Keynote Speakers
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
Global COO
Globant
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
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
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
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