Trejos Alberto

Alberto Trejos is a Costa Rican economist, who got his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1994. An active researcher in macroeconomics, international trade and development economics, he has been sponsored among others by the National Science Foundation of the US. He has been a Professor at INCAE, Latin America´s leading business school, since 1997. He served as Dean of INCAE, and General Director of its Latin American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development, between 1999 and 2002.  He was a Professor of Economics at Northwestern University in 1994-97, and served as a Visiting professor and researcher at the Institut d’Anàlisi Econòmica de Barcelona, the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Fundaçao Getulio Vargas of Rio de Janeiro and The University of Texas. Dr. Trejos was Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica in 2002-04.  In that position, he led the negotiation of CAFTA (the Free Trade Agreement between the US, Central America and the Dominican Republic) and the CARICOM-Costa Rica FTA.  He was responsible for Costa Rica´s ratification of its FTA with Canada, and its entry in the Central American Costums Union. In 1998-99, he served as a board member of the National Financial System Supervisory Body.  In 1999 he took part in the design and ratification of the Costa Rican pension reform. A consultant for several companies, governments and international organizations, he is a partner at CEFSA. He also serves as President of CINDE (Costa Rican Investment Board), and is a board member of several corporations and organizations, including Costa Rica´s leading private financial institution.