Jose A. Fourquet

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Jose Angel Fourquet was sworn in December 2001 as the 12th and youngest U.S. Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) by Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill. He had been nominated by President George W. Bush. [1]

Prior to joining IDB, Fourquet had been a vice president at Goldman Sachs. Prior to working at Goldman Sachs, Fourquet served as an operations officer with the CIA, working in Latin America and Cuba, "where he collected, evaluated, and reported high-priority intelligence of interest to U.S. policymakers." [2]

Fourquet is a 1996 graduate of Columbia Business School. [3]

Inter-American Foundation

In Spring 2002, Fourget had been nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation. [4]

On October 1, 2003, Fourquet's name was submitted to the U.S. Senate for confirmation to the IAF Board of Directors "for a term expiring September 20, 2004, vice Mark L. Schneider, term expired, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate." [5]

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