Daniel Lansberg-Rodríguez

Biography

Daniel Lansberg-Rodríguez is Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Aurora Macro Strategies, where he leads the firm's Geopolitics, Risk and Strategy practice. He is a leading expert on Latin American politics, institutional dynamics and macroeconomic developments, and advises many of the world's largest hedge funds, asset managers, family offices and corporations on political risk across the region. His focus areas include elections and political transitions, U.S. policy toward Latin America, trade and sanctions, and how political dynamics carry through to sovereign credit, currencies and the investment climate. Before co-founding Aurora, Daniel held roles at Goldman Sachs, the Council on Foreign Relations and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He is an Adjunct Lecturer at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, where he has taught political risk in emerging markets and "Nation Branding" for over a decade. He has served as an expert witness and consultant in U.S. federal, state and immigration court cases involving corruption and political persecution. His writing has appeared in Foreign Policy, the Financial Times, The New York Times and The Washington Post. He holds a BA cum laude from Carleton College, a JD from the University of Chicago Law School and a Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School.