2012 Latin American Cities Conferences: Santiago

Mauricio Bustamante Postel is news editor and host of the news 24 hours on National Television of Chile (TVN). Mauricio also leads the weekly "The Sunday Interview" in TVN. He has interviewed over 600 people, including Hispanic leaders, economists, athletes and artists. Since...

Susana Carey Claro is the chief executive of the Chilean Association of Supermarkets (ASACH), chairman of the board of Correos de Chile and sits in the executive committee of SOFOFA. Susan was previously the executive director of Comunidad Mujer, an organization she still works...

Sebastián Claro Edwards has been a member of the Central Bank of Chile since December 2007. His tenure will last for ten years. Sebastian is an associate professor at the Institute of Economics of the Catholic University of Chile, where he teaches international economics...

H.E. Hernán de Solminihac was appointed minister of Mining on July 18, 2011. He previously served as the minister of Public Works, a position he took March 11, 2010 when he was appointed by the President of Chile, Sebastián Piñera. Hernán has an extensive academic career as a...

Javier Giorgio came to AES Gener in October, 2009 after extensive experience in the Latin American electricity sector. He began his career at Empresa de Servicio Eléctrico de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (ESEBA, 1989-1997) until 1997 before joing AES. At AES Giorgio first served...

Thomas Keller Lippold is the executive president of CODELCO since June 1st, 2012. Until then, Keller served as vice president of administration and finance at the same company. He worked for over ten years in various capacities in the Shell Group, where he held the position of...

Felipe Larraín is currently a tenured professor at the Universidad Católica de Chile and a member of the executive board of the Center of Economic and Social Policies (CLAPES UC), which he directed between 2014 and 2018. He served as Chile's finance minister from 2010 to 2014...

Nelson Pizarro Contador is the Vice President of Minera Lumina Copper Chile SCM, and CEO of Caserones Mine. From 2003 to 2006, Nelson was the corporate vice president of CODELCO’s north division. Previously, Mr. Pizarro took over as vice president of Antofagasta Minerals and was...

Jonathan Pressdee is vice president and managing director of mining at Black & Veatch. He began his career in the UK, working in Research and Development solutions to improve drinking water quality due to chemical and biological contamination such as pesticides and...

Melissa Sanderson is vice president for Africa at Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold, covering community relations. Sanderson was previously a political counselor at the United States’ Department of State, where she was a Political Officer and Charge d'Affairs at the US Embassy in...

Carolina Schmidt is currently the minister of the environment of Chile. From 2013 to 2014, she was the minister of education. Prior to that, she was the National Women’s Service minister, general manager at Capital magazine, counselor at Women's Community and president of the...

Susan Segal was elected president and CEO of the Americas Society and Council of the Americas in August 2003 after working in the private sector with Latin America and other emerging markets for over 30 years. A passionate supporter of Latin America, she joined the organizations...

Jude Webber has been the Financial Time’s correspondent for Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay for the last five years. Before that, she worked for fifteen years as a correspondent for Reuters news agency, with postings in London, Madrid, Dublin, Rome and Lima; and...