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Dr. Stacy Richards-Kennedy

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Dr. Stacy Richards-Kennedy

Regional Manager for the Caribbean of CAF - Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean- 

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.

Óscar Rueda

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Óscar Rueda

Director of Sustainable Tourism, CAF -Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean-

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

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Sergio Díaz-Granados

Executive President, CAF -Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean-

Colombia

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

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Patricio Scaff

Principal Executive

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.

CAF-AM

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CAF-AM

CAF Asset Management Group

Alejandra Claros

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Alejandra Claros

Secretary General, CAF- development bank of Latin America

Alejandra Claros Borda, has a degree in Law and Political Sciences. From a very young age, she has had different responsibilities in high political spheres of her country, such as Chief of Staff of the President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia and National Coordinator of the National Telecommunications Company (ENTEL). Subsequently, in 2015 she joined CAF as Secretariat Coordinator, to later be in charge of the Institution's political analysis. In December 2021 she was appointed as Secretary General, a responsibility that for the first time in the history of the Institution falls on a woman. She has a postgraduate degree in International Relations and Diplomacy from the Plurinational Diplomatic Academy; a master's degree in Multidisciplinary Law from the Universidad Mayor de San Simón (Bolivia) and another in Communication and Political Marketing, the latter obtained at the University of Alcalá (Spain). Likewise, he has specializations in Latin American and Caribbean Studies and another in Technology and Political Subjectivity, both granted by the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO).

Florencia Buccari

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Florencia Buccari

Officer at the Socioeconomic Research Directorate of CAF

Florencia Buccari Officer at the Socioeconomic Research Directorate of CAF. Master's in Economic Development from the University of Nottingham. Bachelor's in Economics from the National University of Córdoba. Her research interests focus on the evaluation of programs and public policies, and in the areas of environmental, education, and development economics.

Pablo Brassiolo

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Pablo Brassiolo

Principal Economist, CAF -Development Bank of Latin America-

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

Fernando Alvarez

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Fernando Alvarez

Senior Research Economist, CAF -Development Bank of Latin America-

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.   

Lian Allub

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Lian Allub

Economista Principal, Dirección de Investigaciones Socioeconómicas, CAF -banco de desarrollo de América Latina-

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

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