Guillermo O. Chapman, Jr. -
Board
Member
Mr. Chapman has been an independent advisor on economic and financial matters since 1968.
In 1994-1999 he served as Panama’s Minister of Planning and Economic Policy (nowadays Ministry of Economy and Finance). During his mandate, he implemented a modernization plan that focused on trade liberalization, privatization of public services, restructuring of the public debt and the modernization of banking sector legislation. He was directly involved in the first credit rating of the Republic by Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s, the inaugural public placement of Panama global bonds and establishing the practice of debt management operations.
Since 1999 he has been the Panama consultant of LatinSource, a network of Latin-American economists that analyses the performance of the real economy and the fiscal sector for investment bankers and managers of investment funds active in the emerging countries bond market. His responsibilities include the quarterly updating of an analysis of the medium term economic and fiscal outlook of the Panamanian economy.
Currently Mr. Chapman is a member of the Latin-American Shadow Regulatory Financial Committee (CLAAF) with other former finance ministers and former heads of central banks as well as distinguished academics who meet regularly to examine key regional financial issues.
In 1964-1968 served as special ambassador to the U.S. a member of the Panama Negotiating Mission in charge of economic, fiscal and financial matters related to the Canal and in that position coordinated the first studies on the revenue potential of the Panama Canal and the utilization of the former Canal Zone.
Other experiences include serving in the staff to the President of the Republic, economist at the Ministry of Public Works, commercial banking and founding member and past Chairman of the Board of the Panama Stock Exchange.
He holds a BA and MA in economics and finance from Louisiana State University.
He was sworn in as a member of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Board of Directors for a period of nine years beginning on July 9, 2007.
Updated: 08-Feb-2011
