Luis Alberto Moreno
Former President of the Inter-American Development Bank, Colombia
Colombia
Luis Alberto Moreno Luis Alberto Moreno, chairman of the Inter-American Investment Corp., arrives for the morning sessions during the Allen & Co. LLC Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., on Friday, July 8, 2016. Billionaires, chief executive officers, and leaders from the technology, media, and finance industries gather this week at the Idaho mountain resort conference hosted by investment banking firm Allen & Co. LLC. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images © Bloomberg Finance LP
Luis Alberto Moreno
Former President of the Inter-American Development Bank, Colombia
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Luis Alberto Moreno assumed the presidency of the Inter-American Development Bank on October 1, 2005. He was re-elected to a third term in September 2015. Prior to joining the IDB, Luis Alberto served as Colombia’s Ambassador to the United States for seven years. He served a distinguished career in both the public and private sectors in Colombia.
Prior to his post as Ambassador, he served as representative for the Andean Region of WestSphere Capital, from August 1997 to July 1998. Previously, he served as senior advisor to the Luis Carlos Sarmiento Organization, the leading banking & financial group in Colombia with over US$10 billion in assets, from November 1994 to August 1997. From 1991 to 1994, during the administration of President César Gaviria, Luis Alberto worked in the Colombian Government in a variety of leadership positions. Under President Cesar Gaviria he served as Minister of Economic Development between 1992 and 1994.
Moreno is also the President of the Instituto de Fomento Industrial (IFI), the Colombian government’s industrial finance corporation, and a holding company for many of the largest state enterprises in the country. Previously, he was Executive Producer of the “TV Hoy” news program. During his tenure, “TV Hoy” received the “King of Spain Prize” for journalistic excellence, the Spanish-language equivalent of a Pulitzer. He was also awarded a Neiman Fellowship by Harvard University from September 1990 – June 1991.
Throughout his career, Luis Alberto has received some of the highest decorations and distinctions awarded by the Colombian state and the country's private sector, including the "Orden de Boyacá en el Grado de Gran Cruz”— the highest distinction given by the Colombian state — awarded by President Uribe in 2002. He also received the 2012 Clinton Global Citizen Award for Leadership in Public Service. Luis Alberto obtained his BA in Business Administration and Economics from Florida Atlantic University in 1975 and an MBA from the American Graduate School of International Management at Thunderbird University in 1977.
Moreno’s writings have appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines, and he has been a guest speaker in a wide variety of academic, political and economic forums in the United States, Latin America, Asia, and Europe.
Moreno obtained bachelor's degrees in Business Administration and Economics from Florida Atlantic University in 1975, and an MBA from the American Graduate School of International Management at Thunderbird University in 1977. For his distinguished work in the field of journalism, he was awarded a Neiman Fellowship by Harvard University to undertake studies at that institution from September 1990 to June 1991.