Germán Ríos Méndez

Germán Ríos Méndez (Caracas, 1965) is Adjunct Professor and Chair of the Observatory on Latin American Politics and Economics at IE University. He is also Senior Advisor at Atrevia, Adjunct Professor at University of Navarra, Director of the International Faculty and member of the executive board at IESA, Startup Mentor at The Founder Institute and Senior Analyst at Ohmresearch Independent Insights. Previously he was Corporate Director of Strategic Affairs at CAF development bank of Latin America. He has taught macroeconomics, fiscal policy, cost-benefit analysis, economic development, Latin America economics and microeconomics in several universities in Venezuela, the United Kingdom, Spain and the United States. During the academic year 2010-2011 he was the Andres Bello Fellow at the Latin American Centre of the University of Oxford. He served as Director of Public Investment at the Ministry of Planning of Venezuela, and as a Country Analyst for Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay at the World Bank Group. Mr. Ríos has worked as a consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America.  He received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Universidad Central de Venezuela, a Master of Arts in Economics from Johns Hopkins University, a Master of Business Administration from the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA), and a Master of Philosophy in Economics from George Washington University. Mr. Ríos was part of the Venezuelan research team in the project “Understanding Reforms” sponsored by the Global Development Network, published by Palgrave, and is co-author of the textbooks “Macroeconomics and Oil”, published by Pearson/Prentice Hall, and “Macroeconomics and Natural Resources”, published by KendallHunt.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Member of the Board of the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA), 2022 – Present

• Director of Research and Studies. Consejo Empresarial Alianza por Iberoamérica (CEAPI), 2021 – Present

• Director of the International Faculty. Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración, 2020 – Present

• Chair of the Observatory on Latin American Politics and Economics at IE University, 2019 – Present

• Senior Advisor, Atrevia, 2019 – Present

• Senior Analyst, Ohm Research Independent Insights, 2020 – Present

• Member of the Board of Directors of CAF-Asset Management Corporation Uruguay (CAFAMU), 2017 – 2019

• Director-Representative Uruguay. CAF Development Bank of Latin America, 2017 – 2019

• Corporate Director of Strategic Affairs. CAF Development Bank of Latin America, 2011 – 2017

• Director of Public Policies and Competitiveness. CAF Development Bank of Latin America, 2006 – 2011

• Principal Economist, CAF Development Bank of Latin America, 2001 – 2006

• Country Analyst Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. The World Bank, 1996 – 2000

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and International Money and Finance. IE University

• Adjunct Professor of Latin America Economics. University of Navarra. Madrid/Pamplona, Spain

• Guest Lecturer in Latin America Economics and Economic Development. ESADE, Universidad Internacional de Andalucía, Universidad Menéndez Pelayo, Universidad de Oviedo, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Universidad Complutense

• Assistant Professor in Macroeconomics, Fiscal Policy and Cost-Benefit Analysis. Universidad Catolica Andres Bello (UCAB)

• Guest Lecturer in Latin America Economics and Economic Development. University of Oxford

• Professor of Competiveness and Development. Universidad Catolica Andres Bello (UCAB

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• MPhil in Economics by the George Washington University

• Master of Arts in Economics by the Johns Hopkins University

• Master in Business Administration (MBA) by the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA)

• Diploma in Economics by the University of Colorado

• Bachelor in Economics by the Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV)