Magdalena Barreiro
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Magdalena Barreiro is an Ecuador
an former Economy Minister and professor of finance.
She holds a Bachelor in Business Management from Escuela Politécnica del Ejército (Army Polytechnic School, Ecuador), as well as a Master of Science in Management
from the MIT Sloan School of Management
and a Ph.D. in Management Science with a concentration in Finance from the Illinois Institute of Technology
Stuart School of Business
.
Dr. Barreiro was a Financial Sector Coordinator at the Central Bank of Ecuador from 1992 to 1994. She was responsible for the supervision and implementation of the Financial Sector Project with the IDB, which included the financial sector and capital markets law, social security reform, and the modernization of other government financial institutions
From 1997 to 1998, Dr. Barreiro served as an economic and financial advisor for the National Council for State Modernization and Privatization (CONAM). In this capacity, she supervised every aspect for company valuations in the privatization
of the national telecommunications and electric sector.
In 2005, Dr. Barreiro served as Ecuador’s Minister of Economy and Finance and as the General Undersecretary of Finance. She was responsible for managing fiscal and economic policies and oversaw the country’s fiscal finances. Dr. Barreiro is credited with bringing the country back to the international capital markets with its first new sovereign debt offering in almost a decade and re-establishing good working relationships with its creditors.
She is currently Professor of Finance at Universidad San Francisco de Quito
and serves as an independent consultant on Ecuador’s economic and political developments for Global Source, a network of independent advisors based in New York.
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
an former Economy Minister and professor of finance.
She holds a Bachelor in Business Management from Escuela Politécnica del Ejército (Army Polytechnic School, Ecuador), as well as a Master of Science in Management
Master of Science in Management
Master of Science in Management, abbreviated MSc or MSM, is a Master of Science academic degree that is common throughout the United States and Europe. It is similar to the MBA degree, and often requires a dissertation before a graduate is admitted to it. The MSc is a research-oriented program...
from the MIT Sloan School of Management
MIT Sloan School of Management
The MIT Sloan School of Management is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts....
and a Ph.D. in Management Science with a concentration in Finance from the Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology, commonly called Illinois Tech or IIT, is a private Ph.D.-granting university located in Chicago, Illinois, with programs in engineering, science, psychology, architecture, business, communications, industrial technology, information technology, design, and law...
Stuart School of Business
Stuart School of Business
IIT Stuart School of Business is an academic unit of the Illinois Institute of Technology, a private Ph.D.-granting technological university...
.
Dr. Barreiro was a Financial Sector Coordinator at the Central Bank of Ecuador from 1992 to 1994. She was responsible for the supervision and implementation of the Financial Sector Project with the IDB, which included the financial sector and capital markets law, social security reform, and the modernization of other government financial institutions
From 1997 to 1998, Dr. Barreiro served as an economic and financial advisor for the National Council for State Modernization and Privatization (CONAM). In this capacity, she supervised every aspect for company valuations in the privatization
Privatization
Privatization is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of a business, enterprise, agency or public service from the public sector to the private sector or to private non-profit organizations...
of the national telecommunications and electric sector.
In 2005, Dr. Barreiro served as Ecuador’s Minister of Economy and Finance and as the General Undersecretary of Finance. She was responsible for managing fiscal and economic policies and oversaw the country’s fiscal finances. Dr. Barreiro is credited with bringing the country back to the international capital markets with its first new sovereign debt offering in almost a decade and re-establishing good working relationships with its creditors.
She is currently Professor of Finance at Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ is a liberal-arts, non-profit, private university located in Quito, Ecuador. It was the first totally-private self-financed university in Ecuador and the first liberal-arts institution in the Andean region...
and serves as an independent consultant on Ecuador’s economic and political developments for Global Source, a network of independent advisors based in New York.