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Erwin Kruger Maltez, Member

Erwin J. Kruger Maltez was born in Managua, Nicaragua. He is the son of the well-known composer Erwin Kruger Urroz and Doña Isabel Maltez. His professional studies were undertaken at the Universidad Centroamericana in Managua, Nicaragua where he obtained the title of Electromechanical Engineer, and then at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York where he obtained his MBA and later his PhD in Economics.

His professional life reaches across every sector– he has occupied important public sector posts, private sector posts, as well as positions with international organizations. He was Minister of External Cooperation, Vice Minister to the Office of the President and member of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Nicaragua.

In the private sector he has been a member of several important boards of directors, as President of COSEP (Consejo Superior de la Empresa Privada), member of the board of Polaris Energy, President of KCA, President of Dracma International, Presidente of the Advisory Board of Ave Maria University, President of KITCO, S.A., in association with Daimler A.G., and former President and later Vice President of ECOCANAL.

His experience has also taken him to the financial sector where he was a manager at FRANCOFIN (French-American Financial Corporation), assistant to the Chairman at Banco Nicaragüense and Grupo BANIC. He has also worked for different United Nations programs in New York, Peru and Colombia, such as UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Vienna, Austria) and UNDP (United Nations Development Program, New York, U.S.A.).

Dr. Kruger has also lectured at the University of Texas and Trinity University in Texas on subjects such as finance, economics, and macroeconomics.

His ample knowledge has led him to write articles on: External Debt in Latin America; Industrial Development; Financial stability and economic development in Nicaragua; A Model for the Nicaraguan Economy; among others.

Dr. Kruger is married to Diana Kaltoff Frizell with whom he has four daughters.