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Leads CAF’s institutional relationship and engagement with governments and private sector clients in the Caribbean. She has close to 25 years’ experience in multilateral negotiations, development management and international finance, having formerly served as Pro Vice-Chancellor for Global Affairs at The University of the West Indies, Assistant Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba, Curaçao and St Maarten; Chief Technical Advisor, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); Consultant, The World Bank, Washington DC and Programme Specialist, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris.

A lawyer with a degree from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, he has a master's degree in Latin American Literature from the University of Barcelona and currently holds the position of Director of Sustainable Tourism at CAF. He has been President of the Colombian Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies (ANATO), of the World Federation of Travel Agency Associations; Deputy Minister of Tourism, member of the Executive Committee of the World Tourism Organization (WTO), Ambassador to China and legal and tourism consultant.

Sergio Díaz-Granados has extensive experience in public and private service, both nationally and internationally, with special emphasis on regional development and integration issues. Before assuming the presidency of CAF, he served as Executive Director for Colombia at the Inter-American Development Bank. He previously held the positions of Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia, Vice Minister of Business Development and President of the Boards of Directors of Bancóldex and ProColombia. He also has been a congressman and chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee of the Colombia’s House of Representatives.

Patricio Scaff serves as the External Relations Coordinator at CAF, where he leads efforts to drive a comprehensive agenda for fostering development partnerships, supporting resource mobilization, and promoting knowledge-sharing initiatives, such as through CAF Conferences. Before joining CAF, he worked as a Democratic Governance Specialist for Central America and the Caribbean at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, managing regional integration projects, particularly in health, security, and justice sectors. He also worked for the Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques and the French National Committee of UN Women, focusing on resource mobilization and building strategic partnerships, especially with the private sector. He began his studies at the School of Government and Public Management at the University of Chile and holds a BA and a master's degree in Political Science from Sciences Po Paris, with a specialization in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Ph.D. in Economics at Pompeu Fabra University (Spain). Master in Economics at the same university and at the Universidad del Cema (Argentina). Degree in Economics from the National University of Córdoba (1997). His research interests are in the areas of labor economics, economic development, family economics, and public policy and program evaluation. Previously, he worked as a research economist at the IERAL of the Mediterranean Foundation (Argentina) and as a professor at the Pompeu Fabra University, the National University of Córdoba and the 21st Century Business University (Argentina). See publications

Senior Research Economist at CAF Socioeconomic Research Unit, where he has been working for more than 10 years. Before joining CAF, he was a Research Economist at the Central Bank of Venezuela.   He is an Economist from Universidad Central de Venezuela with a Master Degree in Operations Research from Universidad Central de Venezuela and a PhD in Economics from The University of Rochester.    His research interests relate to Productivity and Growth, Labor Economics and Development Economics.   

Ph.D. en Economía por la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Máster en Economía por la misma universidad, Licenciado en Economía en la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina). Sus intereses de investigación se centran en los aspectos macroeconómicos del desarrollo económico y comercio internacional en economías emergentes. Ver publicaciones

Desde julio del 2016 asume la responsabilidad de brindar acompañamiento de iniciativas públicas y privadas para operaciones del Sector Agronegocios de CAF. Economista peruano con 15 años de experiencia en el liderazgo de equipos interdisciplinarios para el desarrollo de negocios inclusivos, cadenas de valor y agronegocios en el ámbito de Programas y Proyectos de desarrollo económico. Se ha desempeñado como Asesor del International Trade Centre-UN para el Programa Región Exportadora de la la Cooperación Suiza - SECO. Previamente fue Asesor en Cadenas de Valor para el Programa de Desarrollo Rural Sostenible la Cooperación Técnica Alemana, desempeñando labores relacionadas al fomento del Desarrollo Territorial Rural en regiones del norte peruano.  Con especialización en Cadenas de Valor Sostenibles, Negocios Inclusivos y Comercio Exterior Agroalimentario, ha sido también consultor para SNV, Swisscontact, BID, Ministerio de Comercio Exterior de Perú, PROMPERU, entre otras entidades.

Federico Vignati, Dr. en Economía y  experto en desarrollo sostenible con de experiencia trabajando en Asia, África y América Latina.