Alfonso PRAT GAY

Bio

Experience in public sector : 

• Minister of Tresury ans Public Finance (2015-2016)
• Member of the House of Representatives (2009-2013)
• President of "Coalicion Civica ARI" parliamentary bloc (2011-2013)
• President of the financeCommittee of the House of Representatives (2009-2011)
• President of the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (2002-2004)

Experience in private sector :

• Founder of Tilton Capital, an asset management company based in Buenos Aires (2005-2015).
• Founder and Chairman of “Andares”, an NGO fostering Microfinance Development (2005).
• Head of JPMorgan Currency Research in London (1999-2001).
• Strategist for JPMorgan's Emerging Markets Prop Trading team (1998-1999).
• Member of JPMorgan Economic Research Team in New York and Buenos Aires (1994-1998).
• Director of Macroeconomic Studies at Alpha S.A. in Buenos Aires (1989-1992).

Academic Activity

• Ph.D. Candidate in Economics (University of Pennsylvania). Master of Arts in Economics (1994).
• Degree in Economics from Universidad Católica Argentina (1988; Suma Cum Laude).
• Visiting Professor of Finance, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán.
• Assistant Professor of Finance at Torcuato Di Tella University (2005-2008).
• Teaching   Assistant   (University   of   Pennsylvania,   1993).
• Assistant Professor of Economics at Universidad Católica Argentina (1988-1992).

Board Memberships

• THE INTERAMERICAN DIALOGUE
• ITAÚ UNIBANCO, Latin American Strategic Advisory Board
• HAKLUYT, a British strategic intelligence and advisory firm
• CARI-Consejo Argentino de Relaciones Internacionales
• CEMIC- Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas
• THE BRENTHURST FOUNDATION, fostering
• Africa´s economic performance
• Fundación Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat

Selected Awards

• Finance Minister of the Year, 2016 (Euromoney Magazine).
• Most active Representative in the Chamber of the House (2013).
• Central Bank Governor of the Year, 2004 (Euromoney Magazine).

@alfonsopratgay