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Luis Alberto Moreno

Luis Alberto Moreno
Moreno at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in 2011.
Moreno at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in 2011.
4th President of the Inter-American Development Bank
Assumed office
1 October 2005
Preceded by Enrique Valentín Iglesias García
29th Colombia Ambassador to United States
In office
27 October 1998 – 27 June 2005
President Andrés Pastrana Arango
Preceded by
Succeeded by Andrés Pastrana Arango
3rd Minister of Economic Development of Colombia
In office
5 July 1992 – 17 January 1994
President César Gaviria Trujillo
Preceded by Jorge Ospina Sardi
Succeeded by Mauricio Cárdenas Santa María
Personal details
Born (1953-05-03) 3 May 1953 (age 63)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Nationality Colombian
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Gabriela Febres Cordero (1995-2011), Adrianne Foglia (1982-1994)
Alma mater Florida Atlantic University (BBA, 1975)
Thunderbird School of Global Management (MBA, 1977)
Religion Roman Catholic

Luis Alberto Moreno Mejía (born 3 May 1953) is the 4th and current President of the Inter-American Development Bank.

Moreno was born in Philadelphia to a Colombian father attending medical school at the University of Pennsylvania. He obtained 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. He was Executive Producer of "TV Hoy", an award-winning news program, from January 1982 to September 1990. For his distinguished work in the field of journalism, he was awarded a Nieman Fellowship by Harvard University to undertake studies at that institution from September 1990 to June 1991.

From 1991 to 1994, during the administration of President César Gaviria, Moreno worked in the Colombian government in a variety of leadership positions. From December 1991 to July 1992, Moreno was the President of the Instituto de Fomento Industrial (IFI), the Colombian government's industrial finance corporation, and a holding company for many of the largest state enterprises in the country. In July 1992, he was named Minister of Economic Development. During his tenure, he modernized the Ministry and its subordinated agencies, and led the design and implementation of Colombia's industrial policy and competitiveness strategy. He served as senior advisor to the Luis Carlos Sarmiento Organization, the leading banking & financial group in Colombia with over US$10 billion in assets, from November 1994 to August 1997. He then served as the Andean region representative of WestSphere Capital, a private equity firm focusing on investment opportunities in Latin America, from August 1997 to July 1998.

Moreno was named Colombia's Ambassador to the United States in 1998, which required him to renounce his U.S. citizenship. As ambassador, Moreno oversaw a dramatic improvement in Colombian-U.S. relations during his tenure in Washington. His most notable achievement was the successful effort to build strong bipartisan support in the United States Congress for passage of more than US$4 billion in U.S. assistance programs for Colombia. He held that position until 2005.


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