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.

Sebastián Barrios joined Mercado Libre in 2020 as technology senior vice president. In his role, Sebas leads all cross-technology teams including Infrastructure, Cloud & Platform, Architecture, Mobile, BI, Machine Learning and UX, among others. 

Sebas developed his entire career as an entrepreneur in the world of technology, founded two companies in Mexico: Zeb Studios and Yaxi, which he sold to Cabify. His last experience was at Cabify where he worked for the last 3 years as CTO at the headquarters in Spain. 

Cristián Carafí is a managing director & partner at Boston Consulting Group, where he leads the People & Organization practice in Chile, Argentina, Peru, and Colombia. Since joining BCG in 2007, he has provided support to leading global companies in strategy, digital transformation, and reorganization across multiple regions. More recently, he has been involved in redefining their work models in response to the new realities brought about by COVID-19.

Vivianne Rodrigues is the Bloomberg News executive editor for Emerging Markets, a position she has held since the start of 2023. She oversees a team of 22 reporters and editors across the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America as well as London and New York, directing and organizing coverage of major market-moving events. Ms. Rodrigues started her journalism career at Bloomberg in São Paulo, prior to moving to New York as an Emerging Markets and US Treasuries reporter.

Stephen Remedios is a partner and associate director in the People Strategy practice of Boston Consulting Group. He has more than 22 years of experience having done line and staff roles in leading multinational organizations. Professionally, he focuses on coaching, training, enablement, and leadership development in both the public and private sectors. 

Stephen holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and an MBA from XIMB. He is a certified coach and has over 1000 hours of senior coaching experience. 

Annali Duarte is managing director and head of Global Transaction Services (GTS) for Latin America at Bank of America. In this role, Annali is responsible for creating and executing the regional strategy for a suite of transaction banking solutions including payments, receivables, liquidity, and trade and supply chain finance to large corporates and financial institutions operating in Latin America. Working closely with the technology and operations teams, Annali oversees the end-to-end delivery of GTS solutions to clients in Latin America.

Aitor Jauregui, managing director, is head of Latin America for BlackRock, responsible for all of the firm’s activities in the region. He chairs the Latin America Executive Committee and Latin America Operating Committee. 

Mr. Jauregui is also a member of BlackRock’s Global Operating Committee. Mr. Jauregui’s service with the firm dates back to 2011. Prior to his current role, he was the country manager of Iberia (Spain, Portugal and Andorra) and a member of the EMEA Executive Committee. 

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 prominent investor in the energy sector and emerging markets space. Since then, it has grown to nearly 4 GW of contracted projects and to an enterprise value exceeding $3 billion.