‘Javier Bonilla Saus , previously technical advisor in the office of the executive director for Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay, has been named alternate director.
Helge Semb has been named alternate executive director for Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Norway, Spain and Sweden. He was a senior counsellor in the same section.
Luis Raúl Matos Azócar , who was until recently Venezuela's Minister of Finance, has been elected IDB executive director for Panama and Venezuela.
George Reid , previously the IDB's alternate executive director for Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, has been elected executive director for the same countries. The new alternate director is Roderick G. Rainford , who was an advisor to the International Monetary Fund's executive director for Canada, Ireland, and the English-speaking Caribbean.
Rene Legrand , formerly the deputy auditor of the Belgian Ministry of Finance, has been elected alternate executive director for Belgium, Germany, Israel, Italy, The Netherlands and Switzerland.