Cate Ambrose, Executive Director, Latin American Venture Capital Association
Cate Ambrose joined the Latin American Venture Capital Association as Executive Director in August 2007. Her background with venture capital and private equity investment in Latin America dates back to the late 1990s. She is a member of the US-Brazil Venture Capital Task Force hosted by the US Commerce Department, and speaks and writes regularly on a range of topics related to public policy and private investment in Latin America.
Prior to joining LAVCA, Ms Ambrose was Chief of Advocacy for the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor, a United Nations initiative co-chaired by Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto and former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, where she directed research projects on business regulation and property rights in Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, India, Kenya and Tanzania.
Until 2005, Ms Ambrose was Executive Director of Programs at The Economist, where she founded The Global Agenda, a high-level panel of economists, policymakers and business leaders, and chaired conferences on finance, business strategy and public policy in the US and Latin America. These included annual roundtables with the Presidents of Mexico and Colombia.
Ms Ambrose began her career as a journalist in Spain. She holds an MPA in International Economic Policy from Columbia University, and received her BA in Latin American studies from St Lawrence University and the University of Madrid.
