Eugenio Marulanda Gómez - President of the Colombian confederation of Chambers of Commerce

Business Administrator specialized in management and business development. His professional performance has been oriented primarily to build scenarios of social inclusion, equity and collective prosperity. He has been honored with: Order of Merit awarded by the Ministry of Economic and Social Development and the Order of Guild Excellence granted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Hernando Ruiz López - Superintendence of Corporations of Colombia

He is an Economist from the National University and MBA from the Universidad de los Andes. Currently doing a Master Degree for Companies’ Presidents in the Universidad de los Andes. He has been Deputy General Director from Sena 1999, National Director of Profesional Training in the Sena from 1999 to 2001, Governor in charge from Huila in 1996, National Planning Director from 1995 to 1997, Chief Operating Officer of DRI from 1991 to 1992, the Executive Director from the journal La Nacion from 2003 to 2007. He is also Professor at the Universities ESAP, Surcolombiana, Inpahu, INCCA, among others. He is Member of the Colombian Society of Economists.

Ricardo Duarte Duarte - Vice ministry of Business Development

Lawyer from the Universidad Javeriana, with postgraduate degrees in Government, Management and Public Affairs at Columbia University and Universidad Externado University; as well a Master Degree on International Business Law at the American University, Washington College of Law and Universidad Javeriana.
Current Vice ministry of Business Development in the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism. His primary function is to promote the development of new and emerging world class sectors and stimulate the production of those already exporting but in need to sell to the world goods with a higher value added. These strategies are taken as the axis of the productive transformation of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism. The objective is to maintain a high and sustained economic growth and a major generation of formal employment. Another priority of the Vice Minister Duarte is to promote the creation of new free zones and the signing of legal stability contracts, instruments with which it seeks to increase the flow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).

María Fernanda Campo Saavedra - Chief Executive of the Chamber of Commerce of Bogota

Industrial Engineere from the Universidad de los Andes with a master's degree in finance. She served as vice chancellor and private consultant of the financial sector in the country. Since 2000 she has been leading the Chamber of Commerce, she is in charged of the implementation and development of business, social and cultural projects. One proposal that has been a pillar during her administration is the support to young entrepreneurs.

Leena Linnainmaa

Leena Linnainmaa works as Director at the Central Chamber of Commerce of Finland and is a member of the Chamber’s executive management team. Her department runs the Finnish Panel on Take-overs and Acquisitions in addition to licensing the Finnish real estate agents, goods inspectors and property valuers. Professionally, she is mainly active in company law, corporate governance, and consumer legislation. Read More>>

Erik Vermeulen

Erik P.M. Vermeulen is Professor of Law and Management at Tilburg University Faculty of Law and Legal Counsel at Philips International BV. He teaches corporate law, corporate governance and international business transactions and has written widely on topics in corporate law, corporate governance, securities regulations and venture capital. He is author of "The Evolution of Legal Business Forms in Europe and the United States" (Kluwer, 2003). Read More>>

Ricardo Pereira Camara Leal

Ricardo P. Câmara Leal is professor of finance at the School of Bussiness from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro COPPEAD/ UFRJ and researcher at the National Council of Scientific and Technological Development CNPq.He was one of the founders of the Brazilian Society of Finance and its first president. Read More>>

Michael Penfold

He directs the Programs for Competitiveness and Corporate Governance Support in Latin America. He is Ph.D. from Columbia University, New York, specialized on political economy, institutional development and competitiveness. He is Associate Professor at the Instituto de Estudios Superiores en Administración (IESA). Penfold has been a consultant with extensive international experience in local development issues and competitiveness. He has published several books and papers imn international academic journals such as Journal of Democracy, Harvard Business Review Latin America, Journal of Latin American Politics and Society, Americas Quarterly, among others. Read More>>

Javier Etcheverry Boneo

Javier Etcheverry Boneo is a partner of Marval, O'Farrell & Mairal since 1996, having joined the firm in 1991. Previously he had worked with the law firm of Clifford Chance. Specialised in business law, his practice includes corporate finance, international capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity. Read More>>