Juan Esteban Orduz is a seasoned global leader, board member, and executive with over two decades of experience across Latin America, the United States, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Multilingual and multicultural, he served as President of the Colombian Coffee Federation, Inc. (New York)—the North American subsidiary of the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia, the leading Colombian coffee strategy and positioning in North America and globally (2003–2023). Earlier, as Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Colombia in Washington, D.C.

Nelson Ferreira is a Senior Partner at McKinsey’s São Paulo office, where he has worked since 2000. He leads the Agribusiness practice in Latin America and is one of the firm’s global leaders in agriculture (including biofuels) and basic materials.

The head of McKinsey Digital in Mexico, Haugwitz joined the firm in 2014 at the Berlin office and relocated to Mexico in 2016. He specializes in digital and Artificial Intelligence transformations, as well as innovation topics across various industries, spanning both the public and private sectors throughout the Americas and Europe.

He also serves as a mentor to several startups in the region and currently leads a collaboration between McKinsey and the World Economic Forum (WEF) for Latin America focused on AI competitiveness.

With more than three decades of experience leading hotel operations in Central America and Peru, Eduardo Quiñonez is currently president of Grupo AGRISAL, where he works with the team to strengthen operational excellence and expand the impact of the organization. His focus is on optimizing processes, developing innovative strategies, and fostering collaboration across various areas. He shares the company's commitment to sustainable growth and values creation through strategic leadership.

Iván Navarro is CEO of AirSupport Group, the leading holding in Central America in airport logistics services. Navarro is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, organizational leader, and coach committed to challenge and inspire others to seek purpose and value in their endeavors. His personal and business journey as a lifelong learning advocate has emboldened his passion to support youth development in various areas such as technology, sports, arts and businesses, becoming an angel investor for disruptive ventures and presiding local and regional entrepreneurial organizations.

Alejandro Echeverría leads one of the biggest MROs in the Americas to provide the highest results in Safety, Quality and Performance. More than 30 years of wide experience, in ENAER, LATAM Airlines and Airman MRO, have allowed him to be deeply involved in all Strategic, Maintenance and Engineering activities in the aviation industry. His leadership and knowledge enables the organization to provide world class services, creating added value and high satisfaction levels to Aeroman’s customers.

Sebastian Ponce de Leon is a principal in the Pay for Results practice at Mercer Colombia, bringing over eigh years of experience in Strategic and Human Management consulting, as well as leadership roles in multinational companies and startups across Human Resources and Customer Experience. He holds a degree in business administration from Universidad de los Andes and an MBA from Babson College in Boston.