Carolina Bermúdez es Gerente de Administración y Finanzas de Cencosud Colombia desde 2021. Cuenta con 20 años de experiencia en diferentes roles en banca de inversión, así como en finanzas corporativas en el sector real en las industrias del retail, commercial real estate y energía, habiéndose ejercido previamente funciones tales como Gerente de Administración y Finanzas para Parque Arauco Colombia, Sugerente de Finanzas para Enel Colombia y como Gerente de Banca de Inversión en Citi. La Sra Bermúdez es Economista de la Universidad de los Andes y cuenta con un MBA de INSEAD.

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 President of Macro Research, covering Mexico and Peru, at the Brazilian bank Itaú, and an economist and FX strategist at BTG Pactual Chile. Earlier in his career, Müller was the Chief Economist at the American Chamber of Commerce of Peru.

Marcela Villegas, es Principal de Boston Consulting Group. Tiene cerca de 20 años de experiencia en el sector financiero colombiano, europeo y estadounidense. Tiene una amplia experiencia en riesgos financieros, con especial énfasis en riesgos de mercado, liquidez y riesgos de Balance, así como en modelos de gestión ALM y de tesorería. Ha liderado la construcción y consolidación exitosa de áreas de gestión integral de riesgos en múltiples entidades.

Economista de la Universidad Militar y abogado de la Universidad Nacional. Así mismo, cuenta con una especialización y maestría en Finanzas Corporativas del Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administración – CESA. 

Ha trabajado desde 1993 en comisionistas de bolsa como Bermúdez y Valenzuela, del Grupo AVAL; Serfinco; Corredores Asociados; y Ad-Cap. También ha sido abogado litigante y catedrático de pregrado, maestría y MBA de la Universidad del Rosario, la Universidad Nacional y el CESA. 

Humberto Guihur estudió Negocios y Administración de Empresas en la universidad de Baylor, Texas. Tiene una maestría en Gerencia y Mercadeo de la universidad St. Thomas, Houston y estudios en Derecho de la universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico. 

Guihur cuenta con más de 27 años de experiencia donde se destaca su trabajo como vicepresidente en Citibank para LAC. 

Marie-Pierre is a metallurgical engineer with over 20 years experience in process development, operation/maintenance, project study and strategy. Across her various roles in the business, Marie-Pierre has been exposed to most stage of a mining business, from project development, to operation and to closure, gaining a holistic view of the business. Most recently at Rio Tinto, Marie-Pierre has provided technical and strategic guidance to develop the decarbonization roadmap across the different product group.

Carlos Ibargüen is an international consultant with 30 years of experience as a senior government affairs and communications executive, advocacy & reputation management strategist, and public servant. Carlos enjoyed a career spanning over two decades with Royal Dutch Shell, where he held senior global, regional, and country roles in the Middle East, Europe, and North and South America in the fields of government relations & communications.

Christopher Smith was named Ford’s chief government affairs officer in March 2022. He leads a global team that is constantly enhancing the company’s expertise and influence in legislation and policy vital to the Ford+ plan for growth and value creation. Rapidly evolving policy priorities include areas such as connectivity, electric vehicles and digital services, and are intended to benefit customers, society and the environment, among other stakeholders. Smith reports to Steven Croley, Ford’s chief policy officer and general counsel. 

Juan Carlos Jobet has extensive experience in public service and the business world. He was minister of Energy and Mining during the second government of Sebastián Piñera. Between 2013 and 2014 he served as Minister of Labor and Social Welfare, and before that as Undersecretary of Housing and Urban Planning. 

Jeff Glekin was appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Plurinational State of Bolivia in January 2019. He was previously Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Bogotá.