Tania Rojas is the managing director for the CAN LATAM Central Business (Central America, Caribbean, Colombia, and Peru). With more than 20 years of experience in different areas such as finance, strategy, marketing, commercial, and general management. She has worked for Cargill for the last 9 and a half 5 years, holding several positions within Cargill Animal Nutrition.
Daniel Maldonado was born in Colombia and has lived in various countries during his professional life. He studied business administration and holds a master's degree in international business from New Hampshire College. He spent the last two decades working at Bunge, an agribusiness and food company.
Luis Oganes is the head of currencies, commodities, and emerging markets research at J.P. Morgan, where he joined in 1997 in New York. He manages the teams of researchers that analyze fundamental and technical drivers for global currencies and commodities, as well as the economists and strategists that analyze macro dynamics of emerging market economies to identify investment opportunities in fixed income and currency markets in Emerging Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America.
Admiral Karl L. Schultz assumed the duties as the 26th commandant of the United States Coast Guard on June 1, 2018. As commandant, he oversees all global Coast Guard operations and 41,000 active-duty, 6,200 reserve, and 8,500 civilian personnel, as well as the support of 25,000 Coast Guard Auxiliary volunteers. He previously served from August 2016 to May 2018 as commander, Atlantic area where he was the operational commander for all Coast Guard missions spanning five Coast Guard Districts and 40 states.
Luis Felipe Carrillo is the president for GE's Central Area of Latin America (CALA) region. He is responsible for the growth and development of the company in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, Central America, and the Caribbean. Carrillo's focus is to develop the region's infrastructure in power generation, healthcare, aviation, and renewable energy. To that effect, he is leading efforts to localize more capabilities, integrate recent acquisitions, and penetrate underserved markets.
Elizabeth Astete Rodríguez is the foreign minister of Peru. She is a career diplomat with over 44 years of professional experience.
Dr. Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla joined IFPRI as a visiting senior research fellow in 2012 and in 2017 he was named head of the LAC Program. He received a PhD. in economics from Johns Hopkins University, as well as an M.A. in economics and an M.A. in international relations from Johns Hopkins University.
Ivonne A-Baki presented her letters of credence as ambassador of the Republic of Ecuador to the President of the United States Donald J. Trump on February 6, 2020. She is an artist, painter, diplomat, peace negotiator, humanist, and politician. A multifaceted woman who is driven by her ideals. She studied arts at the Sorbonne University and obtained Masters’ Degrees in public administration and in public policy at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (1993). She is fluent in English, Spanish, French, German and Arabic.
Aaron Puna is currently chief executive officer of Anglo American Chile since August 1, 2019. Prior to this he was the executive head of technical for base metals. He has over 20 years of experience in the mining industry having worked in a range of commodities in both open pit and underground mines. He joined Anglo American in Australia in 2008 and has been fulfilled general manager roles for Capcoal and Dawson as well as corporate roles focused on performance.
Kevin Michael O’Reilly became deputy assistant secretary of state for Western hemisphere affairs after having served as director of the Office of Brazil and Southern Cone Affairs. He previously served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Panama City, Panama, from July 2014 to July 2017, and as the embassy’s chargé d’affaires from June 2015 to February 2016.