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Alejandro Werner
Former Director of the IMF's Western Hemisphere Department | Founding Director, Georgetown Americas Institute | Ex-Deputy Finance Minister of Mexico | Latin America Economist
Alejandro Werner is one of Latin America's most respected economists and a leading voice on the region's economy. As director of the IMF's Western Hemisphere Department for nearly a decade, he led the Fund's work across the Americas, and previously served as Mexico's deputy finance minister. Now founding director of the Georgetown Americas Institute, he offers an authoritative, insider's read on markets, policy, and the region's future.
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Alejandro Werner biography
Economics speaker Alejandro Werner is one of the most authoritative voices on the Latin American economy and the forces shaping global markets. A Mexican economist trained at MIT, he has spent his career at the intersection of academia, government, finance, and international institutions, giving him a rare, 360-degree view of how economies work, and how policy, politics, and markets collide. Few people can explain the region’s economic present and future with his depth, clarity, and firsthand experience.
Werner is best known for his nearly nine years as Director of the Western Hemisphere Department of the International Monetary Fund, where he oversaw the Fund’s relationship with the 34 countries of the Americas and the Caribbean, including the United States and Canada, steering the region through crises from Argentina’s debt negotiations to the economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier, he served as Mexico’s Undersecretary of Finance and Public Credit, as Director of Economic Studies at the Bank of Mexico, and as head of corporate and investment banking at BBVA-Bancomer.
From the IMF to the Georgetown Americas Institute
Since 2022, Werner has been the founding director of the Georgetown Americas Institute, a university-wide platform for research and dialogue on the challenges facing Latin America and the hemisphere. He is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and serves on the boards of BBVA Mexico and Acciona Energía. A former professor at Yale and ITAM and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, he is a sought-after commentator on the region’s economy for outlets from CNN en Español to Americas Quarterly.
As a speaker, Alejandro Werner is clear, insightful, and refreshingly candid, translating complex macroeconomics into actionable intelligence for executives, investors, and policymakers. He speaks on the Latin American economic outlook, global markets and monetary policy, emerging markets and financial crises, and the risks and opportunities facing companies operating in the region. Audiences gain a rigorous, insider’s understanding of where the global and regional economy is heading, and what it means for their decisions.
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Alejandro Werner on Latin America: Falling on Hard Times
Alejandro Werner – IMF
Alejandro Werner Keynote Topics
Drawing on nearly a decade guiding the IMF's work across the Americas, Alejandro Werner offers a clear, authoritative read on where the Latin American economy is heading. He analyzes growth prospects, inflation and monetary policy, currencies, debt, and political risk across the region's major economies, and what they mean for investors, companies, and policymakers. A must-attend keynote for anyone doing business in, or making decisions about, Latin America.
With a front-row seat to the forces shaping the global economy, Werner helps audiences make sense of the big picture: interest rates and inflation, the trajectory of the U.S. and Chinese economies, trade tensions, and the shifting relationships between advanced and emerging markets. He connects global trends to real-world consequences, giving leaders the context they need to plan with confidence amid uncertainty.
Few economists understand financial crises, and how to navigate them, as deeply as Werner, who steered dozens of countries through them at the IMF. In this keynote he unpacks what drives currency volatility, debt distress, and financial instability in emerging markets, and what governments, companies, and investors can do to prepare and respond. A rigorous, experience-based look at risk and resilience in a turbulent world.
Latin America offers extraordinary opportunity alongside real complexity. Drawing on decades advising governments, companies, and investors, Werner gives business leaders a practical map of the region: where the growth is, how to read political and economic risk, how policy shifts affect investment, and how to build durable strategies across diverse and fast-changing markets. Essential intelligence for any company operating in, or entering, the region.
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Why Alejandro Werner?
Booking Alejandro Werner brings audiences a truly authoritative, insider's view of the Latin American and global economy, from one of the region's most respected economists. Having led the IMF's work across the Americas, served at the top of Mexico's finance ministry, and worked in academia and private banking, he understands how policy, politics, markets, and business intersect, and he explains it with rare clarity and candor. For any organization investing in, operating in, or exposed to Latin America and global markets, his insight is invaluable. He is ideal for events on economics, financial markets, Latin America, and global affairs, and is especially compelling for audiences across the Americas. To bring Alejandro Werner to your next event, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
Who is Alejandro Werner?
Alejandro Werner is a Mexican economist widely regarded as one of Latin America's leading authorities on the regional and global economy. He served as Director of the Western Hemisphere Department of the International Monetary Fund from 2013 to 2021, overseeing the Fund's engagement with the 34 countries of the Americas and the Caribbean. He is the founding director of the Georgetown Americas Institute and a nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Earlier in his career he was Mexico's Undersecretary of Finance and Public Credit, Director of Economic Studies at the Bank of Mexico, and head of corporate and investment banking at BBVA-Bancomer. He holds a PhD in Economics from MIT and has taught at Yale, ITAM, and other institutions.
What did Alejandro Werner do at the IMF?
As Director of the IMF's Western Hemisphere Department from 2013 to 2021, Alejandro Werner was responsible for the Fund's relationship with the 34 member countries of the Americas and the Caribbean, including the United States and Canada. He oversaw economic surveillance, the design and negotiation of financial programs, technical assistance, and the Fund's research agenda for the region. During his tenure, he guided the IMF's response to major regional challenges, including Argentina's debt negotiations and the severe economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the department helped some of the hardest-hit economies secure tens of billions of dollars in emergency financing. He is widely credited with strengthening the IMF's engagement and credibility across Latin America.
What topics does economics speaker Alejandro Werner cover?
Alejandro Werner speaks on the Latin American economic outlook, global markets and monetary policy, emerging markets and financial crises, and the risks and opportunities of doing business in Latin America. His keynotes suit events on economics, financial markets, global affairs, and regional strategy. To book Alejandro Werner as a speaker, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
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