Cristina Junqueira

Cristina Junqueira is the co-founder and chief growth officer of NuBank since August 2022. Before founding NuBank in 2013, she worked for several years at Itaú Unibanco S.A. with consumer credit, card products and marketing. She was recently featured in the Financial Times' 25 Most Influential Women for the year of 2024. Cristina holds an Engineering Bachelors degree and a Masters degree from Universidade de São Paulo (USP), and also an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Co-Founder & Chief Growth Officer, Nubank

João Schmidt

João H. Schmidt is the chief executive officer of Votorantim S.A., a position he has held since 2020. He also serves as chairman of the Board of Auren Energia and Motiva (formerly CCR), as well as board member of Hypera Pharma, Banco BV and 23S Capital. Mr. Schmidt joined Votorantim in 2014 as managing director for Corporate Development. Over the years, he has also served on the boards of Fibria, CESP, Citrosuco, and Votorantim Siderurgia. In addition to his corporate roles, he is actively involved in global and regional business ecosystems.

CEO, Votorantim S.A.

Dan Ioschpe

Dan Ioschpe is chairman of the Board of Directors at Iochpe-Maxion and a board member at WEG, Marcopolo, and Embraer. He also serves as one of the vice presidents of FIESP, IEDI, and is a member of the Board of Directors at Sindipeças. In 2024, he served as chair of the B20 Brazil.

Vice President, Federação das Indústrias do Estado de São Paulo (FIESP)

Claudio Soto

Mr. Claudio Soto Gamboa is a commercial engineer from Universidad de Chile and holds an M.S. from the same university and a Ph.D. in economics from New York University (NYU). Former positions include being the manager of Research and Public Policy at Banco Santander Chile as from 2017 until his appointment as a Board member of the Central Bank of Chile.

Between 2014 and 2017 he was chief macroeconomic advisor to the Chilean Finance Minister.

Board Member, Central Bank of Chile 

Julian Herman

Julián Herman is managing director and Partner, leading the Technology practice for Iberia and South America at BCG. With over 20 years of experience, he has advised leading global companies on their key challenges and driven innovative digital initiatives across multiple industries.

Partner & Managing Director, BCG Santiago

Fernando Hasenberg

Fernando Hasenberg began his career in CMPC in 2000, where he served in the finance division in Chile, Mexico, and Brazil. He has participated in the acquisition of the Guaíba plant in Brazil and other relevant M&A transactions. In 2019 he turned CEO of the Sack Kraft business where he led the acquisition of Samcarsa in Mexico and Iguaçu in Brazil. In January 2022 he was appointed CGO of the company where he is responsible for corporate finance, accounting, internal reporting, investor relations, insurances and procurement.

CFO, Empresas CMPC

Ariel Szarfsztejn

Ariel Szarfsztejn is the current president of Commerce at Mercado Libre. In this role, he is responsible for the e-commerce business across Latin America, which includes Marketplace (third-party sellers), Retail, Ads, Logistics and Fulfillment services. Ariel joined Mercado Libre in 2017 as VP of Strategy and Corporate Development. After a year in this seat, he moved to Mercado Envíos, where lead the design, planning and execution of all the logistics and fulfillment operations for the company for four years.

President of Commerce, Mercado Libre

Felipe Bosch

Felipe Bosch is president chairman of CMI Capital, a business group of CMI (Corporación Multi Inversiones), a multi-Latin family corporation founded in Guatemala in 1920 by his grandfather, Juan Bautista Gutiérrez. CMI has more than 54,000 employees in 15 countries, generating investment, employment, and development in the region. CMI's businesses include, within the CMI Capital group, renewable energy generation projects; real estate development; and financial service businesses.

President Chairman, CMI Capital