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Daniel Alberto Artana

Mr. Artana is an International Consultant for the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), United Nations, AID, several private entities (firms and foundations) and governments of developing countries such as Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Lesotho, Paraguay, Peru, Mexico, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Slovakia, Suriname, Swaziland, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.

He holds a B.A. in Economics (1980) from the National University of La Plata, Argentina and a Ph. D. in Economics (1988) from the University of California, Los Angeles, USA.

Since 1987 he has served as Chief Economist at FIEL (Latin-American Economic Research Foundation). Buenos Aires, Argentina.

His main fields of research are: Tax policy, Public Sector Restructuring, Debt sustainability and Public Debt Management. , Macroeconomic Policy in Small Open Economies, Pension Reform, Oil Funds, Tax incentives to investment, Privatisation. Antitrust Policy. Regulation of utilities.

He is a Professor at the National University of La Plata since 1985, at the University Torcuato Di Tella since 2007, and at UCEMA since 2019.

Former Member of the Board of Directors of Falabella and CMR Argentina (2005 to 2019)

Former Secretary of the Treasury and Vice-Minister of Economy of the Federal Government of Argentina. March 2001.

He has served as Fiscal Expert at the Ministry of Economy of the Argentine Federal Government. From 1980 to 1987.

Pro bono activities: Vicepresident of the Italian School in Buenos Aires, Member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Hospital in Buenos Aires.

Sebastián Cabello

Mr. Cabello is an accomplished digital technology policy expert with vast experience driving collective action, public-private partnerships across Latin America. He serves as CEO at SmC+

Digital Public Affairs supporting different global digital players as well as advising the Inter-American Bank (IDB) and the Latin American Internet Association (ALAI). He is also research fellow at the Center for Technology and Society at Universidad de San Andres, Argentina. Between 2010 and 2018, he was Head of Latin America at the GSMA, the global association of the mobile industry, and led the organization’s advocacy activities in the region. Under that tenure, he created the We Care Campaign implemented across 16 Latam countries promoting industry collaboration behind the UN Sustainable Development Goals and was one of the creators of the Latin American Congress on Telecommunications (CLT). He led the engagement with governments and international bodies and was a Member of the National Committee on Spectrum of Colombia and the Latin American Internet for All Advisory Committee of the World Economic Forum. Before joining the GSMA in 2006, Sebastian worked as Market Research Director at TechPolis and as a consultant on international trade issues for the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Argentina and the Organisation of American States (OAS). Sebastian holds a “Licenciado” degree in Economics from Universidad Nacional del Sur (Argentina) and a Master’s in international Affairs from UC San Diego and has been a Fulbright scholar.

Mauro Roca

Mr. Roca is a Managing Director and member of the Emerging Markets Investment Team at TCW. He contributes to the management of several portfolios of financial assets of Emerging Market countries. Mr. Roca has a strong knowledge of emerging markets acquired in both public and private sector roles. Prior to joining TCW in 2017, Mr. Roca held different senior economist and strategist positions at leading investment banks in Wall Street. In particular, he worked as a Senior Economist at Goldman Sachs and Director of Strategy at Deutsche Bank, Barclays Capital and Lehman Brothers. He also worked as an Economist at the International Monetary Fund, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and as a Financial Analyst at the Central Bank of Argentina.

Mr. Roca is frequently quoted in the financial press - Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Bloomberg, Reuters- and invited to participate in TV broadcasts – Bloomberg TV, CNN.

Mr. Roca earned a Ph.D.-with distinction- and an M.Phil. in Economics from Columbia University, an M.A. in Economics from CEMA University, and a B.Sc. –Summa-cum-laude- in Economics from the National University of Córdoba in Argentina. He has previously served as an Adjunct Professor of Economics at Columbia University and a Visiting Professor at CEMA University in Argentina.

Ariel Scaliter

Mr. Scaliter is a Telecommunications Engineer from the University of Buenos Aires and holds an MBA from UCEMA .

He is a Technological Consultant, specialist and author of numerous papers in various areas linked to smart cities, digital video, blockchain and technology-based business models.

Directorof the Blockchain and Cryptoeconomics Department of UCEMA University. Director of XN Company (networking and communications infrastructure), Director of Indexaris (Blockchain and emerging technologies). Director at WisePlant (Industrial Cybersecurity).

David Sekiguchi

Mr. Sekiguchi is Co- Founder and Partner at QFR Capital Management, a global macro asset management firm.

He is a former Consultant and Managing Director at Integrated Finance Limited (New York. July 2005- May 2007) where he advised on strategic risk management, valuation, and asset liability management to governments, large corporations, and individuals. Helped develop IFL asset management arm. Within that, started with a team of colleagues the Victoria Fund, a non-G7 total return investment fund.

Between 2001 and 2005 he was Managing Director of the Deutsche Bank where he was Head of a group of 30 analysts worldwide, responsible for research on Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Member of DB’s Emerging Markets Global Management Committee, responsible for a $1.5 billion annual revenues business.

Between 1998 and 2001 he served as Vice President, Head of Latin American Fixed Income and Currency Strategy at J.P Morgan, NY.
He received several awards in his career, including first and second place in the Institutional Investor rankings - the most reputable in the financial industry - for Global EM Strategy, Latin American Strategy, and Latin American FX Strategy. It also had similar accolades from Latin Finance.
Prior to his career on Wall Street, he worked at FIEL, at the Central Bank and was a consultant for the Ministry of Agriculture.

Mr Sekiguchi holds a BA in Economy from the Universidad de Buenos Aires (1985-1990), a M.A. in Economic from UCEMA (1990-91) a M.A. and Ph.D. ABD (Thesis defense pending) in Economics, specialized in Finance and International Economics, 1991-96 from the  University of Chicago.

José Siaba Serrate

Mr. Siaba Serrate is Founder and CEO of Estudio Siaba Serrate (Business Consultancy)

He is a member of Think 20 (T20 Community).  Chair /Co-Chair of the T20 International Financial Architecture Task Force under Argentina´s, Japan´s and Saudi Arabia´s G20 Presidencies. He is also a member of Argentine Academy of Capital Markets, Argentine Council of Foreign Relations (CARI) and the International Policy Institute of the Argentine Academy of Political and Moral Sciences

He currently teaches at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad del CEMA (UCEMA) and at the Argentine Institute of Capital Markets (IAMC)

He formerly taught at National Foreign Service Institute (ISEN), Universidad de Belgrano and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
Mr Siaba Serrate is a regular columnist of Ambito Financiero ,Argentina´s leading financial daily where he served as General Manager.

He won the 2017 Konex Prize on Economic Analysis.

Mr Siaba Serrate holds a BA in Economy from the Universidad of Buenos Aires (1984) and a MS in Economics from UCEMA (1987)

Fausto Spotorno

Mr. Spotorno is a BA in Economics from the Universidad Católica Argentina and holds a MS in Finance from UCEMA.

He is currently Director of the Economic Resarch Center of Orlando J. Ferreres and Associates, Director of the National Economic Institute at the Universidad Argentina de la Empresa and Professor at the University of CEMA.

Emilio Ocampo

Emilio Ocampo, 56, is a professor of finance and economic history at UCEMA since 2006. He is also an independent consultant with a career in finance that spans over a quarter of century during which held senior positions at Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Salomon Brothers and Chase Manhattan Bank in London and New York. In 2013 and 2014 he taught an emerging market finance course at NYU’s Stern School of Business. Mr. Ocampo is a member of the academic committee of graduate finance program at UCEMA and leads UCEMA’s fundraising efforts. He is the author and/or co-editor of ten books and numerous articles on finance, history and economics and a regular contributor of op-ed columns in La Nación and Clarin, Argentina’s leading newspapers. He has been actively involved in several not-for-profit and academic initiatives in Argentina and abroad. He is a member of the Academic Advisory Board of Fundación Libertad y Progreso, a public policy think tank based in Buenos Aires. During 2016-2020 he was a Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington D.C.). From mid 2007 until late 2012 he was Chairman of the Board of Help Argentina, a not for profit foundation. Mr. Ocampo has an MBA degree from the Booth Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago (1990) and a graduate degree in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires (1985).