8:30 am to 12 pm Bogotá Time

JW Marriott Hotel Bogotá
Calle 73, Nr. 8-60
Bogotá
Colombia

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CFO Bogotá 2023

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8:30 am to 12 pm Bogotá Time

JW Marriott Hotel Bogotá
Calle 73, Nr. 8-60
Bogotá
Colombia

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Overview

This year's CFO Forum in Bogotá, Colombia, on September 10, provided an opportunity for CFOs and senior finance executives to meet, share best practices, and discuss key topics impacting finance leaders at both the local and regional levels.

Held in person, this off-the-record, high-level gathering featured discussions with leading economists, financial experts, and senior executives on issues affecting the business landscape in Colombia and across the region. All sessions were conducted in Spanish.

Agenda

8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. | Registro

9:00 a.m. to 9:10 a.m. | Bienvenida e Introducción

Cyndi Balladares, Director, Partnerships, AS/COA Miami

  • Gabriel Andrade, Managing Director & Head of GPS for Mexico, Bank of America

9:10 a.m. to 9:50 a.m. | Sesión I – Panorama Económico Global y Regional
Un economista de alto nivel presentará su visión sobre la economía global y su impacto en la región de Latinoamérica, particularmente en Colombia.

  • Alex Muller, Director – Head Economist for the Andean Region, Central America & the Caribbean, Bank of America

9:50 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. | Sesión II – Colombia: Inteligencia Artificial – Su Impacto a Largo Plazo y Cómo Prepararse
Diseñada para líderes financieros de alto nivel, esta sesión explorará herramientas y estrategias prácticas para evaluar e implementar la inteligencia artificial dentro de las organizaciones, además de analizar el impacto a largo plazo que esta tecnología tendrá en los equipos financieros, la toma de decisiones y las operaciones del negocio.

Los asistentes obtendrán una visión estratégica sobre cómo preparar a sus organizaciones para el futuro de las finanzas y aprovechar la IA como una ventaja competitiva.

  • Maria Ximena Sandoval, CFO North South America, IBM
  • Carlos Huertas Salgado, CFO, Siigo
  • Catalina Ulloa, Gerente de Planeación Corporativa, COMPENSAR
  • Moderador: Marcelo Trigo Rivas, Partner, Oliver Wyman

10:50 a.m. to 11:10 a.m. | Coffee Break

11:10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | Sesión III – Colombia en Perspectiva
La sesión ofrecerá una perspectiva estratégica sobre las principales tendencias económicas y geopolíticas que están configurando Colombia y América Latina, explorando sus implicaciones para el crecimiento, la inversión, la competitividad y las oportunidades de negocios a mediano y 
largo plazo.

  • Cesar Arias, Director de Crédito Público y del Tesoro Nacional, Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público de Colombia
  • Moderador: Carolina Rivadeneira, Directora General , Colombia, Moody’s Local

12:00 p.m. to 12:05 p.m. | Clausura

  • Eduardo Arguello, Managing Director, Latin America, Global Treasury and Trade, Bank of America

Speakers

Gabriel Andrade
Head of Global Payments Solutions, México, Bank of America

Gabriel Andrade is managing director and head of Global Payments Solutions for Mexico. In this role, Gabriel is responsible for driving the GPS strategy in the country including payment and receivable solutions, Liquidity and Trade & Supply Chain Finance.

Gabriel has more than 30...

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Alexander Müller

Director in Latin America Economics covering the Andean region

Alexander Müller is a Director in Latin America Economics, covering the Andean region, Central America, and the Caribbean. He has been ranked as the No. 1 Latin America Economist in the Fixed Income Institutional Investor survey for 2022 and 2021. Previously, he was a Vice...

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Maria Ximena Sandoval

CFO, IBM North and South America

Maria Ximena Sandoval is CFO for IBM North South America and a finance executive with more than two decades of experience leading financial strategy, transformation, governance, and business operations across Latin America. During her career at IBM, she has served as CFO for...

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Marcelo Trigo

Managing Partner, Spanish-speaking Latin America, Oliver Wyman

Marcelo Trigo is the managing partner of Oliver Wyman for Spanish-speaking Latin America. Marcelo has 20 years of experience advising leading institutions on strategic transformation, profitability improvement, operational transformation, financial optimization, and...

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Cesar Arias

Director General of Public Credit and the National Treasury, Ministry of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia

Over the last four years, César Arias has been a international speaker and consultant specialized in public debt management, climate finance, infrastructure financing, and capital markets development for the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund, and CAF Development...

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Carolina Rivadeneira Martinez

General Manager, Colombia, Moody’s Local

Carolina Rivadeneira Martinez is the General Manager for Moody’s Local Colombia. She has more than 20 years of experience in capital markets, corporate finance, and credit ratings across Colombia and Latin America. She has held leadership positions in investor relations, business...

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Catalina Ulloa

Corporate Planning Manager, Compensar

Catalina Ulloa is corporate planning manager and leads the artificial intelligence adoption strategy at Compensar, an integrated well-being platform that goes beyond its role as a Caja (health and social benefits fund). An economist with a master’s degree and more than 14 years...

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