Jan Boyer
Managing Director, SOFRA; former Executive Board Member, Inter-American Development Bank
Jan Boyer is managing director of SOFRA and a former executive board member representing the U.S. at the Inter-American Development Bank. Boyer invests in emerging and developed economies and has been founder and chief executive of private equity funds at Softbank, FleetBoston and Salomon. At Lehman Brothers, he worked on principal investing, M&A, debt and equity financing and government advisory transactions in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa. In the public sector, Boyer represented the United States on the executive boards of the Multilateral Investment Fund and the Inter-American Investment Corp.; and was senior advisor to the president serving at the Overseas Private Investment Corp. He is currently advising institutional and family investors on alternative asset investing and the emerging markets. Boyer has been involved in direct investments, LP commitments to funds and strategic advisory relationships. Fluent in five languages, Boyer holds degrees from Stanford University and Harvard University.
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.