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Board of Directors - Martin Schubert
Martin Schubert is principal and CEO of European InterAmerican Finance Corp (the EURINAM Group) headquartered in Miami, a firm he founded in February 1983 in New York. EURINAM pioneered the secondary market in Third World debt and has been one of the leading players in this dynamic and volatile growth market since its inception. EURINAM has been an important proprietary trader and fund manager in Latin American and East European debt and complex financial instruments.
EURINAM is also engaged in arranging finance in Third World countries for trade, project and refinancing transactions, and is an important syndicator of Third World indebtedness. From 1984 to 1991 EURINAM maintained a joint venture with London merchant bank, Singer & Friedlander ltd., relating to LDC debt swaps, debt/equity conversions and trade finance, during which time he was a member of the Singer & Friedlander Board. The joint venture completed thousands of swap transactions involving many billions of dollars during that period.
Martin was a founding member of the U.S.-Venezuelan Business Council of the Council of the Americas and has been a member of the steering committee of the U.S.-Mexican Business Council, a member of the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce, the Argentine American Chamber of Commerce, and the Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce. He is currently a member of the Advisory Board of the Council of the Americas and has served as an advisor to several Latin American governments on external debt policy.
Martin has authored numerous books and articles on international finance and lectured extensively on the subject of LDC debt swaps and investment financing. He has also been interviewed frequently by leading TV, radio and print media, including CNBC, CNN Moneyline, The Wall Street Journal, The Miami Herald, Latin Finance and Euromoney magazine, for his expert commentary on a variety of financial issues.