Carlos Magariños
Carlos Alfredo Magariños (born August 16, 1962) is an Argentine politician, diplomat, academician and entrepreneur. He was twice elected Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO, 1997, 2001) by the international community, made up of 178 Member States.
Carlos Magariños | |
|---|---|
| Ambassador of Argentina to Brazil | |
| In office December 2015 – July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Luis María Kreckler |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Scioli |
| Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization | |
| In office December 1997 – December 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Mauricio de Maria y Campos |
| Succeeded by | Kandeh Yumkella |
| Secretary for Industry | |
| In office August 1993 – July 1996 | |
| President | Carlos Menem |
| Preceded by | Juan Schiaretti |
| Succeeded by | Alieto Guadagni |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 August 1962 Argentina |
| Spouse | María Belén Di Paolo |
| Occupation | diplomat and politician, academician and businessman |
| Website | https://carlosmagarinos.com/en/ |
Prior to that he was National Director for Foreign Trade (selected through an open public process); Under-Secretary for Industry; Secretary for Industry of Argentina and Secretary of State for Mining and Industry. He was also Economic and Trade Representative of Argentina in Washington D.C.
After his two terms at the helm of UNIDO he return to the academia (University of Oxford and Renmin University of China) and to the private sector, founding his own companies, dedicated to the early identification of business trends, facilitating business development and financial market access for industrial projects and companies.
Upon taken office in December 2015, the President of the Republic of Argentina, Mauricio Macri, appointed him Ambassador of Argentina to the Federate Republic of Brasil. The Honorable Senate of the Argentinean Nation lent its unanimous agreement in February of the following year.
He returned to Argentina in July 2019 to continue his career in the private sector. Currently, he leads Global Foresight. From there he designs the global and external affairs strategy of Werthein Group (listed among the most important economic conglomerates of Latin America) and does the same at Vrio Corp. (owner of DirecTV Latin America, Sky Brazil and DirecTV Go licenses)