Sean Hinton
Sean Hinton is Chief Executive Officer of the Soros Economic Development Fund and Director of the Economic Advancement Program of the Open Society Foundations. Prior to this Sean was principal of Terbish Partners which he founded in 2007 to provide strategic advisory services on cross-border transactions in China, Mongolia and Africa focusing on the social […]
Bernardo Guillamon
Bernardo Guillamon, an Uruguayan national, is the Bank’s Manager of the Office of Outreach and Partnerships. Mr. Guillamon has worked at the IDB in the area of private sector development since 1992. From 2007 until July 2008, he was in charge of the Bank’s operational program in the Integration and Trade Sector (INT), developing and […]
Alejandro Grisanti
Alejandro Grisanti is the head of research and strategy for Latin America at Barclays Capital Inc. In 2005, he founded his own company, Ecoanalítica, which he directed until 2007. The company was an important source of information to understand the economy and politics of Venezuela. Prior to Ecoanalítica, Mr. Grisanti was the chief economist of Banco […]
Hon. Carlos Fernando Galán
Carlos Fernando Galán Pachón was born in 1977 in Bogotá and is the youngest of the three children of Luis Carlos Galán, the founder of the New Liberalism assassinated in 1989 by Pablo Escobar. He comes from a family of politicians as well as journalists, the two professions he has practiced until now. Politics comes on […]
Laura Ostenso
Laura Ostenso is an economic development professional with more than ten years’ experience working to improve rural agriculture markets in emerging economies. At Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation/Fintrac, Laura leads knowledge management and exchange, communications, and technical assistance for the program’s commercial partners. She also manages the online AgTechXChange community to bring together businesses, […]
Anna Gainey
Anna was elected President of the Liberal Party of Canada in February, 2014. She campaigned primarily on preparing the Liberal Party for the next election by empowering its grassroots, focusing on volunteers and developing a digital culture within the organization. In addition to being an active member of the Liberal Party for over 15 years, […]
Richard Francis
Richard Francis serves as director of sovereign ratings at Fitch Ratings. Previously, he was director of sovereign ratings at Standard & Poor’s. Francis was also a research economist at Morgan Stanley. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Rice university and a master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University.
Inimfon Etuk
Executive Coordinator – Forum of Senators’ Wives, Nigeria
Richard Edelman
Richard Edelman is the president and CEO of Edelman, a leading communications marketing firm. The firm was named “PR Agency of the Decade” by both Advertising Age and The Holmes Report. Richard has extensive experience in marketing and reputation management, having led assignments with major corporations, NGOs and family businesses in over 25 industries around the world. Richard topped […]
Russ Dallen
Russ Dallen is head of investment bank Caracas Capital Markets and Editor-in-Chief of the Latin American Herald Tribune. Prior to founding Caracas Capital Markets, Russ was head of the Latin American operations of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. in Venezuela and Editor-in-Chief of Venezuela’s 70 year old Daily Journal. Russ was a Fellow at Columbia University […]
Leslie Austin
Security detail, Mrs Saraki, Founder-President of Wellbeing Foundation Africa