Juan Cruz Díaz

Managing Director, Cefeidas Group

Juan Cruz Díaz is Managing Director at Cefeidas Group. Before founding Cefeidas, he was Director of Public Policy Programs at the Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS/COA). At AS/COA, Díaz managed high-profile issues regarding policy strategy, corporate, regulatory, and government affairs for investors and multinational corporations. Prior to that, he practiced and taught law, directed a Latin American NGO devoted to international legal affairs, and worked as a consultant on multilateral negotiation processes for the Organization of American States. Díaz is a lawyer who holds a Masters from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where he specialized in international business and Latin American politics. He has participated in training programs at Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, and the Université Laval, Quebec. He is an associate of the Inter-American Dialogue, and has been a fellow of the United Nations Foundation, the Government of Quebec and the U.S. Department of State.

Díaz was an event speaker at the Dialogue.