Fidel Jaramillo is the Secretary General of the Latin American Reserve Fund
(FLAR) since 2021 and professor at the UDLA Business School, where he was also its Dean. At FLAR, he currently leads the institutional innovation strategy and the regional
instant payments initiative
He worked at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for 15 years in which he served as Regional Economic Advisor of the Department of Andean Countries (2005-
2010), and as Representative in Perú (2010-2015), Panamá (2015-2016) and Costa Rica
(2016-2020).
Previously, he was Chief Economist and Vice President of Development Strategies of the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) between 1999 and 2005. In addition, he served
as General Manager of the Central Bank of Ecuador (1997-1998) and Minister of
Economy and Finance of Ecuador (1998-1999).
Mr. Jaramillo obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from Boston University in 1992 and has worked as professor at various academic institutions.