Day 2: Fireside Chat with the Former U.S. Representative to the World Bank

This event originally took place on Friday, May 10, 2024
The Hemispheric Security Conference (HSC) is an annual conference where experts from academia, governmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, and private sectors converge to examine the most pressing security challenges facing the Western Hemisphere.
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Fireside Chat
Erik Bethel is a global finance professional with experience in the private and public sectors. In 2020 he was nominated to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Panama. Previously, he was nominated by the president and confirmed unanimously by the Senate to represent the United States at the World Bank. At the World Bank, Mr. Bethel participated in the analysis and deployment of over $100 billion of capital in the developing world through grants, loans, equity investments, and other financial products. Earlier in his career, Mr. Bethel worked as an investment banker and private equity professional focused on emerging markets. He was a managing director at Franklin Templeton Investments, where he executed private equity transactions in Latin America. Prior to this, he was based in Shanghai, China, as managing partner of SinoLatin Capital and managing director of ChinaVest.
MODERATOR
Guido Torres is the COO of IWI and a national security professional with over two decades of experience working on sensitive intelligence and special operations, supporting military and interagency campaigns. He is a Department of Defense Civilian and was a National Security Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center (2022-2023), where he worked with the Defense, Emerging Technology, and Strategy Project. Guido is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Forward Defense practice of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. Prior to joining the civil service in 2014, Guido served in the US Army, focusing on the Indo-Pacific and the Western Hemisphere. His expertise includes Latin America and the Caribbean, counterterrorism, strategic competition, and irregular warfare.
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