People: Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA (BLX)

Dr. Herminio A. Blanco has served as Member of the Board of Directors of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA since 2004. He also serves as Chairman of the Company’s Audit Committee, as well as Member of the Business, Risk Policy and Assessment Committees of the Company. He is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Soluciones Estrategicas Consultoria. He has been Chairman of IQM and Member of the Advisory Board of SSA Mexico since 2008. He has served on the Boards of Banorte and CYDSA since 2006, the United States (US) Chamber of Commerce Foundation since 2005 and Arcelor Mittal Steel US since 2004. He has been a Member of the International Advisory Committee of Mitsubishi Corporation and the Trilateral Commission since 2000. He was the Secretary of Trade and Industry of Mexico from 1994 to 2000, the Undersecretary for International Trade and Negotiations from 1993 to 1994 and Mexico’s Chief Negotiator of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) from 1990 to 1993. He was Member of the Council of Economic Advisors to the President of Mexico from 1985 to 1988. In addition, he was responsible for the negotiation of the Mexico-European Union and Mexico and the European Free Trade Area free trade agreements and various other free trade agreements with Latin American countries and with Israel. He was Assistant Professor of Economics at Rice University, in Houston, Texas from 1980 to 1985 and served as Senior Advisor to the Finance Minister of Mexico from 1978 to 1980.