Alonso Cervera is a managing director in the Emerging Markets Economics Research group at Credit Suisse, based in Mexico City. He and his New York-based team are responsible for the coverage of eight countries in Latin America, excluding Brazil. Cervera is directly responsible for the team and for the coverage of Mexico and Chile. He has been with Credit Suisse since 1999. His previous work experience includes positions at IGI, Deutsche Bank Mexico and the Central Bank of Mexico. Cervera is the recipient of Mexico's prestigious IMEF and Banamex Awards for Economic Research. He holds a degree in economics from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), and he has a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.