Instructor

Mayra Rodríguez Valladares

Practical Experience:

Mayra Rodríguez Valladares is a New York Institute of Finance faculty member specializing in training and consulting solutions for energy markets, risk management, financial derivatives, capital markets, foreign exchange, and corporate finance.

As head of her consulting firm, MRV Associates, her financial experience covers financial and energy derivative instruments. She has worked with private and foreign central banks in the United States, United Kingdom, Eastern Europe, Central and Southeast Asia, and Africa, creating and delivering courses on risk management, risk based supervision, capital markets, derivatives, microfinance, anti-corruption, and good governance.

Mayra has worked with the US Civilian Research and Development Fund and the State Department to help convert Russian scientific facilities to viable business entities. She has created courses in Russian on corporate image, strategic planning, human resources, marketing, management, operations, legal risks and business plan writing.

Prior to MRV Associates, Mayra had stock and fixed income analyst roles in London at BT.AlexBrown and JP Morgan. There she assisted major financial institutions and money managers in Europe and the Americas with their investment strategies and risk management in Russian and Eastern European markets, with a focus on the oil and electricity sectors. Mayra began her career as a foreign exchange analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York where she had the honor of interpreting between members of Russian President Boris Yeltsin's delegation and Messrs. Henry Kissinger and Paul Volcker. Whilst at FRBNY, she was also awarded a Performance Plus Award for leading a foreign exchange course for foreign central bankers.

Mayra has been an Adjunct Professor at the New York University The Politics of International Economic Relations and Economics and Finance of Energy. She was also an Adjunct Professor at The Fashion Institute of Technology of New York where she taught global marketing, corporate finance, and Latin American politics. She is fluent in English, Spanish, and Russian and is functional in German, Hebrew, and Italian.

Areas of Expertise:

Financial and Energy Derivatives

Capital Markets

Risk Management and Risk Based Supervision

Basel II

Education:

BA in Russian and Soviet Studies from Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges

Raoul Wallenberg Scholar at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

MBA in Emerging Markets Business from The Wharton School

MA in Eurasian and International Studies from The Lauder Institute of The University of Pennsylvania

Publication(s):

Mayra has written over 60 articles covering energy in developed and emerging markets, as well as on business and cultural interest topics.

Article:

Mayra has published numerous business and energy articles.
Basel II: A Steep Climb for Emerging Markets

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