Sebastián Mejia

Arthur O'Keefe

Arthur O’Keefe is Partner and Chief Strategy Officer of Movile, a leading technology investor in Brazil.

Ralf Wenzel

Ralf Wenzel currently serves as Managing Partner for SoftBank Group International as well as Executive-Chairman for OYO LATAM, where he oversees the both countries Brazil and Mexico, being committed to be the trusted partner to local hospitality entrepreneurs by consistently enabling quality and affordable stays to all customers in the region, through a seamless experience.Prior to joining SoftBank and OYO, Ralf was Chief Strategy Officer and Board Member at Delivery Hero, one of the leading global online food ordering and delivery marketplaces across more than 30 countries.

Jim Matheson

Jim joined the HBS Faculty in 2019 as a Senior Lecturer and currently teaches the EC Entrepreneurial Finance Course and is a Faculty Affiliate of the Business & Environment Initiative.

MIT & HBS Latam Club Presidents

Lara Lemann

Lara Lemann worked in the public and private sector and invested as an angel investor before starting MAYA Capital. The objective of MAYA is to invest in businesses that have the potential to scale in Latin America.

Monica Saggioro

Monica Saggioro worked in technological innovation for Latin America in companies such as Restaurant Brands International, Whirlpool and Goldman Sachs. After her MBA at Harvard , Monica co-founded MAYA Capital, a venture capital firm focused on early stage ventures in Latin America.

Jenny Johnston

Jenny is passionate about creating economic empowerment and strong institutions in emerging markets. As an associate at Flourish, she sources, diligences, and executes investment opportunities globally, with a focus on Latin America. She also supports portfolio companies on operational projects and research.

Donald Sull

Senior Lecturer, Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management

José García-Pimentel

Jose ‘Pepe’ García-Pimentel is the Director & General Manager for Uber Eats Mexico. Prior to this role, he was Head of Strategy and Planning for Uber Eats Latin America. Before joining Uber in 2018, Pepe was Senior Director of Strategy and Business Development at Pepsico. He was also General Manager for VWR and Senior Associate at Booz&Co.

Juan Franck

Juan is an Investment Director at the Softbank Latin America Fund where he is focused on growth equity investments in technology companies in the region.

Robin Li

Robin Li is based in New York and focuses on investments in consumer, new retail, and urban technology for GGV Capital. She serves on the board of directors for Bustle Digital Group, Glow Concept, Flieber, and Odeko. She is formerly a board director for Lively, which was acquired by Wacoal in 2019. She is also a board observer or actively involved with Bowery Farming, Boxed, Chief, Fishbowl, Function of Beauty, GrubMarket, Ibotta, Poshmark, Slice, StockX, and The Mighty.

Christine Chang

David Velez

David Vélez is the Founder and CEO of Nubank, the largest independent digital bank in the world. Before founding Nubank in Brazil in 2013, David was a Partner at Sequoia Capital in charge of the firm’s Latin American investments. Before Sequoia, David worked in investment banking and growth equity at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and General Atlantic. David has a BS in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Guillermo Freire

Guille Freire is an Argentinean-born Brazilian entrepreneur who is the CEO and co-Founder of Trocafone, a peer to peer marketplace for buying and selling used and certified pre-owned smartphones. Guille holds an MBA from MIT and is nominated as Top Latin American Innovator under 35 by the MIT Technology Review.

Vicente Zavarce

Vicente Zavarce is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Yummy, Inc., the first, largest and most downloaded last mile logistics delivery app in Venezuela. The company, launched in April 2020, has become a key reference, innovation powerhouse and example of perseverance in one of most difficult operating landscapes given the country’s current condition.

Ruben Galindo

Pablo Viguera

Marcos Peralta

Marcos Peralta is a Senior Vice President in Mastercard Data & Services, leading a global multi-functional team that focuses in developing Insights, Analytics, Consulting and Test & Learn new products for traditional financial institutions, fintechs, retailers and governments, among other segments.

Matias Muchnick

Matias Muchnick is CEO and co-founder of NotCo, one of the fastest-growing food tech companies in Latin America. With a degree in finance and a business background working at JP Morgan in Hong Kong, he gathered a science-based team to build one of the most advanced companies in the food industry.

Marcio Sztutman

Marcio Sztutman: Palladium´s Partnerships for Forests Director in Latin America (2019-Present). MSc in Forestry Sciences, has extensive experience working with sustainable land use initiatives in Latin America including Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela.

Paula Giraldo

Paula is an investment professional with direct experience in structuring quasi-equity (i.e revenue-based financing), equity, and debt financing in several Latin American markets.

Roberto Rigobon

Roberto Rigobon is the Society of Sloan Fellows Professor of Management and a Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Martin Escobari

Martín Escobari is Co-President, Managing Director and Head of General Atlantic’s business in Latin America. Martín is also Chairman of the firm’s Investment Committee and serves on the Management and Portfolio Committees.

Jaime Araoz

Jaime is the CEO of BRECA, a Peruvian diversified business conglomerate with more than 130 years of history.

Axel Christensen

Axel Christensen is Chief Investment Strategist for Latin America for BlackRock. He is also a member of the Latin America Executive Committee.

Luz Fernandez Gandarias

As Managing Director of Aporta and Director of the Institute for Advanced Analytics and Data Science, Luz leads a philanthropic higher education initiative on AI in Peru.

Caroline Merin

Caroline is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Rappi.

Allan Boruchowicz

Allan is the Founder and Managing Partner at Carao Ventures. He has more than 13 years of experience managing private capital investments and has worked and invested in startups in different stages for the last 8 years in Latin America and the US.

Marta Helena Forero

Marta Forero Sepúlveda is the co-founder of UBITS, the fastest growing corporate online training startup in Latin America.

Luis Garza

Luis is the founder and CEO of Kinedu, which provides children the best start to life by equipping parents and caregivers with tools and knowledge for this.

Luis Garcia

Luis E. Garcia de Brigard is the Founder and Managing Partner of Appian Education Ventures, an international firm that specializes in education.

Santiago Fossatti

Paula Arregui

Paula, as Senior VP & CCO of Mercado Pago, directs the product development strategy for all Latin American countries where the company has a presence. From her position, leads the challenges of Wallet, Point, Digital Accounts & Financial Institutions.