As CFO, Alvaro G. de Molina was responsible for Finance, Corporate Treasury, Corporate Investments and Investor Relations. De Molina previously was chief executive officer of Banc of America Securities, leading the markets and products aspects of Global Corporate & Investment Banking (GCIB), with responsibility for investor client coverage; equity and debt capital-raising, sales, and trading; credit services; and risk management products and services.

In a former role, de Molina was corporate treasurer, where he chaired the asset/liability committee and had management responsibility for all Treasury functions for the company, including all investment and funding activities, as well as pensions, insurance and economics. He joined Bank of America in 1989.

Prior to joining Bank of America, de Molina served in the lead financial role for Emerging Markets at J.P. Morgan. He began his career in 1979 with Price Waterhouse.

De Molina is presently on the Board of Visitors of Duke University Fuqua School of Business, the Dean’s Council at Florida International University College of Business Administration, and the Board of Directors of the Financial Services Volunteer Corps. He chaired the bank’s internal Diversity Advisory Council, served on the board of the Bank of America Charitable Foundation and was the 2006 Bank of America United Way campaign chair.

A native of Havana, Cuba, de Molina immigrated to the United States in 1960. He earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Fairleigh Dickinson University and an MBA from Rutgers University. He is also a graduate of the Duke University Advanced Management Program.

Alvaro G. de Molina was scheduled to speak at the McColl School of Business on February 1, 2007 as part of the Leaders In Action Lecture Series. The lecture was cancelled due to inclement weather.