de Empresa in Madrid (August 2010-July 2011), and Head of Corporate and
Investment Banking at BBVA-Bancomer (August 2011 to end-2012). Previously he
was Director of Economic Studies at the Banco de México and
professor at ITAM. He has published widely. Mr Werner was named a Young Global
Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2007. He received his PhD from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Jonathan Wheatley
Deputy Emerging Markets Editor
Financial Times
Jonathan Wheatley is the
Financial Times’ Deputy Emerging Markets Editor. He was Brazil Correspondent
from 2005 to 2011, when he moved to London. He lived in São Paulo from 1992,
writing for the FT, BusinessWeek, the Economist Intelligence Unit and many
others. He previously worked in television news, current affairs and
documentaries in London.
