Symposium: 9 am-2 pm 
Awards: 7-11 pm

Loews Hotel Coral Gables
2950 Coconut Grove Dr.
Coral Gables
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2024 COA Symposium and 29th BRAVO Business Awards

Latin America's premier business engagement and dialogue platform will honor influential leaders from the region in Miami on October 30.

Symposium: 9 am-2 pm 
Awards: 7-11 pm

Loews Hotel Coral Gables
2950 Coconut Grove Dr.
Coral Gables
Live Broadcast

Live broadcast

Register

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Overview

The 2024 Council of the Americas Symposium will convene over 500 regional business leaders who are shaping Latin America’s business agenda. Speakers and participants will feature CEOs and Latin America presidents of top multinational corporations, business visionaries, and pioneers from across industries and geographies, providing a broad snapshot of the region's business landscape directly from the players shaping it. 

For nearly three decades, the BRAVO Business Awards have recognized excellence and outstanding leadership in business and policy throughout the Americas. The 29th BRAVO Business Awards Honorees represent a select group of visionaries who continuously shape Latin America's business agenda through their leadership and commitment to propel the region forward at a global scale. The awards will be presented at a black-tie gala dinner at the Loews Coral Gables Hotel.

2024 BRAVO Business Awards Honorees

BRAVO Visionary Leadership Award: Paula Santilli, CEO, PepsiCo Latin America 

BRAVO Company of the Decade: Globant

BRAVO Investor of the Year: Francisco Alvarez-Demalde, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Riverwood Capital

BRAVO Innovative CEO of the Year: João Vitor Menin, CEO, Inter&Co

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Join the discussion on Twitter: #BRAVObiz | @ASCOA


Registration Support: Natalia Posada at nposada@as-coa.org  
Special Group Access Packages: bravoprogram@as-coa.org 
Sponsorship Opportunities: Cyndi Balladares at cballadares@as-coa.org 
Engagement and Thought Leadership: Luciana Sabillon at lsabillon@as-coa.org 
Accommodation: Loews Coral Gables Hotel room block (limited rooms available at a special rate) 

Agenda

BRAVO C-Suite

7:30-8:45 am BRAVO Roundtables:

BRAVO CEO Roundtable: Future Trends Driving Business Transformation

  • Keynote Speaker: Haim Israel, Global Strategist, Head of Global Thematic Research, Bank of America
  • Co-Chair: Susan Segal, President & CEO, AS/COA

BRAVO Circle of LatAm Chief Sustainability Officers Roundtable: From G20 to COP30: Latin America's Roadmap to a Sustainable Future

  • Keynote Speaker: Gerardo Herrera Perdomo, Managing Director for Latin America & Caribbean, Marsh McLennan
  • Co-Chair: Pedro Pereira, Chief Sustainability Officer, SAP Latin America & Caribbean

BRAVO Circle of LatAm Chief People Officers Roundtable: GenAI: Expanding Capabilities, Beyond Productivity — An Imperative for CPOs

  • Keynote Speaker: Cristián Carafí, Managing Director & Partner, BCG

*By invitation only. Participant criteria and seniority required.

Main Stage Programming

9:00-9:10 am Welcome Remarks

  • Maria Lourdes Teran, Vice President, AS/COA Miami Office

9:10-10:00 am BRAVO Dialogues: Unleashing Latin America's Potential on the Global Stage

  • Paula Santilli, CEO, PepsiCo Latin America
  • Roberto Alvo, CEO, LATAM Airlines
  • Cristina Palmaka, President, SAP Latin America & Caribbean
  • Ariane Ortiz-Bollin, Vice President - Senior Credit Officer for Latin America Credit Strategy and Research, Moody's Ratings
  • Moderator: Michael Stott, Latin America Editor, Financial Times

10:00-10:40 am BRAVO Dialogues: Key Imperatives for the Region's Clean Energy Transition

  • Juan Ignacio Rubiolo, Executive Vice President and President, International Business Unit and Infrastructure, The AES Corporation
  • Jairo Lorenzatto, CEO Latin America, Smurfit WestRock
  • Shannon Kellog, VP of Public Policy, Americas, Amazon Web Services
  • Elizabeth Robberechts, Division Chief of Infrastructure and Energy, IDB Invest
  • Moderator: Carlos Barrera, CEO, Atlas Renewable Energy

10:40-10:55 am BRAVO Talk: A Look Into the 2025 Mega Trends

  • Haim Israel, Global Strategist, Head of Global Thematic Research, Bank of America

10:55-11:45 am BRAVO Dialogues: Advancing Digital Inclusion for Economic Growth

  • Juan Pablo Mata, CEO, Grupo Mariposa
  • João Vitor Menin, CEO, Inter&Co
  • Paula Bellizia, Vice President, Latin America, Amazon Web Services
  • Alejandro Anderlic, Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy, Latin America, Salesforce
  • Andrés Cadena, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
  • Moderator: Francisco Aldaya, Panregional Editor in Chief, Bloomberg Linea

11:45 am-12:00 pm BRAVO Leadership Conversation: Investing in the Latin America of Tomorrow

  • Francisco Alvarez-Demalde, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Riverwood Capital
  • Moderator: Susan Segal, President & CEO, AS/COA

12:00-12:30 pm BRAVO Dialogues: What it Takes to Build Billion Dollar Companies in the Next Phase

  • Francisco Alvarez-Demalde, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Riverwood Capital
  • Sebastian Mejia, Co-Founder & President, Rappi
  • Mariano Gomide, Founder & Co-CEO, VTEX
  • Moderator: Susan Segal, President & CEO, AS/COA

12:30-1:00 pm BRAVO Leadership Conversation: Globant's Journey - Two Decades Shaped by Innovation & Global Impact

  • Martin Migoya, Co-Founder & CEO, Globant
  • Moderator: Jorge Becerra, Emeritus Senior Partner & Senior Advisor, BCG

Lunch & Networking

Sevilla A, B & C

1:00-2:00 pm A Country in Transformation - The Dominican Republic's Leadership in Sustainable Investments

  • H.E. Raquel Peña, Vice President of the Dominican Republic
  • Moderator: Adriana Cisneros, CEO, Grupo Cisneros

Alhambra B & C

1:00-2:00 pm New Frontiers: Empowering LatAm's Wealth with Alternatives (By-Invitation-Only)

  • Aitor Jauregui, Head of Latin America, BlackRock
  • Roque Calleja, Head of Alternatives Specialist Team for the Americas Institutional Business, BlackRock

Afternoon Session

2:30-4:00 pm Central America: Investing in the Region's Digital & Physical Infrastructure

  • Enrique Bolaños, President, INCAE Business School
  • Ramiro Ortiz, Managing Director & Chief Business Officer, Grupo Promerica
  • Guy Nae, Public Sector Head, Spanish Speaking Latin America, Google Cloud
  • Tomás Bermúdez, General Manager, Country Department Central America, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, and the Dominican Republic, and Country Representative in Panama, Inter-American Development Bank
  • Moderator: Alejandro Romero, Global CEO, LLYC

Additional speakers to be announced

29th BRAVO Business Awards

7:00-8:00 pm Cocktail Reception

8:00-11:00 pm Dinner & Awards Ceremony

Speakers

Paula Santilli
CEO, PepsiCo Latin America

Paula Santilli, as the Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo Latin America and a member of PepsiCo’s Executive Committee since May 2019, has led the business in the region to earn a staggering $10 billion dollars in annual net revenue in 2023. Her leadership has also been...

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Martín Migoya
Co-Founder & CEO, Globant

One evening after work in 2003, Martín Migoya got together with three of his friends at a pub in Buenos Aires and identified some of the gaps that existed in the emerging global software industry. They were inspired to build a new pure play company that would create software for...

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Francisco Alvarez-Demalde
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Riverwood Capital

Francisco Alvarez-Demalde is a co-founder and managing partner of Riverwood Capital, one of the leading investment firms solely dedicated to technology growth and scalability. Francisco co-heads the Firm and has built the Riverwood Capital franchise and been involved in the...

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João Vitor Menin
CEO, Inter & Co

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...

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Francisco Aldaya
Panregional Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg Línea

Francisco Aldaya is a seasoned Argentine journalist with more than a decade of experience, specializing in news coverage across Argentina, Colombia, Perú, Chile, Bolivia, and Uruguay. Educated in the United Kingdom, where he attended ACS Cobham International School and the...

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Roberto Alvo
CEO, LATAM Airlines

Roberto Alvo is CEO of Latam Airlines Group, having assumed the role in April 2020. With over 18 years experience at LATAM, Roberto was previously chief commercial officer and has held various positions in the group with the responsibility for network, alliances and fleet...

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Alejandro Anderlic
Director of Government Affairs and Public Policy for Latin America, Salesforce

Alejandro Anderlic is a corporate diplomat, the husband of Belén and father of Tomás and Clara, a former law practitioner, a running enthusiast, and a student of singing and piano. He joined Salesforce in 2019 and currently leads government affairs for Latin America, where he...

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Carlos Barrera
Chief Executive Officer, Atlas Renewable Energy

Carlos "Ucho" Barrera is currently the CEO of Atlas Renewable Energy, a leading Renewable Energy company with operations in the Americas that is currently one of the largest solar IPPs in the region. Atlas started operations in early 2017 after a successful MBO backed by Actis, a...

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Jorge Becerra
Emeritus Senior Partner & Senior Advisor, Boston Consulting Group

Jorge Becerra is emeritus senior partner & senior advisor at Boston Consulting Group (BCG). During his 30+ year BCG career he led the firm’s Financial Institutions Practice in South America since he opened BCG’s first office in the region in 1995. He previously opened and led BCG...

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Paula Bellizia
Vice President, Latin America, Amazon Web Services

With more than 30 years of professional experience in the technology industry across several leading companies, including leadership positions at a number of Fortune 500 tech companies, Paula Bellizia is the new Vice President of AWS for Latin America. Prior to join AWS, Paula...

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Tomás Bermúdez
General Manager, Country Department Central America, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, and the Dominican Republic, and Country Representative in Panama, Inter-American Development Bank

Tomás Bermudez, a dual Venezuelan and Colombian citizen, is the General Manager of the Country Department for Central America, Haiti, Mexico, Panama and the Dominican Republic (CID) since May 2023. Simultaneously with this function, he also carries out the duties of IDB Country...

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Andrés Cadena
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Andrés Cadena is a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company in the Bogotá office and a member of the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) Council. Over the past two decades, he has advised several Latin American governments, as well as major multilateral banks and companies in the...

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Roque Calleja
Head of Alternatives Specialist Team for the Americas Institutional Business, BlackRock

Roque Calleja leads BlackRock's Alternatives Specialist Team (AST) for the Americas Institutional Business, driving client strategy and distribution efforts for alternatives in the U.S., Canada, and Latin America.

Previously, Roque served as Head of the Alternatives Business for...

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Cristián Carafí
Managing Director & Partner, BCG

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...

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Adriana Cisneros
CEO, Cisneros

Adriana Cisneros, CEO of Cisneros, leads a privately-owned enterprise with a rich 95 -year legacy in global business operations. Under her strategic vision, Adriana has led Cisneros into a new era of innovation and diversification through its three divisions: Cisneros Real Estate...

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Mariano Gomide
Founder & Co-CEO, VTEX

Mariano Gomide de Faria is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of VTEX (NYSE: VTEX), a global ecommerce platform recognized as a leader in digital technology by the Gartner Magic Quadrant. With over 25 years in the industry, Mariano plays a pivotal role in overseeing the company’s global...

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Gerardo Herrera Perdomo
Managing Director for Latin America and Caribbean, Marsh McLennan

Gerardo Herrera Perdomo is the Director of Marsh Advisory for Latin America, former Vice President of Procapitales (Association of Capital Market Promoters), Co-Director of the network of Corporate Governance Institutes in Latin America and President of the Board of Advisors of...

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Haim Israel
Global Strategist, Head of Global Thematic Investing Research, Bank of America

Haim Israel is a managing director and global strategist who heads up the Global Thematic Research team. Prior to this, Israel was the head of Bank of America’s EEMEA Technology, Media and Telecommunication Research team. For the past four years, Israel and team have been ranked...

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Aitor Jauregui
Head of Latin America, BlackRock

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...

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Shannon Kellogg
Vice President of Public Policy Americas, Amazon Web Services

Shannon Kellogg is a vice president of public policy at Amazon, leading the company's public policy efforts for Amazon Web Services (AWS) across the Americas. In this role, he oversees policy priorities and strategies for AWS, managing public policy and government affairs...

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Jairo Lorenzatto
CEO Latin America, Smurfit WestRock

Jairo Lorenzatto is the Chief Executive Officer of Smurfit Westrock in Latin America. He was born in Brazil, is a chemical engineer, and has master’s degree in administration from Stanford University. 

Over the past 28 years, he has held leadership positions in companies such as...

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Juan Pablo Mata
CEO, Grupo Mariposa

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...

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Sebastian Mejia
Founder and President, Rappi

Sebastian Mejia is the Founder and President of Rappi, a technology company that serves millions of customers, couriers, and merchants across Latin America. Rappi has played an essential role in the transformation of the tech ecosystem in the region. He is an active investor and...

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Ariane Ortiz-Bollin
Vice President, Senior Credit Officer for Latin America Strategy and Research, Moody’s Investors Service

Ariane Ortiz-Bollin is vice president and senior credit officer in the Credit Strategy and Research Americas team at Moody’s Investors Service. She leads cross-sector analytic initiatives, strategic research, and outreach in Latin America. Ariane chairs an internal Latin America...

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Ramiro Ortiz Gurdian
Managing Director and Chief Business Officer, Grupo Promerica

As the Executive Director and Chief Business Officer (CBO) of Grupo Promerica, Ramiro Ortiz Gurdian leads one of the most prominent financial groups in the region, operating across nine countries in Central America, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, and the Cayman Islands. With a...

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Cristina Palmaka
President, SAP Latin America and the Caribbean

Cristina Palmaka is president of SAP Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) since July 2020. With more than 30 years of experience in the IT industry, she is known for leading strong teams with a strategic focus on innovation, customers, and successful business outcomes. She is a...

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Raquel Peña Rodríguez
Vice President, Dominican Republic

Raquel Peña Rodríguez has forged a distinguished career at the intersection of education, business, and public service. Born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, she graduated with a degree in Business Administration from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y...

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Pedro Pereira
Chief Sustainability Officer, SAP Latin America and the Caribbean

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...

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Elizabeth Robberechts
Division Chief of Infrastructure and Energy, IDB Invest

Elizabeth Robberechts is the Division Chief of IDB Invest’s Infrastructure and Energy Division, managing all of IDB Invest’s activities in the energy, transport, water and sanitation, health and education sectors. Her experience includes structuring financings in the energy and...

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Alejandro Romero
Partner and Global CEO, LLYC

Alejandro Romero is LLYC's Global CEO. He is in charge of the fulfillment of the company’s Strategic Plan, driving LLYC’s CEOs in Europe, the United States and Latin America to achieve the business objectives. He directly leads the Key Clients plan and the Healthcare and Mining...

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Michael Stott
Latin America Editor, Financial Times

Michael Stott is the Latin America Editor at the Financial Times, leading news coverage and analysis of the region for the newspaper, as well as writing editorial comment. In this role, he is based in London and travels frequently to Latin America. He is also a member of the FT’s...

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Juan Ignacio Rubiolo
Executive Vice President and President, International Business Unit and Infrastructure, The AES Corporation

Juan Ignacio has worked at AES since 2001 and in 2022 was named executive vice president and president, international businesses. Juan Ignacio has proven experience in business development, risk management and commercial strategy, and he combines his knowledge of the energy...

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Susan Segal
President and CEO, Americas Society/Council of the Americas

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...

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