Ambassador S. Fitzgerald “Fitz” Haney (ret.) served as U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica from 2015 to 2017. Haney has lived and worked on five continents and communicates effectively in four languages. He is currently a managing director at Lyrical Partners LP, a New York-based asset management firm. 

Recently, Haney was head of strategic development in Viola Group, Israel’s largest tech investment house. Prior to his ambassadorship, Haney was Head of EMEA business development and client services for Pzena Investment Management, a $40B global asset manager. He also previously worked throughout Latin America in strategy, marketing, and operations for Fortune 50 U.S. multinationals including Citibank, PepsiCo, and Procter & Gamble.  

Haney earned a Bachelor of Science in international economics and a Master of Science with distinction in international business and diplomacy from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.