Eric G. Postel (he/him) is a Senior Advisor to the USAID Administrator, currently working on USAID’s collaboration with the private sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. Mr. Postel brings to the position more than 25 years of private sector experience working in emerging markets.
Mr. Postel previously served at USAID as Associate Administrator, Assistant to the Administrator for Africa, and Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Economic Growth, Education and Environment. Mr. Postel also served as USAID’s "Plus 1" (alternate director) to the Millennium Challenge Corporation.
Mr. Postel is the founder of Pangaea Partners, an investment banking and consulting firm focused on emerging markets. Its accomplishments include helping six African countries create or improve their stock markets, modernizing more than 20 former Soviet banks, and advising on the creation of the Slovak Export-Import Bank.
Previously, Mr. Postel worked as a Vice President at Citibank Tokyo, where he arranged financing for borrowers on four continents. This work included serving as Bangladesh’s first-ever financial advisor, arranging the first-ever financing for new Boeing aircraft in Zimbabwe, and arranging India’s first-ever Japanese tax-lease financing. In 1988, Mr. Postel devised a $30 million financing for Jamaica International Telecommunications Limited (JAMINTEL) from Japanese investors which was the first international securitization of future receivables without a corporate guaranty – this structure has subsequently served as the basis of more than $80 billion worth of financings.
Mr. Postel also has five years of experience working in biotechnology and providing capital to clean energy start-ups and energy efficient projects in Wisconsin.
Mr. Postel has a BA from Wesleyan University and an MBA from Stanford University. Between Wesleyan and Stanford, he served as a United States Naval Officer.