Aldo Musacchio

About Aldo Musacchio

I am an academic, consultant, and administrator. My academic work has recently focused on how to reform state-owned enterprises and on multinational entry strategies into emerging markets. I have also done extensive MBA and executive education teaching on strategy and entrepreneurship in emerging markets and state-owned enterprise reform. I consult or have acted as a consultant for the OECD, The World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and a variety of multinational firms. I have a variety of academic papers and books on corporate governance and governance in state-owned firms.As an instructor, I lecture and run executive programs in the United States, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Uruguay, Chile, etc. I am also frequently a keynote speaker at business meetings, on topics that range from economic scenarios and their impact for businesses (e.g, the Harvard Business Review Scenarios Conference in Brazil) to more tailor-made presentations for industry-peak associations (e.g, the Association of Retailers of Brazil) or corporate boards (e.g, Henkel, Femsa, etc.). I also enjoy being a manager of academic programs. At Harvard Business School I was the chair of their Latin America Advisory Board until early 2014, managing relations with alumni and board members, and leading the efforts of their regional research centers in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico. At the International Business School, Brandeis University, I am the Director of the Latin America Initiative and the Brazil Initiative. Thus, I also manage relations with alumni and donors in Latin America, I organize academic programs on campus and academic trips to the region, and, I coordinate the relationship the school has with students and universities in the region. Finally, I am or have been on the board of non-profit education institutions, such as business schools, and more recently at LASPAU, an organization that helps place Latin American students in top programs in the United States.

Experience

1. Senior Consultant

   Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

   Jan 2014 — Present · DC, US

   Thought leader on state-owned enterprise reform and fiscal risk in Latin America Co-author of two books: Fixing State-Owned Enterprises: New Policy Solutions to Old Problems and Smoldering Embers: Do State-Owned Enterprises Threaten Fiscal Stability in the Caribbean?Co-author of multiple policy reports on state-owned enterprise reform and fiscal risk mitigation (e.g, Mexico, Suriname, Dominican Republic, Paraguay)Created environmental engagement indices for SOEs (e.g, applied to Brazil)Analyzed credit markets in NicaraguaWorked with Ministries of Finance in LAC on organizational and legal reforms to improve monitoring of SOEs

Education

• Stanford University

  Ph D, Economic History

  1998 — 2004

• Harvard Business School

  Certificate in Case Method Teaching-CPCL, Pedagogy/Case method

  2006 — 2006

• Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

  Diploma in Advanced Econometrics

  1997 — 1998

• Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

  B.A. Economics (Highest Honors)

  1992 — 1997

Skills

• Economics
• Teaching
• Entrepreneurship
• Research
• Higher Education
• Emerging Markets
• Management Consulting
• Valuation
• Venture Capital
• Public Speaking
• Business Strategy
• Financial Modeling
• Lecturing
• University Teaching
• Strategy
• Qualitative Research
• Policy Analysis
• Econometrics
• Banking
• Statistics
• Data Analysis
• Financial Markets
• Stata