DIANA BUSTAMANTE

DIANA BUSTAMANTE

Director Global Transaction Banking Department

Mizuho Bank

Diana has had a 25+ year banking career focused on trade finance and currently works at Mizuho Bank in New York where she is responsible for sales of Global Transaction Banking products to Energy, Power & Utilities, and Industrial clients.  She began her banking career at Manufacturers Hanover Trust (now JPM Chase) in Financial Institutions covering Latin American clients and later worked on the bank’s Eastern European desk.  In 1993, she was seconded by the bank to their Joint Venture in Moscow.  She later worked for Standard Americas (Standard Bank Ltd), ABN AMRO, Banco Finantia, and Commerzbank.  Over the years, Diana specialized in Emerging Markets trade finance, focusing on Distribution and Secondary Trading.

Diana has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Brown University.  Her first job was with the U.S. Department of State.  She is fluent in Spanish and Russian.