Jorge A. Gana
Chief Risk Officer
Jorge Gana has been Chief Risk Officer of AGL and Chair of the U.S. Risk Management and Portfolio Risk Management Committees since January 1, 2023. Mr. Gana also maintains primary responsibility for the environmental aspect of Assured Guaranty’s ESG efforts. Prior to that, Mr. Gana served as Deputy Chief Risk Officer of Assured Guaranty Municipal (AGM) and Assured Guaranty Inc. (AG) . Mr. Gana joined Assured Guaranty in 2005 as a Director in Structured Finance. Over the years, Mr. Gana has held a number of positions at Assured Guaranty, including Managing Director, Structured Finance at AG, Senior Managing Director of Workouts and Government & Corporate Affairs at AGM and AG, and chair of AGM's and AG's Workout Committees. Mr. Gana continues to serve as a voting member of AGM's and AG's Credit and Workout Committees.
Prior to joining Assured Guaranty, Mr. Gana served as a Director of Global Commercial Asset Securitization for XLCA (now Syncora). Prior to XLCA, Mr. Gana worked at Natexis Banques Populaires (now Natixis) and at Banco Santander in global capacities dealing with credit and risk, managing investment portfolios, originating complex transactions, and issuing repackaged debt. Mr. Gana also worked for the Chile Economic Development Agency, New York Office, and as Editor of the Chile Economic Report until 1996.
Mr. Gana holds an M.B.A in finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business and a Bachelor’s degree in international studies from Johns Hopkins University.