Inter-American Regional Committee (IARC) – GFSA

The Inter-American Regional Committee (IARC) is one of the four regional committees established by GFSA to focus on regional issues related to securities regulation in the Inter-American region.

The committee generally meets in conjunction with the Council of Securities Regulators of the Americas (COSRA) to discuss key regulatory challenges, enhance cooperation among member jurisdictions, and develop strategies to promote financial market integrity and stability across the region.

Leadership of the Inter-American Regional Committee

Chairperson

• Ms. Lucia Buenrostro, Ph.D. – Vice President of Regulatory Policy, Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores, Mexico.

Vice-Chairperson

• Ms. Christina Rolle – Executive Director, Securities Commission of The Bahamas, Bahamas.

Board Representative

• Mr. Roberto E. Silva – Chairman, Comisión Nacional de Valores, Argentina.

Full Members of the IARC (28 Members)

• Alberta Securities Commission, Alberta
  (Mr. Stan Magidson, Chair and CEO)
• Comisión Nacional de Valores, Argentina
  (Mr. Roberto E. Silva, Chairman / Ms. Anahí Alujas, Head of International Affairs Office)
• Securities Commission of The Bahamas, Bahamas
  (Ms. Christina Rolle, Executive Director)
• Financial Services Commission, Barbados
  (Prof. Frank Alleyne, Chairman)
• Financial Services Commission, Belize
  (Mr. Claude Haylock, Director General / Mr. Franco Destro, Special Counsel to FSC Director General)
• Bermuda Monetary Authority, Bermuda
  (Mr. Craig Swan, CEO / Elizabeth Copeland, Assistant Director / Ifor Hughes / Jamila Faries / Justin Madeiros / Mellisa Burgess)
• Autoridad de Supervisión del Sistema Financiero, Bolivia
  (Dra. Lenny Valdivia Bautista, Securities Supervision Director)
• Comissão de Valores Mobiliários, Brazil
  (Mr. João Pedro Barroso do Nascimento, Chairman)
• British Columbia Securities Commission, British Columbia
  (Ms. Brenda M. Leong, Chair and Chief Executive Officer)
• British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission, British Virgin Islands
  (Mr. Kenneth Baker, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer)
• Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, Cayman Islands
  (Mrs. Cindy Scotland, OBE, Chief Executive Officer)
• Comisión para el Mercado Financiero (Financial Market Commission), Chile
  (Mrs. Solange Berstein, Chairwoman)
• Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia, Colombia
  (Ms. Juliana Lagos Camargo, Directora de Investigación y Desarrollo)
• Superintendencia General de Valores, Costa Rica
  (Sr. Tomás Soley Pérez, Superintendente General de Valores)
• Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores, Dominican Republic
  (Mr. Ernesto Bournigal Read, Superintendent / Ángel Julián Serulle Joa, Intendent)
• Superintendencia de Compañías, Valores y Seguros, Ecuador
  (Mr. Luis Alberto Cabezas-Klaere, Superintendente de Compañías, Valores y Seguros)
• Superintendencia del Sistema Financiero, El Salvador
  (Mrs. Evelyn Marisol Gracias, Superintendente del Sistema Financiero)
• Financial Services Commission, Jamaica
  (Lieutenant Colonel Keron Burrell, Executive Director)
• Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores, Mexico
  (Ms. Lucia Buenrostro, Ph.D., Vice President of Regulatory Policy / Mr. Javier Flores, General Director for International Affairs)
• Ontario Securities Commission, Ontario
  (Mr. Grant Vingoe, Chief Executive Officer)
• Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores, Panama
  (Mr. Julio Javier Justiniani C., Superintendent)
• Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores, Peru
  (Mr. Juan Pichihua, Chairman)
• Autorité des marchés financiers, Quebec
  (Mr. Yves Ouellet, President and Chief Executive Officer)
• Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission, Trinidad and Tobago
  (Ms. Lystra Lucillio, Deputy Chief Executive Officer)
• Turks & Caicos Islands Financial Services Commission, Turks & Caicos
  (Mr. Niguel Streete, Managing Director / Mrs. Kenisha Bacchus, Senior Head Legal Counsel)
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission, United States of America
  (Mr. Kevin Piccoli, Deputy Director, Office of International Affairs)
• Securities and Exchange Commission, United States of America
  (Mr. Mark T. Uyeda, Acting Chairman)
• Banco Central del Uruguay, Uruguay
  (Mr. Juan Pedro Cantera, Superintendent, Superintendence of Financial Services)

Associate Members of the IARC (Non-Voting Members) – 6 Members

• Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten, Curaçao
  (Mr. Richard Doornbosch, President)
• Eastern Caribbean Securities Regulatory Commission, Eastern Caribbean Currency Union
  (Ms. Alousia Faisal, Chief Executive Officer)
• Securities and Commodities Market Registry, Guatemala
  (Mr. Raúl Rolando Enríquez De León, Registrador)
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International
  (Ms. Alison Harwood, Head of Capital Markets Unit)
• International Monetary Fund, International
  (Ms. Eija Holttinen, Senior Financial Sector Expert)
• Comisión Nacional de Valores, Paraguay
  (Mr. Joshua Daniel Abreu Boss, President)