Everett J. Santos, Emerging Markets PartnershipFollowing a USAID-sponsored stint in the 1970s advising Latin governments on how to strengthen domestic capital markets, Everett Santos put his investment banking background to work in the 1980s in the International Finance Corporation’s investments and portfolio operations division. In 1992, he left that post to head […]
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In their own words. (Fernando Henrique)
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil When Fernando Henrique Cardoso was named Brazilian finance minister in 1993, few could have foreseen the dramatic changes that would follow in the ensuing five years. The implementation and continued success of the Real Plan, his victorious bid for the presidency, and crucial-though not yet complete-government […]
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In their own words. (Floris Deckers)
Floris Deckers, ABN Amro Floris Deckers is president of ABN Amro’s Latin America and Caribbean regional office, based in São Paulo, where he has been stationed since the office was relocated there from Amsterdam in 1994. He’s a 17-year veteran of the bank, with the majority of his time spent in structured […]
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In their own words. (Franciso Garces Garrido)
Francisco Garces Garrido, Libertad y Desarrollo These days, Francisco Garces sits on the board of Banco Santiago and is a member-along with former Chilean Finance Minister Hernan Buchi-of a think tank called Libertad y Desarrollo. During the debt crisis he was in the thick of the action as international director at Chile’s central bank between […]
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In their own words. (Frederic Z. Haller)
Frederic Z. Haller, Deutsche Bank Frederic Haller has followed the ups and downs of the Latin American debt market right from the start. After spending three years as a credit officer for private and public sector business in Latin America for Chase Manhattan, Haller was seconded to Libra Bank, Chase’s London-based consortium […]
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In their own words. (Geoffrey Langlands)
Geoffrey Langlands, Bozano Simonsen Geoffrey Langlands has had a hand in the Brazilian stock market for the better part of 40 years. He was with Schroders, which he joined straight out of Cambridge, when the firm sent him to Brazil for three months as a temporary replacement for one of two guys […]
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In their own words. (Gerrit Tammes)
Gerrit Tammes, Banco Pactual Gerrit Tammes lived in South America in the 1960s, experience which would pay off handsomely when he was invited to join a mid-sized Dutch bank called NMB as board member and later bank chairman. At NMB he was faced with the task of turning the 100% domestic institution […]
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In their own words. (Guillermo Ortiz)
Guillermo Ortiz, Mexico’s Central Bank Governor Guillermo Ortiz, who stepped into Manuel Mancera’s shoes at the end of 1997 as governor of Mexico’s central bank, was named in March 1997 as LatinFinance’s Man of the Year for his accomplishments as finance secretary in the wake of the peso crisis. During that time, […]
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In their own words. (Gustavo Cisneros)
Gustavo Cisneros, Cisneros Group Venezuelan business magnate Gustavo Cisneros, chairman of the Cisneros Group of Companies, is one of Latin America’s powerhouse entrepreneurs. Perhaps best remembered for having dumped Pepsi Cola to become a Coca-Cola bottler, the Cisneros Group has also made headlines recently through a string of successful media acquisitions. Aside […]
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In their own words. (Hari Hariharan)
Hari Hariharan, Santander Now head of Santander New World Investments in New York, Hari Hariharan’s experience in Latin America goes back to his time at Citibank, where he did his first Latin American trade in 1989/1990-buying Argentine loans from a Japanese bank. He also worked on the Telefonica privatization at Citicorp in […]