Hector Morales

Managing Director; Chairman of Infrastructure & Energy Capital LatAm at Macquarie Capital

Panelist

Hector is a Managing Director at Macquarie Capital and Chairman for Latin America of its Infrastructure and Energy Capital group (IEC). In this role, he oversees IEC’s business origination, provides guidance on investment execution, serves as a director on portfolio companies, and spearheads its government interactions in Latin America. Hector has over 20 years of experience in Latin America as an investor, banker, lawyer, and diplomat, and holds the unique distinction of having served as the senior United States political appointee at the two major multilateral institutions in the Western Hemisphere. Under President Bush and then President Obama, he served as the U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States. Prior to the OAS, he served as U.S. Executive Director to the Inter-American Development Bank. Prior to his government service, Morales held several senior executive positions at financial, legal, and energy firms operating in Latin America and the U.S. He began his career in private practice as a corporate attorney. He is an advisory board member to the National Audubon Society as well as the advisory boards of the Inter-American Foundation, Woodrow Wilson Center Latin America Program, and Proyecto Mirador. Hector received his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law and his B.A. from Columbia University.