María Isabel León de Céspedes is the president of the Confederación Nacional de Instituciones Empresariales Privadas (CONFIEP). A longtime supporter of continuing education, she is the founder of training centers in commercial aviation, hospitality, and tourism, including the Instituto de Educación Superior Tecnológico Privado. León has served on several boards related to tourism and education, such as the National Council on Education.

Waldo Mendoza Bellido is Peru’s Minister of Economy and Finance. With a long career and an extensive knowledge of public finance, he has served on the board of Peru’s Central Bank and was the chairman of the board of directors at the Economic and Social Research Consortium (Consorcio de Investigación Económica y Social - CIES). Mendoza has held various positions at the Ministry of Economy and Finance including Vice Minister of Finance and director of Economic and Social Affairs.

Ambassador (ret.) Kevin K. Sullivan is vice president of the Americas Society/Council of the Americas and head of the AS/COA Washington office. He has extensive experience in U.S. foreign policy and hemispheric affairs, along with deep knowledge of Washington and longstanding relationships with senior policymakers, legislators, thought leaders, and private-sector executives. Sullivan most recently served as deputy assistant secretary for South America at the U.S.

Spencer Friedman is the regional manager for Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador for Uber. He has extensive experience driving change through technology in companies in across Latin America and the US, as well as in the public sector, NGOs, and start-ups. Having lived in 10 cities in 6 countries, Friedman considers himself a true global citizen. Originally from Boston, he has been based in Lima since 2010. Friedman earned his BA from the University of Pennsylvania and his MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management.  

Rafael Agudo is a managing director and partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) of Lima office and the leader for BCG Business Transformation practice area for Spanish South America. He joined BCG in 2005 and during these 15 years he has served a wide range of public and private companies in America and Europe. Agudo received his master’s in business administration and management from ICADE-Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid and his JD from the same university.

Giovanna Cortez is the general manager for south region in Latin America (Perú, Ecuador, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Paraguay). She has more than 20 years of experience in the IT market. Cortez worked at Hewlett Packard in several roles within Latin America, from consumer segment to enterprise and with extensive experience in partners ecosystem. In 2014, she joined Microsoft to lead consumer business, then assumed the role of territory manager at LATAM new markets. For the last two years, Cortez has led the enterprise team in south region and has served as Peru country manager.

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.