Frank E. Caropreso

Expertise:  

Senior audit and financial professional with 30+ years of international development experience in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Asia. Additional experience includes a Fortune 500 company and a Big Four accounting firm.  Proven ability to work in an international, multicultural, and multilingual environment. Expertise linking resource allocation to strategic priorities. Recognized for developing effective strategies to support the achievement of defined organizational vision. Strong supervisory and personnel management skills. Sound understanding of multilateral development bank operations. 

Technical Competencies:

Internal controls, risk management, host country and local execution agency fiduciary systems, internal audit, country-wide accountability assessments, and project design.  

Education

The Wharton School; People Analytics: HR Transformation through Data 

Virginia Tech, Pamplin College of Business; Bachelor's in Accounting 

Country Experience

México, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panamá, Colombia. Venezuela,  Ecuador, Peru, Chile. Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, Haiti, The Dominican Republic, The Bahamas, Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, and Bangladesh. 

Languages:

English, with professional speaking & reading Spanish proficiency

Thinking About:

Inside USAID: An Odyssey of Foreign Assistance, by Clifford Brown. I make presentations on the history of International Economic Development. I am interested in learning about the future of foreign assistance and what the future holds for developing countries. 

Passion:

International Travel. Education Policy. Public Health. Spending time with grandchildren.