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Laura Alfaro is the Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration. She is also a Faculty Research Associate in the National Bureau of Economic Research's International Finance and Macroeconomics Program and the International Trade and Investment Program, member of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Economic Advisory Board, the Latin-American Financial Regulatory Committee (CLAAF), Faculty Associate at Harvard's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and member of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies¡¯ (DRCLAS) policy committee, among others.

Ignacio Briones

Mr. Ignacio Briones Rojas is the Minister of Finance of the Government of Chile under the administration of President Sebasti¨¢n Pi?era. Ignacio Briones holds an BA in Economics as well as Master in Economics and Political Science from the Pontificia Universidad Cat¨®lica de Chile, and PhD in Economics from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Sciences-po in Paris, France. He assumed the position of Minister of Finance of Chile on October 28, 2019. Until his appointment, he served as Dean of the School of Government of the Adolfo Ib¨¢?ez University, a position he held since June 2014.

Guillermo Calvo is Professor of Economics, International and Public Affairs, and Director of the MPA in Economic Policy Management (MPA-EPM) at Columbia University since January 2007. He is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). He is the former Chief Economist of the Inter-American Development Bank (2001-2006), President of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, LACEA, 2000-2001, and President of the International Economic Association, IEA, 2005-2008. He graduated with a Ph.D. from Yale in 1974.

Mauricio Cardenas is a recognized Latin American economist with vast academic and policymaking experience. As Colombia¡¯s finance minister between 2012 and 2018 he handled the oil shock (which caused a 40% reduction in Colombia¡¯s exports), implementing a successful adjustment program that preserved high investment rates and sharp reductions in poverty and inequality. Prior to the shock he had led a fiscal reform that cut payroll taxes, triggering an unprecedented increase in formal jobs. In addition to Finance, has been a minister in four other portfolios: Economic Development (Industry and Housing), Transport, Planning, Mines and Energy, and recently Finance.

Mart¨ªn Rama

Mart¨ªn Rama is the World Bank Chief Economist for the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region. Rama¡¯s top priorities are to provide intellectual leadership on development issues facing LAC, to promote high-quality analytical work about the region, and to advisce the regional management team on development issues. From 2013 to 2018, Rama was the Chief Economist for the South Asia region of the World Bank, based in Delhi, India.

Andr¨¦s Velasco is the Dean of the School of Public Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. In 2017-18 he was a member of the G20 Eminent Persons Group. During 2015-16 he co-chaired the Global Panel on the Future of the Multilateral Lending Institutions. In 2013-16 he was a member of the Global Oceans Commission. Mr. Velasco was a presidential candidate in Chile in 2013. He also was the Minister of Finance of Chile between March 2006 and March 2010. During his tenure he was recognized as Latin American Finance Minister of the Year by several international publications. His work to save Chile?s copper windfall and create a rainy-day fund was highlighted in the Financial Times, the Economist, the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg, among many others.