Yale-trained economist with parallel careers in education and banking over four decades. Highly experienced in Economic Policy Design, International Banking and Corporate Finance Strategy, and Academic Planning.From 2011 to 2021 he served as Executive Director on the boards of the Inter American Development Bank (IDB), the Inter American Investment Corporation (IDB Invest) and IDB Lab, in Washington DC. Previously he was an executive director of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), governor of the Central Bank of Nicaragua and president of Banco del Café de Nicaragua. Alongside his banking career, doctor Mayorga has also led an active academic life. He was a faculty member of INCAE for twenty years, and has taught in several MBA programs in Latin America. His main teaching areas are Corporate Finance, Financial Data Analytics and Managerial Applications of Artificial Intelligence. He is a former Rector of Universidad Privada Boliviana (UPB), which he led for three years to advance to the standards of a world-class university. UPB has 4900 undergraduate students in 20 careers, 1600 in graduate programs and a 560 faculty (72 PhD) in three campuses: La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz. Under doctor Mayorga’s tenure, America Economia ranked the UPB Olave School of Business among the top 10 in Latin America. At the same time, the British rating agency, QS, awarded UPB four stars, including five in academic quality. QS ranked UPB the top private university in Bolivia, and positioned it among the top 20 universities in Latin America. Additionally, in September 2024 UPB was awarded the ISO 20001 academic quality certification.At present, doctor Mayorga is president of the Latin American Artificial Intelligence Network (Red de Inteligencia Artificial Latinoamericana, RIAL), which he founded in 2023.In 2022 he was president of the Midwest Association of Latin American Studies, in the United States. His main academic interests currently focus on strategies to adjust higher education and corporate management training to the rise of generative artificial intelligence. Professionally, doctor Mayorga remains interested in the changing environment of international and development banking.