New ALIDE Executive Committee headed by Roberto Smith

Dr. Roberto Smith, President of Banco do Nordeste do Brasil (BNB), was elected to serve as President of the Latin American Association for the 2008-2010 period.

The Executive Committee membership includes, as Vice-Presidents, Rodrigo Sánchez Mújica, General Director of Fideicomisos Instituidos en Relación con la Agricultura (FIRA)- Banco de México, and Carlos Álvarez, Executive Vice-President of Corporación de Fomento de la Producción (CORFO), of Chile; and as Directors: Gustavo Ardila, President of Banco de Comercio Exterior de Colombia S.A. (BANCÓLDEX); Arthur Rosaria, Executive Director of Corporación para el Desarrollo de Curazao (KORPORDEKO); Fernando Calloia Raffo, President of Banco República Oriental del Uruguay (BROU), and Joaquín Jerónimo, General Manager of Banco Nacional de Fomento de la Vivienda y la Producción (BNV), de República Dominicana.