As president of the New Development Bank, a multilateral development bank established by the BRIC countries – and former deputy economy minister and special secretary for foreign trade and international affairs in Brazil – Marcos Troyjo is well placed to explain how multilateral banks can help governments finance the fiscal and monetary reform now needed across Latin America and the Caribbean.

Marcos Troyjo is president of the New Development Bank. Prior to this he served as Brazil’s deputy economy minister and special secretary for foreign trade and international affairs, and represented the Brazilian government on the boards of several multilateral development institutions. Mr Troyjo was also chairman of Brazil’s Commission on External Financing and its National Investment Committee. He co-founded and served as director of the BRICLab at Columbia University, where he taught international and public affairs. Mr Troyjo is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Responsive Financial Systems. He was previously director of the Intelligent Tech & Trade Initiative.