Jorge Jraissati is the President of the Economic Inclusion Group, a policy group advancing economic and financial inclusion globally, fostering a climate of freedom and opportunity for all people and enterprises. 

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Jorge is an expert on international finance, geoeconomics, and the Venezuelan humanitarian crisis. Jorge’s policy recommendations have been included in the deliberations of institutions like the Council of Europe and the OECD. Jorge has also published academic articles in magazines like Economic Affairs, think tanks like the Brookings Institution, and media outlets like National Review and Foreign Policy. He has been invited as a guest lecturer to over thirty universities, including Harvard and Cambridge. 

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Jorge is a researcher at IESE Business School for the Center for Public Leadership and Government. He is also an advisor to the Ukrainian Parliament, a member of the Board of Directors of FundaLib, and a fellow at the International Republican Institute, among others. From 2021 to 2024, he was the director of Alumni for Liberty, an international network of over 10,000 activists.

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Jorge has bachelor’s degrees in economics and business administration from the Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University. He has a graduate diploma in public administration from IESE Business School, as well as executive specializations in policy from Stanford University and nonprofit management from Harvard Business School.