On Tuesday, October 27, at 12:00 p.m. ET, the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, in partnership with CAF Development Bank, will host a hybrid conversation with leaders from the US government, development finance, and the private sector on how public financing can mobilize greater US private investment across Latin America and the Caribbean.
The United States has long been the region’s largest foreign investor, and public financing increasingly backs that footprint, including a US Export-Import Bank framework with Argentina worth up to $7 billion. The challenge now is delivery. Panelists will examine what it takes for that financing to mobilize private capital and where the strongest sectoral opportunities lie.
This event builds on the center’s report “Mapping US investment in Latin America and the Caribbean” following its July launch and the center’s September #ACinNY conversation.
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Agenda
12:00–12:05 p.m. | Welcome remarks
Featuring
Adrienne Arsht
Executive Vice Chair and Founder,
Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center;
Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative,
Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security,
Atlantic Council
12:05–12:20 p.m. | From policy to deals: How US financing in Latin America and the Caribbean delivers for the hemisphere
Featuring
Sarah Whitten
Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer,
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Moderated by
Jason Marczak
Vice President and Senior Director,
Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center,
Atlantic Council
12:20–12:45 p.m. | Finding bankable opportunities in Latin America: private sector perspectives
Speakers
Catherine Hinckley
Principal, Connectivity Policy,
Amazon
Jose Antonio Miranda,
Associate Director for the Latam Private Credit team,
Macquarie Group
Sean Pi
Co-founder,
Heeney Capital
Antonio Silveira
Vice-President of the Private Sector,
CAF Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean
Moderated by
Kristie Pellecchia
Nonresident Senior Fellow,
Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center,
Atlantic Council;
Founder,
Pellecchia International
12:45–1:00 p.m. | Latin America and the Caribbean’s investment potential
Featuring
Andrés Rugeles
Manager, Latin America & Caribbean International Economic Forum,
CAF Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean
Moderated by
Enrique Millán-Mejía
Senior Fellow, Economic Development, Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center,
Atlantic Council
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