Prior to AFIG, Mr. Backer was the Managing Director of PromoCapital Haiti S.A., a transnational investment firm with offices in Haiti and the U.S. Mr. Backer led a number of investment banking transactions in telecom, textile manufacturing and energy. Mr. Backer also provided advisory services to local financial institutions and health care concerns. Prior to that, Mr. Backer provided financial advisory and management consulting services from 1998 to 2003 to a roster of clients that included financial institutions and transportation companies. Prior to that, Mr. Backer was a Vice President in JP Morgan’s Emerging Markets Sales and Trading group where he managed the firm’s Emerging Markets Finance Desk, a $7 billion portfolio of emerging markets fixed income securities, and co-managed the Credit Derivatives Desk. He started his career at JP Morgan in the Latin America Mergers & Acquisitions Group in 1993. He holds an M.B.A. degree from the Wharton School of Business, an M.A. in International Affairs from the University of Pennsylvania’s Lauder Institute, and a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Sciences from Harvard College. Mr. Backer was born and raised in Congo-Brazzaville of Haitian parents. He is a US citizen.