• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Luis Alberto Moreno

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

President

Luis Alberto Moreno is president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the leading source of long-term financing for Latin America and the Caribbean. He also chairs the boards of IDB Invest – the IDB Group’s private sector arm – and the Multilateral Investment Fund, a development innovation lab.  Since taking office in 2005, Moreno has led reforms to make the IDB more results-driven, securing the largest capital increase in its history and consolidating its private sector operations under IDB Invest. Before joining the IDB, he served as Colombia’s Ambassador to the United States. In the private sector he was executive producer of an award-winning newscast and a strategic corporate advisor. Moreno earned a degree in business administration and economics from Florida Atlantic University and an MBA from the Thunderbird School. Moreno is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum and of the International Olympic Committee.

Sessions With Luis Alberto Moreno

Tuesday, 10 March

  • 05:55pm - 06:30pm (CST) / -

    Plenary - Waves of Change: Future of the Americas
    Geopolitics/Policy/Regulatory

    Most Latin American countries, under left and right governments, have experienced political or economic turmoil over the past months. These tensions often mirror international developments such as Brexit. In the energy sector, new technologies offer promise, but can also affect market clearing prices that affect, for example, the viability of power systems or upstream investments. What measures can be taken to address income inequality or the ambitions of an aspiring middle class? To meet the challenges of energy transition? To help Latin Americans feel secure about the future?