Keynote Speakers

Rosanna Ramos-Velita

Rosanna
Ramos-Velita

Chair of The Wharton School Executive Board for Latin America and Member of the Board of Governors of the Lauder Institute

Chairman Of The Board
Los Andes

Walter Bayly
Llona

Former CEO
Credicorp

Vicente
Brocchetto

Managing Director, Head of Technology Investment Banking for Latin America
J.P. Morgan

Becoming a global tech giant: The opportunities and challenges of reaching the next level of scale

There are few things as difficult as managing a firm on a global scale. How should teams be structured? How can the firm leverage resources across geographies? How should sales strategy be adapted? How can we learn and innovate in foreign markets?

Dive deep with Patricia Pomies to learn Globant’s approach to complex sales processes in the US and Europe, distributed team management across LatAm, and ever-changing demands in the innovation driven software industry.

Patricia Pomies

Patricia
Pomies

Global COO
Globant

Jonathan Zandberg_

Jonathan
Zandberg

Lecturer of Finance
The Wharton School

Interviewer

Seeking Returns in LatAm: What drives investors to look at the region?

What makes Latin America an attractive market for US investors? What is it that investors can find in the region that differentiates it from other emerging markets? This panel looks to get into the roots of why US investors (from VCs to PEs) choose to allocate resources towards actively seeking investments in LatAm.

Santiago Caniggia
Bengolea

Co-Founder Nazca VC &
Director Mountain Partners

Jason
Shuman

General Partner
Primary Venture Partners

Filipe
Mattos

Head of Special Situations
XP Asset Management

Izabel
Gallera

Partner
Canary

Emanuel
Hernández

Research Director
LAVCA

Moderator

Expanding in the Americas: Challenges and opportunities to growing in LatAm

For Latin American companies, there is immense opportunity to expand into other markets. Every day, we see more companies internationalizing within the region, e.g., Brazilian companies to Mexico, Argentinean to Colombia. These companies position better than global competitors because of cultural similarities. In addition, by establishing a presence in multiple countries, companies can benefit from earning revenue in foreign currencies and reducing their exposure to local political instability. On the other hand, there is a growing digitized customer base in Latin America that American companies have started to look to as a lucrative expansion opportunity.

How do companies adapt to entering a new market with different types of customers? What other challenges does this expansion pose?

Nicolás
de Camino

Co-Founder
Xepelin

Maia
Eliscovich

COO
Ualá Bis

Andrea
Viejo

Country Manager
Laika

Luisa
Sucre

Principal
Collaborative Fund

Moderator

Kicking Off: Growing LatAm’s Relevance in the Global Football World

Latin America has long been recognized for its passionate culture around football and for producing some of the most talented football players in history. While football clubs and leagues from the region have not had the same impact in world football as the region’s players, success stories are becoming more and more frequent. This panel explores the challenges that clubs / leagues in the region face in their quest towards becoming a successful global franchise, and the key differentiating factors that have driven success stories in recent years.

Nicolás
Maya

Operating Partner - Football
777 Partners

Ramiro Rangles Alvarez

Ramiro
Rangles Alvarez

Head of Sports Analytics
Kin Analytics

Leandro
Pongeluppe

Assistant Professor
Wharton

Moderator

Fuel for Thought: Exploring Energy Resources in LatAm

Latin America is rich in energy resources. The region produces, processes, and exports fossil fuels and has an enormous potential to generate renewable power.

With sustainability becoming more important than ever in the energy space, what steps have Latin American countries taken toward the energy transition? What are the opportunities and challenges of the energy transition in Latam?

Are there any regulations or funding techniques from the US that can apply to the Latin American landscape?

Diego Mesa Puyo

Diego Mesa
Puyo

Former Minister of
Energy and Mines
Colombia

Verónica de
la Cerda

Board President
TriCiclos
(First B-Corp in Latin America)

Ali
Moshiri

CEO and President of
Amos Global Energy &
Former President of
Chevron Africa and Latin America

Angela
Pachon

Research Director
Kleinman Center for Energy Policy University of Pennsylvania

Moderator

Female Business Leaders in LatAm: WHAT IT TAKES TO BE SUCCESSFUL

Female entrepreneurs in Latin America are playing an increasingly important role in the development of the region. This will be an opportunity to empower women in the region through a discussion between two women with unprecedented success. The achievements of Rosanna Ramos-Velita will inevitably inspire others to change the status quo of what it means to be an entrepreneur in LatAm.
Rosanna Ramos-Velita

Rosanna
Ramos-Velita

Chair of The Wharton School Executive Board for Latin America and Member of the Board of Governors of the Lauder Institute

Chairman Of The Board
Los Andes

Veronica Ruiz
del Vizo

CEO
Working on Solutions

Moderator

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