About

For the past seven years, Omar Bairan has been legal vice president of leading Dominican bank Banco Domincano del Progreso. Among the leading financial services counsel in Central America, he is an expert in the fields of tax, risk and insurance law. Bairan has spoken on global tax transparency and tax compliance at a number of forums and is recognised as a leading voice in international tax and banking regulation. He reports directly to Banco Domincano del Progreso CEO Mark Silverman Multz and forms an important part of the bank’s senior leadership committee. Bairan began his in-house career at Grupo BHD in 1998 before moving in 2006 to serve as director of financial services consulting at The Object Management Group (OMG), a non-for-profit technology standards group.