Education
University of Western Ontario.
University of Western Ontario.
She is currently a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development and serves as the chair of the Latin-American Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee (CLAAF). Rojas-Suarez received a Bachelor of Arts from the Catholic University of Peru in 1975, an Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Ottawa in 1975, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from the University of Western Ontario in 1984. She has served as the chief economist for Latin America at Deutsche Bank (1998–2000) and as principal advisor to the chief economist at the Inter-American Development Bank (1994–1998).
She spent a decade working for the International Monetary Fund (International Monetary Fund), where her final position was as Deputy Chief of the Capital Markets and Financial Studies Division.
She has also taught at Mexico"s Anahuac University, been a visiting fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and worked as an economic advisor to Petróleos Mexicanos, Mexico"s state-owned petroleum company. Rojas-Suarez" 2010 book, Growing Pains in Latin America, presents guidance for market-oriented reforms in the specific political, economic, and historical context of Latin America.
She is also the current President of the International Banking, Economics, and Finance Association (IBEFA) and a member of the board of trustees of the International Food Policy Research Institute.