Luis Alberto Moreno

At-a-Glance

President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) from 2005 to 2020.
Served as Colombia's Ambassador to the United States from 1998 to 2005.
Minister of Economic Development of Colombia from 1992 to 1994.
Member of the Board of Trustees at the World Economic Forum (WEF) since 2011.
Executive Producer of "TV Hoy" from 1982 to 1990.
Awarded a Nieman Fellowship by Harvard University for his work in journalism.
Holds an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management.

Biography

Luis Alberto Moreno Mejía is a Colombian businessman and former diplomat who served as President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) from 2005 to 2020. Born in Philadelphia in 1953 and raised in Bogota, he earned bachelor's degrees in Business Administration and Economics from Florida Atlantic University in 1975 and an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in 1977.