Vladimir Laborde

Vladimir Laborde is a telecom and international business executive and consultant with a rich background in, and a deep understanding of, public policy, the global technology industry, U.S. Capital Markets, and the U.S. and Caribbean business communities.

Mr. Laborde grew up in Haiti, New Orleans and Boston. Mr. Laborde began his career in Boston, as a Bond Trader at Fidelity Investments, and then as an Accountant Administrator at State Street Bank & Trust, all while completing a bachelor’s degree at Boston University, concentrating in Economics (Major) and Political Science (Minor). He later moved to Morgan Stanley in Miami, where he was a Private Wealth Manager.

Mr. Laborde currently serves as the Executive Director of the Haiti Business Accelerator. He also serves on the Board of Directors of e-Ponte Foundation, https://e-ponte.tech/. He serves as Co-Chair of the Twin Sisters Reunited, https://twinsistersreunited.org/, and as CEO of Basin Street Technologies, Inc. (“BST”), https://basinstreettech.com/.

Previously, Mr. Laborde led telecom and renewable energy businesses and international business engagements in the Caribbean, especially in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad & Tobago, and the Bahamas. He has also worked in close collaboration at a high level with American companies and Executives of Fortune 500 companies. He has developed and executed projects with IDB, the World Bank, USAID, IOM, the Clinton Foundation, and the United Nations. For example, in 2012, he was recruited to represent the Inter-American Development Bank to lead the Rebuilding of Haiti’s Energy Sector after the devastating Earthquake of 2011. In 2015, he was appointed Executive Secretary of the Presidential Advisory Council on Economic Growth and Investments for Haiti. In 2017, Mr. Laborde was the CEO of the American-Haitian Chamber of Commerce in Haiti.

An international businessman proud of his family’s Haitian heritage, Mr. Laborde also co-founded the Haiti-New Orleans Heritage Task Force, a partnership of the City of New Orleans Mayor’s Office, Tulane University Payson Center, Xavier University, and other institutions, all aimed at building trade, investment and cultural exchanges between the US, Haiti and beyond, building on the shared cultural heritage of Haiti and New Orleans.