Eva M. Gutiérrez is a Lead Financial Economist in the Latin American and Caribbean Region of the World Bank. She co-chairs the State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) Community of Practice (COP) and previously lead the State-Owned Financial Institutions Community of Practice. She has work on State-owned Bank reform in many countries through advisory and lending operations including, Brazil, Mexico, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. She has published several articles on various financial topics including reforming development and cooperative banks. Prior to joining the World Bank she worked for at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), with a focus on macro-financial issues. She holds a Ph,D in Economics from Boston University and a Masters in Financial Economics by the Center for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI) in Madrid.