The Centennial Group is a strategic advisory firm composed of
internationally recognized figures from the public and private sectors. The
principals of the Group bring together an extensive and unique blend of
experience in high level policy and strategy formulation at the corporate,
national and international levels, while offering an intimate knowledge of the
key emerging economies in Asia as well as of the thinking of the international
investment community. The Centennial Group also sponsors and manages
Emerging Markets Forum, a non-profit forum for policy discussions
between public sector and private sectors.
Centennial Group Latin America (CGLA) was established in early 2006 in response
to growing client demand for stronger support in Latin America and the
Caribbean. CGLA is a full service subsidiary with on the ground presence in
Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, and soon in Uruguay. Its Principals come from both
private and public sectors, and include former ministers, central bank
governors, and senior executives of the IMF, the World Bank, the private sector
and academia. The firm is particularly strong in analyzing economic and
political developments and trends in the different countries; in providing
policy advise to domestic and foreign private-sector companies and banks on how
to take advantage of local conditions to set up, expand, and finance their
operations in the region; in advising governments on how to promote private
sector activities by improving the local business climate and aggressively
promoting trade and investment; on financial sector and infrastructure
development and financing (including public-private partnerships); in technical
assistance to central banks and other government bodies on monetary and
exchange rate policies and institutional development; and in advising on public
procurement and governance-related policies, procedures and system.
A summary of CGLA's products in Latin America and the Caribbean can be found
under the following four Practices:
-
Economic and Political Research
-
Financial and Banking Sector
-
Private Sector Development and Financing
-
Procurement and Governance