John H. Welch
CEO-Founder of Research for Emerging Markets (REM), Inc.
Adjunct Professor – Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Nova Business and Economics, Keiser University, and Florida Christian University
John H. Welch is currently the CEO of Research for Emerging Markets Inc, a company he founded in 2019. Until recently, he was Executive Director at the Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce. Before coming to the Chamber, he was Managing and Chief Economist-LatAm and Brazil for HSBC. Dr. Welch held similar positions at CIBC, Macquarie Capital, Itaú-Unibanco’s International Wealth Management, Banco Itaú S.A, Bear Stearns. Lehman Brothers, West LB AG. Barclays Capital, and BNP Paribas. His primary responsibilities encompassed global sovereign and macroeconomic research with special emphasis on Latin American and Brazil. Before Wall Street, Dr. Welch served as senior economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and was an assistant professor at University of Texas, Austin, University of North Texas, and Oakland University. In 2022, he was Research Fellow, Instituto de Pesquisa Economica
Aplicada in Brazil as part of a panel of experts managing foreign exchange reserves. He has published extensively in professional journals and edited books in addition to his own book entitled: Capital Markets in the Development Process: The Case of Brazil (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993). Dr. Welch earned his Ph.D. in economics at the University of Illinois and his AB in economics from Columbia University.
