Bachelor in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires with Cum Laude honorsfor academic merit. He finished his postgraduate studies in Economy at the Torcuato Di Tella University with a scholarship from the National Ministry of Economy.

As Manager of the area,he is in charge of directing the Economy and Finance team, also contributing in the definition of the Consultancy’s editorial and research guidelines. He is also responsible for communicating with companies and speaking in economic conferences and presentations in which Ecolatina is invited to participate.

Over the last years, he has explained the results of the Consultancy’s analyses to the most important companies in the country and continent on numerous occasions. He is often invited to economic conferences and seminars.

He previously worked in Argentina’s Ministry of Economy (2002-2007), within the Subsecretariat for EconomicCoordination, being in charge of analysis, planning and advice on the implementation of economic policies. Furthermore, he developed the New Business Area in “Diligentia S.A.”, working in the strategic management of projects in the area of food, environment, energy, infrastructure, telecommunications and transport.

She graduated in Economics at the University of El Salvador (USAL), is a Project Assessor (World Bank), and has specialized in Capital Markets (University of Buenos Aires and Mercado de Valores de Buenos Aires Ltd.).

As Manager, she is in charge of all strategic projects related to agricultural, environmental and foreign trade matters as well as evaluating projects with foreign financing. She also assists governments and organizations with an integral structure of consulting services in economic, financial and risk administration aspects.

She has worked both in the Public Sector (Ministry of Economics, Secretariat of Finance, Environment Secretariat and ANSeS) as in the Private Sector (Institute of Economic Research of the General Economic Confederation, the Association of Social Contributions for Businesses, the Crecer Con Equidad Foundation ― SMEs) and other institutions (World Bank, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Central Bank of the Argentine Republic, IDEA, Federal Council of Investment, etc.). She has specialized in insurance in general and in agricultural and environmental insurance in particular, as well as in capital markets. She has designed instruments and public policies for regional and sectoral development and for strengthening public management.

She is a trainer for the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), for the Argentine Association of Insurance Brokers (AAPAS) and teaches postgraduate courses in several universities and is a speaker in International Conferences on agricultural and environmental risks and insurance.

Bachelor in Economics from Torcuato Di Tella University. He attained his postgraduate degree at the same university, obtaining a Masters in Finance and specializing in Capital Markets. In 2010, he achieved Level I from the CFA Institute (Chartered Financial Analyst, an international certification for financial analysts).

He has worked as an Economic Analyst in different Argentine institutions, such as the consultancy “Estudio Bein & Asoc” and the Mariva Bank, as well as in international ones, such as Crisil-Irevna (a Standard & Poor's company), serving as an economic and financial analyst for important investment banks in the U.S. and specializing in fixed income markets and in the currencies of the main Latin American countries.

As Business Development Manager at Ecolatina, he specializes in the detection of clients’ needs regarding the use of economic information, in coordination with their financial asset management and corporate funding. It also co-directs the consultancy business strategy and Ecolatina’s relationship with its strategic partners to offer companies a comprehensive service.

He received his Bachelor's and Master's in Economics from the Torcuato Di Tella University. He worked as a researcher for "The Economist Intelligence Unit" and "Oxford-Analytica", making reports and analysis of various elements of the Latin American economic climate.

He carried out teaching activities in the Catholic University of Argentina in the module "Macroeconomic equilibrium, National Accounts and Economic Policy". Part of the Ecolatina team since 2006, he has been serving, over the course of his time here, as Junior Economist, Senior Economist and Executive Coordinator of the Economy and Finance area, assuming the responsibilities of Chief Economist in 2012. He is also a frequent speaker in private presentations and seminars, as well as a reference for the local media.

He participates in the drafting of various newspaper articles about Argentina's economic reality. Standing out amongst his research works, are "The Inflation -Growth trade off- in High Inflation Regimes: an empirical analysis" (September 2009) and "Research & Development and differences in income between countries" (June 2005), the latter produced together with other economists. He also collaborated in Roberto Frenkel Paper about “Argentina´s Inflation in the years 2000”

Mariángel Ghilardi Sierra – Sector Studies Coordinator

Bachelor in Economics from the National University of Cuyo. She is currently developing her Master’s thesis in Economics in the National University of La Plata. As Ecolatina’s Coordinator of Sector Studies, she is in charge of analyzing and monitoring the strategic sectors of Argentina’s economy and of carrying out sectoral reports serving to provide technical foundation to investments in the country.

She previously worked as Technical Coordinator in the Wine Tourism Observatory of the University of Buenos Aires, and as Research Assistant in the Health Economics area of the Center for the Study of the State and Society (CEDES). In addition, she is currently an Economic Analyst in ACOVI’s Observatory of Regional Economies.

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Federico Moll - Models and Projections Coordinator

Bachelor in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires, he is currently doing a Masters in Economics in the same university.

He coordinates the area of Models and Projections in Ecolatina’s Economy and Finance team. His work is centered on structural studies and long-term macroeconomic estimates.

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Luz García Balcarce- Economic Analysis Coordinator

Bachelor in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires, she is currently doing a Masters in Economics in the same university. She is the Economic Analysis Coordinator in Ecolatina’s Economy and Finance team. She is responsible for the integral supervision of the team of economists, focusing on subjects related to the macroeconomic context. Moreover, she specializes on Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy topics. She has previously worked as Economy and Market Analyst in the consultancy Delphos Investment.

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Ignacio Irachet – Economic Analyst

Bachelor in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires and Teaching Assistant in Microeconomics at the same University. He works as an Economic Analyst in Ecolatina’s Research Team carrying out research in the area of Public Finance and Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy. He is responsible for the analysis and monitoring of the area’s statistics as well as writing reports and presentations on the fiscal scene. He has previously worked as an Analyst of fiscal, employment and income affairs at the Undersecretariat of Macroeconomic Planning of the Ministry of Economy and Public Finance.

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Eugenia Arioua - Economic Analyst

Bachelor in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires, she is currently doing a Masters in International Studies at the Torcuato di Tella University. At present, she works as an Economic Analyst in Ecolatina’s Research Team, specializing in the analysis of Economic Activity and the Foreign Sector. Previously, she worked as an Analyst for the Undersecretariat of Domestic Trade of the Ministry of Economy and Public Finance.

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Ignacio Ruiz - Economic Analyst

Bachelor in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires, he is currently doing a Masters in Economics at the same University. He works as an Economic Analyst in Ecolatina’s Research Team, being in charge of making the Ecolatina CPI, used to monitor and analyse specific prices and to make inflation projections. In addition, he carries out research in topics related to employment and income. He has previously worked as a Junior Analyst in the law firm GB Studio and as a young professional in the Government of the City of Buenos Aires.

Bachelor in Economics from the University of El Salvador, he made his postgraduate studiesin Management Development at theAustral University’s IAE Business School.

He was in charge of managing institutional affairs for many public organizations (such as the Central Bank and the Ministry of Interior), as well as for private companies, specializing in crisis containment.

He participated as an economic consultant for different Latin American countries in the execution of projects financed by multilateral organizations (World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank and European Union) concerning productive development and State modernization.

In his journalistic endeavours, he occupied the Direction of the Economic Supplement for the newspaperClarin and was responsible for product development in El Cronista, amongst other posts.

He teaches the subject “Development and State” in the Master course for Public Management and Governmental Development, in the Postgraduate School for Economic Studies at the Economic Faculty of the University of Buenos Aires. He also worked as an academic coordinator of the Project ManagementSpecialization for the same postgraduate school.

He was elected as head advisor in the Professional Council of Economic Sciences of the City of Buenos Aires and he presided the Academic Commission of Economic Policy Studies.