Andrew Light, Ph.D., is Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs. He started at the Department of Energy on January 20, 2021, leading the Office of International Affairs as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary before his nomination by President Biden as Assistant Secretary on April 28, and confirmation by the U.S.
Francisco Aldaya is a seasoned Argentine journalist with more than a decade of experience, specializing in news coverage across Argentina, Colombia, Perú, Chile, Bolivia, and Uruguay. Educated in the United Kingdom, where he attended ACS Cobham International School and the University of Exeter, Francisco is fluent in English and Spanish and has also learnt Portuguese. At Bloomberg Línea, he began his career as a Senior Editor, having launched the publication in Argentina in 2021, and has taken on new markets since then, as Panregional Bureau Chief.
Born in Buenos Aires in 1969, Gaston Bottazzini was named CEO of Falabella SA in June 2018, where he led a strategy to transform the company into the region’s leading digital ecosystem. Currently, Falabella serves more than 37 million clients through 510 physical stores and malls, in addition to its e-commerce platform and portfolio of financial services. Some of the highlights of his tenure at Falabella are the acquisition of Linio, the launch of its marketplace Falabella.com, and the creation of FPay, the company’s digital wallet and payment processing platform.
Marlene Garayzar es Cofundadora y Directora de Regulación y Gobernanza (CGO) de Stori, el primer unicornio mexicano fundado por una mujer. Es egresada de Relaciones Internacionales del ITESM-CCM y Sciences Po Paris, con un MBA del ITAM. Cuenta con más de 18 años de experiencia en el sector financiero mexicano (seis de ellos en empresas financieras internacionales) principalmente en áreas como operaciones, servicio al cliente, cumplimiento de riesgos y cobranza.
Pablo Claver is partner and managing director at Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Since he joined BCG in 2005, he has developed unparalleled expertise within the People and Organization Practice (POP), where he has led most of his client projects.
Enrique Bolaños is the president of INCAE Business School, a position he has held since 2015. During his presidency, Enrique's focus has been to guarantee academic excellence, positioning INCAE as one of the best business schools in Latin America. He has led significant initiatives with the institute's impact centers, focused on social progress, entrepreneurship, and inclusive leadership, among others.
Nicolás Kaplun is the chief business officer in Latin America + at Globant, overseeing all aspects of the Latin America operation and certain portfolios in the United States, including business development strategy, team building and management, and overall client relationship. He also collaborates in global strategic initiatives.
Eduardo della Maggiora is a Chilean engineer, triathlete, and entrepreneur.
Mr. della Maggiora is the founder and CEO of Betterfly, a leading technology company in the insurtech space, which became the first social unicorn in Latin America in 2022. He is an Endeavor Entrepreneur, YPO member and Board Member of Teletón, a nonprofit organization in Chile working with children with developmental disabilities and their families.
Brynne McNulty Rojas is the co-founder and CEO of Habi and currently the only female founder and CEO of a Latin American unicorn. Before co-founding Habi, she served as vice president of Global Strategy at Selina and as a consultant at McKinsey & Co., having started her career in real estate investing at Goldman Sachs.
Brynne received an MBA with High Distinction from Harvard Business School, where she was named a George F. Baker Scholar. She received a B.S. from the Wharton School with a dual concentration in real estate and finance.
Adolfo Babatz is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Clip. Before Clip, Mr. Babatz held different positions at PayPal, where he was responsible for leading the team that opened PayPal in Mexico and then became customer engagement and new product development manager for PayPal Latin America.
Before that, Mr. Babatz was part of the founding team of The Carlyle Group Mexico, where he worked as an analyst. Before Carlyle, he worked as an advisor to the executive vice president of Grupo Desc, one of Mexico’s largest industrial conglomerates.