• A new roster of disruptive political leaders are in charge of several important markets promising to upend a pro-business establishment.  

•  Most of the world's leading central banks have turned hawkish in an effort to tame the same inflation that they created, weakening emerging market currencies in their wake. 

•  China, the world's most important growth engine over the last twenty years, is stalling. So why is Latin America forecast to expand its GDP in USD by 6% in 2023?

• Latin America's largest commodity exports (energy, metals, and food) are all enjoying historically high prices thanks to Russia's war and other supply shocks.

• Latin America's leading central banks beat the Fed to the punch by aggressively raising interest rates, saving the region's currencies.

• Ultimately China may well pivot away from Zero COVID once Xi is re-elected in early November. 

John Price is a veteran of Latin America market consulting and one of the leading public speakers and thought leaders in the region.  Whether addressing audiences in English or Spanish, John’s consulting and academic background delivers both a deep understanding of the trends impacting Latin American and Caribbean markets as well as rich anecdotal content built on over 3,500 client engagements in the region since 1993.

John has advised more than 30 of the world’s 100 largest companies on their business strategies and market intelligence needs in Latin America.  John’s consulting career began in Mexico where he founded InfoAmericas, becoming the largest independent market intelligence firm in Latin America.  The firm was sold in 2007 to Kroll, the world’s largest corporate investigations firm and John launched Kroll’s first market intelligence practice.  In 2011, John left Kroll and founded Americas Market Intelligence with offices in Miami, Mexico City, San Francisco and affiliate offices in Buenos Aires, Medellin, Sao Paulo, and Santiago.

John has published over 100 articles on Latin American business trends and maintains a column in the region’s largest circulated English language magazine, Latin Trade.  In 2007, John Price co-wrote and co-edited “Can Latin America Compete?”, which was published by Palgrave.  John teaches as an adjunct professor at Florida International University and a guest lecturer at the University of Miami. 

John is a former board member of Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos, a LatAm orphanage network, and an active board member of the Canadian Council of the Americas. He is also a keen supporter of El Techo, an innovative charity that builds sturdy homes in Latin American slums.  John is a BComm graduate (1988) from Queen’s University in Canada.  He is fluent in English and Spanish and somewhat conversant in German, French, and Portuguese.