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Broad policy experience over 24 years as a senior U.S. diplomat, including most recently as Chargé d´Affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission in Argentina;

Executive Director for U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick;

U.S. State Department Director for Brazil and Southern Cone Affairs;

National Security Council Director for Central Asia, Caucasus and Caspian Energy Issues;

Economic and Financial Section Chief at U.S. Embassy Moscow during the 1998 financial crisis;

Other Washington-based assignments on Japan, Korea and Syria and overseas posts in Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan;

MA in Economics, Stanford University; MBA in International Finance, UCLA; MA in Russian Studies and Foreign Policy, Johns Hopkins University (SAIS);

Fluent English, Spanish, Russian, familiarity with Arabic, French, Italian.

Extensive international experience over a 20 year policy and project management career at the World Bank with assignments on Brazil, Venezuela, Uzbekistan, Nigeria, and Russia during the 1998 financial crisis;

Co-founder and President of the Board of the Center for Financial Stability(CEF), a leading think tank and forum for public-private sector discussion;

Senior Advisor to Secretary of Finance in Argentina's Economy Ministry and to Central Bank Chairman (2000-2002);

Board member of Hidroelectrica Piedra del Aguila and Caja de Valores;

Senior Analyst U.S. Federal Mortgage National Corporation (FannieMae);

Lic. in Economics, University of Buenos Aires, MA in Economics, CEMA; MPhil./PhD (abd) in Economics, Columbia University; Management of Financial Institutions, Stern School of Business, New York University;

Fluent Spanish, English, Portuguese, familiarity with French, Italian, Russian