The CXX Board of Directors’ Meeting took place in Medellin, Colombia, on March 30, took place on the occasion of the participation of the members of ALIDE’s Board of Directors in the Annual BID meeting.

The agenda included the presentation of the advances of ALIDE 39th Meeting of the General Assembly to be carried out in Curaçao. ALIDE 2009 – 2010 Work Plan was also approved. This Plan will be submitted to the General Assembly.

As the Presidency of the Association became vacant, after Dr. Luis Rebolledo from Peru left the Presidency of Corporación Financiera de Desarrollo (COFIDE), the Board of Directors appointed Dr. Roberto Smith as ALIDE President from Banco Nordeste do Brasil. Dr. Smith will hold the position until May 2010.

Additionally, the other vacancy in the position of Director left by Lic Oscar Pineda, President of Crédito Hipotecario Nacional de Guatemala, and according to ALIDE By-Laws, the Board of Directors completed the number of members by incorporating Eco. Fernando Calloia, President of Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay (BROU) and Arch. Joaquín Gerónimo, General Manager of Banco Nacional de Fomento de la Vivienda y la Producción (BNV) from the Dominican Republic, as Directors.

PRESIDENT:
Roberto Smith
President
Banco do Nordeste do Brasil (BNB)
Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil

VICE PRESIDENTS:
Rodrigo Sánchez Mújica
General Director
Fideicomisos Instituidos en Relación con la Agricultura (FIRA) – Banco de Mexico
Mexico D.F., Mexico

Carlos Álvarez Voullième
Executive Vice-president
Corporación de Fomento de la Producción (CORFO)
Santiago, Chile

DIRECTORES:
Gustavo Ardila Latiff
President
Banco de Comercio Exterior de Colombia S.A. (BANCOLDEX)
Bogotá D.C., Colombia

Arthur B. Rosaria
Executive Director
Corporation for the Development of Curaçao (KORPODEKO)
Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles

Fernando Calloia Raffo
President
Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay (BROU)
Montevideo, Uruguay

Joaquín Gerónimo
General Manager
Banco Nacional de Fomento de la Vivienda y la Producción (BNV)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic