Rodrigo Valdes, Director of the Western Hemisphere Department of the IMF, arrives to speak at a forum. Valdes' main activity will be speaking at the IEFA (International Economic Forum of the Americas) Valdes will inaugurate the forum together with Lisa Raitt, vice president of global investment banking at the Imperial Bank of Canada (CIBC) and Javier Gimeno, CEO for Latin America of the French company Saint-Gobain.
Valdés took office in May 2023, replacing Brazilian Ilan Goldfajn who resigned to preside over the IDB.