Mike Lubrano is Managing Director, Corporate Governance, of Cartica Capital. Prior to joining Cartica, Mr. Lubrano set up International Finance Corporation's corporate governance practice and served as Manager of IFC's Corporate Governance Unit. After joining IFC in 1997, Mr. Lubrano established corporate governance as a central element of IFC's sustainable development strategy. He developed the IFC Corporate Governance Methodology, which is used to assess the quality of governance of potential IFC clients and to identity opportunities to add value by improving their boards, control environment, transparency and disclosure, and treatment of financial stakeholders.

During his ten years at IFC, Mr. Lubrano designed governance turnaround programs for numerous companies in Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. He was advisor to Chile's Ministry of Finance in drafting that country's corporate governance reforms, assisted the São Paulo Stock Exchange in designing the Novo Mercado and was the co-organizer of the Latin America Corporate Governance Roundtable from 2000 - 2007. Mr. Lubrano is internationally recognized as a leader in fostering good corporate governance practices in emerging markets, was named one of the ten most influential people in international corporate governance in 2006 by Global ProxyWatch, and is a member of the Private Sector Advisory Group of the Global Corporate Governance Forum. Prior joining IFC, Mr. Lubrano worked for the World Bank on the 1995 Mexican financial crisis and was an international securities lawyer with Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, helping Latin American companies access international capital markets. He received his A.B. magna cum laude from Harvard College; his J.D. cum laude from New York University School of Law; and his M.P.A from Princeton University.