Alexander A. Mejía

Executive Director, CIFAL Atlanta 225 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 1430 Atlanta, GA  30303 T: +1 404 446 4174 F: +1 404 446 4173 amejia@cifalatlanta.org

Alexander A. Mejía was appointed by the Director General of UNITAR as Senior Special Fellow and as Executive Director of CIFAL Atlanta in 2006. He has an extensive professional background in banking, diplomacy, public office, and academia.

After a successful career in corporate banking in Latin America, Mr. Mejía began his career as a diplomat in 1998 when he became Counselor at the Ecuadorian Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia. Subsequently in 2001, he was appointed Vice Minister of Economy for his native Ecuador. As such he was also appointed Governor to the World Bank, Governor to the Inter-American Development Bank, Board Member of the Ecuadorian Central Bank, the National Development Bank (BNF), the National Council for Trade and Investment (COMEXI), and the Corporation for the Promotion of Export and Investment (CORPEI) in Ecuador.

He subsequently served in 2003 and 2004 as Director of the Andean Program at the Inter-American Council in Washington, D.C.. In 2005 Mr. Mejía was appointed by the Governor of the State of Georgia as Vice President of Government Relations for Latin America until he joined CIFAL Atlanta, a training center founded by UNITAR and the City of Atlanta.

He has also held various professorships in strategic planning, international marketing, and international studies in Ecuador and the United States. He is a Board Member of the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the World Trade Center Atlanta, Celebrate Life International, and the World Chamber of Commerce, USA chapter.

Mr. Mejía earned a Masters in Finance from INCAE University in Costa Rica and a Bachelors degree from Zamorano University in Honduras. He is also a Master in Foreign Affairs candidate at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Mr. Mejia holds a Diploma in Political Leadership from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and graduated from The Political and Electoral Marketing Program of Universidad de La Sabana in Colombia.