Hilda Margarita Ochoa-Brillembourg (born 1945, in

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) is a

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n business woman and the current president and

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of Strategic Investment Group (SIG) which she founded in 1987. She is a former

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of the

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and a current member of several well known boards of directors.

Early life and education

Ochoa-Brillembourg earned a BS in

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from the

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. She is a

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(CFA) and received her

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from the

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in 1971. As a Fulbright-Hays fellow, she completed

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toward a doctorate in business administration at the

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Career

Ochoa-Brillembourg served as both chief investment officer and asset and liability advisor at the World Bank. She was

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for CA Luz Eléctrica de Venezuela and independent financial

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for the Development Ministry of

, the Foreign Relations Ministry of Venezuela, and

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. Ochoa-Brillembourg is the

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of Ashmore EMM LLC. She is a member of the board of directors of the

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, the

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Credit Union,

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, the

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the

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and is chair of

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. She is a member of the investment committee of the Rockefeller Family Fund, the advisory committees of the Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, the

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, and Sun Trust-Asset Management Advisors. Ochoa-Brillembourg is also a member of the executive committee of Small Enterprise Assistance Funds and is acting vice chairman of the Group of Fifty (G-50) at the

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. She has published articles in ''Financial Analyst Journal'' and ''Pensions & Investments'', and has been featured in ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Money Magazine'', ''Investment News'',

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Español,

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and ''

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''. She received the

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's 2005 Lifetime Achievement Medal. She is currently a board member of

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, the second largest cement producer in Peru. '' Smart Money'' magazine included her among the Power 30 in Business. She was also named by ''

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'' magazine as one of the Top 50 Smartest Women in Business in the United States during 2000 and in 2002, ''Hispanic Business'' magazine listed her as one of the Top 50 Hispanic Women in Business.

Personal life

She is married to Arturo E. Brillembourg.http://www.muckety.com/Hilda-Ochoa-Brillembourg/13762.muckety

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