Mr. Paredes was created Knight Grand Cross of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem in 2012. He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Advocate Community Providers (ACP). Mr. Paredes continues his affiliation with American Bible Society (ABS) as a member of the Board of Trustees after retiring as its Presidential Liaison to Roman Catholic Ministry. He is a Founder and Chairman of the Board for Catholic Association of Latino Leaders (CALL) and is today its Chairman Emeritus. Mr. Paredes is also a member of the Board of Directors of America Media, is a Director and former President of the North American-Chilean Chamber of Commerce of New York and is the Treasurer and former Vice President of Gabriela Mistral Foundation. Mario joined Merrill Lynch as Vice President of Business Development in April 2001 and was appointed Director of the U.S. Hispanic Market for the Multicultural & Diversified Business Development Group in 2002. In February of 2007, he was transferred to the Corporate Division. Under Mayor Ed Koch, he served as Commissioner for the Charter Revision of New York City. Mr. Paredes served as Personal Advisor to John Cardinal O'Connor, Archbishop of New York and has also served as Consultant to the Latin American Commission to the Vatican and the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops. For 30 years, Mr. Paredes directed the operations of the USCCB's (United States Catholic Conference of Bishops) in the Northeast Region. He served as Founder and Director of the Northeast Hispanic Catholic Center. Mr. Paredes earned his Masters of Philosophy at the Catholic University of Argentina, Masters in Religious Education at Loyola University Chicago and postgraduate studies at Georgetown University. He is founder of the national weekly El Visitante Dominical in USA and El Visitante de Puerto Rico. Mario has served as an Editorial Board Member of El Diario-La Prensa, Catholic New York, The Tablet and El Pregonero. Mr. Paredes is editor of the Polyglott Boble and Camino a Emaus, both published by ABS, and the Leccionario Dominical and Ferial for the United States. In addition, he is the author of The History of the National Encuentros (2014, Paulist Press), Un Papa para la Urbe y Orbe (1979, Catholic Center of New York), Hispanics in USA (1980, Catholic Center of New York), Official Lectionary for U.S. Hispanic Catholics (1985, Northeast Catholic Center) and Catecismo del Pueblo (1976, Our Sunday Visitor). Mario has received awards the Catholic Press Association, Archbishop Patrick Flores Medal from the USCCB, the Joseph P. Fitzpatrick Award from Fordham University and the The Pierre Toussaint Medallion.

Susan Knapp is Managing Director at Moody's Investors Service

Brian D. O’Neill joined Lazard International as a Vice Chairman in 2009 and is currently a Senior Advisor, at the Lazard. Prior to that Mr. O’Neill, served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary with the U.S. Treasury Department, is a former Head of Investment Banking for Latin America and Canada at J.P. Morgan Chase where his career spanned 30 years He has extensive experience working with governments, financial institutions and corporate clients globally. Mr. O’Neill lived and worked in South America for 12 years, and was based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, São Paulo, Brazil and Santiago, Chile. At Lazard, he is based in New York and works closely with Signatura Lazard in Brazil and MBA Lazard in Central and South America, as well as with the firm’s strategic alliance Alfaro, Davila y Rios S.C. (ADR) in Mexico.

Marc M. Rossell focuses his practice on capital markets transactions, including both equity and debt securities offerings and structured financings. Marc has been involved in many of the largest securities offerings out of Latin America, including landmark privatization offerings by the Argentine government's national oil company and telephone companies, the privatization of the Peruvian telephone company, as well as many high-yield debt offerings and equity offerings of companies in Argentina, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Peru and other countries. During the 1980s, he spent a considerable amount of time as bank advisory committee counsel, focusing on the restructuring of the external debt of many countries in Latin America. He also represents creditors and debtors in liability management transactions and has considerable experience with the issuance of project bonds to finance construction projects, many of which have won awards from industry publications.