Alejandro Arreaza is a Latin American economist at Barclays. Based in New York, Arreaza is responsible for the firm’s macroeconomic coverage of the Andean and Central American and Caribbean Economies. He joined Barclays in 2010 after working for several years in the financial markets in Venezuela. From 2004 to 2010, Arreaza was an economist at Bancaribe, the sixth largest bank in Venezuela, which is associated with Scotiabank. Prior to this, he worked in economics research for Santander Group Banco de Venezuela. Arreaza received a Master’s in Public Administration degree from Columbia University with a concentration in Economic Policy. He also holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the Universidad Católica Andres Bello in Venezuela, where he also received his B.A. in Economics.