Nicolás Luna Céspedes, is the Corporate Operational Excellence Engineering Executive Director for Belcorp. Is specialist in e-Business from the ESAN Perú Business School with more than 30 years of experience in Information Technology.
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Nicolle Feria Pino is a senior, digital native strategist who has spent the past 12 years at the Estee Lauder Companies. During her tenure at ELC, Nicolle has driven the acceleration of the portfolio of brands in established and emerging markets across online channels including DTC.com, Retailer.com and emerging platforms such as Mercado Libre and Whatsapp. Nicolle is also a proud founding member of Estee Lauder Companie’s Inclusive Beauty advisory board as well as the Hispanic ERG. She lives in South Salem, NY with her husband and young daughter.
Samantha (Sam) Saperstein leads the Women on the Move Center of Excellence at JPMorgan Chase & Co. In this role, Sam manages programs designed to fuel female ambition and ensure women have equal access and opportunity. She collaborates with teams across the firm and external partners to drive initiatives that support women entrepreneurs, educate female consumers and empower female employees.
Marcela Ruenes is counsel and a member of the Finance Department, Banking and Latin America Practices of Latham & Waltkins. Ms. Ruenes advises a full range of lead arrangers, lenders, and borrowers. Her practice focuses on complex cross-border transactions including leveraged financings, acquisition financings, asset-based lending, and investment grade loans, as well as debt restructurings including debtor-in-possession and exit financings. Ms.
As SVP, human resources and chief diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) officer at AES, Jen Killer is responsible for developing and implementing the organization’s global people strategy, prioritizing actions that position AES as a global leader in the just energy transition. Jen has held prior roles at AES across multiple HR disciplines, including VP, HR in the US; VP, HR for Global Functions; director, Total Rewards; Director, HR Operations; and global mobility manager.
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 activities and provides oversight and direction to the vice presidents and all other senior staff.
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 organization and talent, strategically apply AI to maximize the value of their customer base, and jointly deliver digital products to market, generating tangible impact.
Jorge Fernando Quiroga Ramírez is the former President of Bolivia, having been previously elected Vice President in 1997, the youngest person to have ever held the office. Mr. Quiroga has also been Bolivian Minister of Finance and Under-Secretary of Public Investment and International Cooperation at the Ministry of Planning. Born in Cochabamba in 1960, he received his bachelors degree in industrial engineering summa cum laude from Texas A&M University and MBA from St. Edward’s University.