2023 COA Symposium and 28th BRAVO Business Awards

General Laura J. Richardson is currently serving as the 32nd commander of United States Southern Command. She is a native of Northglenn, Colorado and a graduate of Metropolitan State University of Denver, Colorado. She commissioned into the U.S. Army and trained as an army...

Francisco Ruiz-Tagle currently serves as CEO of CMPC. For over 30 years he has held leadership positions across the pulp, forestry, packaging and tissue businesses of the company and in multiple countries in South America. 

Under Francisco’s leadership, CMPC has established a...

Luis Miguel Castillo is currently chairman of the Board of Directors of Grupo Mariposa; he has a degree in business administration from Boston University and was named "Young Global Leader" by the World Economic Forum in 2010. 

He joined the Group in 1995 and under his leadership...

Aitor Jauregui is Head of Latin America for BlackRock, responsible for all of the firm’s activities in the region. Mr. Jauregui's service with BlackRock dates back to 2011. Prior to his current role, he was the Country Manager of Iberia (Spain, Portugal and Andorra) and a member...

Alvaro Cardenas currently serves as president for Diageo Latin America & Carribean (LAC). A Colombian citizen, Alvaro has been with Diageo for over fifteen years and during that time he has held roles in general management and finance, across Latin America, Asia, and Europe. 

Acro...

Ana Lucia Magliano is executive vice president, Services, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), reporting to the regional president. In this role, she leads a team responsible for implementing a unique range of data-driven capabilities and cyber security solutions that help...

Annali Duarte is managing director and head of Global Transaction Services (GTS) for Latin America at Bank of America. In this role, Annali is responsible for creating and executing the regional strategy for a suite of transaction banking solutions including payments, receivables...

Cristián Carafí is a Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG). He leads the People & Organization, and Travel, Cities & Infrastructure practices for Spanish-speaking South America (Chile, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, and Central America). He also heads the...

As CEO for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Latin America (LATAM), Helmut Reisinger is responsible for all go-to-market functions across EMEA and LATAM. Prior to joining Palo Alto Networks in 2022, Helmut was CEO of Orange Business Services (OBS), leading its global...

João Vitor Menin, the CEO of Inter & Co, is a visionary leader with a wealth of experience in the financial and capital markets. With a remarkable tenure spanning over 20 years, he has been instrumental in overseeing the company's most significant projects since 2004. 

Recognized...

In his role as executive vice president (EVP), Jordan Schwartz is the chief operating officer (COO) of the IDB and oversees the quality control and risk management of all Bank operations. He serves as chair of management committees responsible for the Bank’s operational...

Juan Pablo Mata, a Guatemalan, is the CEO of Grupo Mariposa where he's responsible for leading the sustainable growth of the Group.

Juan Pablo holds an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, a bachelor of arts and science with a major in finance and economics at...

Kaio Philipe has founded and led global brands into several markets, with a distinguished career spanning technology, finance, and media. With a well-versed multicultural background (originally from Brazil settled in the US), Philipe's journey encompasses both consumer sectors...

Marcelo Claure is a Bolivian-American technology entrepreneur and the founder & CEO of Claure Group, a multi-billion-dollar global investment firm spanning multiple high growth sectors including telecom, tech, media, real estate, infrastructure, climate & energy transition...

Marina Rosemberg is managing director—regional head for Latin America and head of Commercial Relationship Management of Moody's Investors Service (MIS). Marina provides leadership and coordination across MIS’s offices in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico and MIS’s activities in Latin...

Nick Berger is a managing director and member of the Transition Capital team within BlackRock's Equity Private Markets group (EPM), where he leads sourcing, capital formation, product strategy, and thought leadership efforts related to the transition to a low-carbon economy.

 Prio...

Paula Goldman is Salesforce’s first-ever chief ethical and humane use officer. In her role, she leads Salesforce in creating a framework to build and deploy trustworthy technology, including AI. Prior to Salesforce, Paula was VP and head of the tech and society solutions lab as...

Pedro Pereira is the pioneering Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) of SAP Latin America and the Caribbean, a role he assumed in January 2022. As CSO, Pedro is instrumental in guiding regional business leaders to realize the symbiotic relationship between profitability and...

Peter Pessoa is one of Boston Consulting Group’s leaders in driving large-scale digital and AI programs with clients across North and South America. Peter has extensive experience partnering with clients to develop their digital strategy, design and build their digital...

Rosana Padilla serves as president, Latin America for Kenvue. In this role, Rosana leads operations across Latin America for a portfolio that spans OTC/Self Care, Skin Health/Beauty, Oral Care, Baby Care and Woman’s Health with iconic brands like Tylenol®, Neutrogena®, Listerine®...

Sebastián Barrios joined Mercado Libre in 2020 as technology senior vice president. In his role, Sebas leads all cross-technology teams including Infrastructure, Cloud & Platform, Architecture, Mobile, BI, Machine Learning and UX, among others. 

Sebas developed his entire career...

Stephen Remedios is a partner and associate director in the People Strategy practice of Boston Consulting Group. He has more than 22 years of experience having done line and staff roles in leading multinational organizations. Professionally, he focuses on coaching, training...

Todd Martinez is a senior director and co-head of the Americas in Fitch Ratings’ Sovereigns Group, responsible for overseeing analysis and ratings of sovereign credits in the Americas. He has been with Fitch since 2014, and during this time has served as analyst for numerous...

With extensive knowledge in cross-border trade and electronic payments acquired through over 15 years of experience within the financial world, Wagner Ruiz is a co-founder and Board Member of EBANX. As a global financial expert, Wagner was EBANX's chief financial officer for more...