La Clave Para el Desarrollo en Iberoamerica: CPPs

Elena Barreiro Perez has been the Country Director for The Business Year in Oman for three years. She has over 10 years of experience in communications, marketing, and business development for both corporations and media companies. She graduated from ESIC Business School with a master's degree in international business. Whilst in the field, she has established relationships with business leaders and led countless high-profile presentations and interviews with executives, ministers, investors, and other politicians around the world. She has successfully managed projects in France, the Dominican Republic, the UAE, Lebanon, and Oman.

Xiana Margarida Méndez has a degree in law and business administration and management from the Universidad Pontificia Comillas. In 2004 she became a civil servant of the Spanish administration as a member of the Corps of Trade Experts and Economists. She began her professional career in 2004 at the Servicio de Defensa de la Competencia of the Ministry of Economy. Between 2013 and 2015, she held various positions in the General Directorate of Economic Policy of the Ministry of Economy, specialized in the transport and infrastructure sectors and official credit. From August 2015, she was the Economic and Trade Counselor of the Embassy of Spain in Quito, and since June 2018 she has been the Secretary of State of Commerce of Spain.

Núria Vilanova has a degree in information sciences and PADE from IESE. She is the founder and president of ATREVIA, the largest global communications and strategic positioning company in Spain, with a team made up of almost 400 people and offices in 15 countries in Europe and America. She is also the president of the Business Council Alianza por Iberoamérica (CEAPI), an association that groups together the presidents of the largest Ibero-American companies. In addition, she is a director of the Navarra Business Confederation (CEN) and a director of Coquecol in Colombia.

María Peña Mateos has a degree in science, economics, and business, with a specialization in international and development economics from the Complutense University of Madrid. Since July 2018 she has been CEO of ICEX Spain Export and Investments, an entity in which she previously held the position of general director of institutional cooperation and coordination. She has developed her career in various positions of state, mainly in the fields of economy and commerce. She has also served as cabinet director of the Secretary of State of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce and economic and commercial advisor to the embassies of Spain in Senegal, Morocco, Uruguay, and the Ivory Coast.

Andrés Rodríguez es ingeniero comercial de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile y MBA de la Universidad de Harvard, con una vasta experiencia en cargos gerenciales en empresas financieras y multinacionales. En el último tiempo, ejerció como socio gerente de una firma multinacional de búsqueda y retención de ejecutivos de alto nivel, y una consultora especializada en gobiernos corporativos. También se ha desempeñado como académico en Estrategia y Negocios Internacionales en la carrera de Administración de Empresas y en el programa MBA de la Universidad Católica y en la Universidad del Desarrollo.

Flavia Santoro Trujillo, presidenta de ProColombia

Luis Alberto Torres Paz, Presidente Ejecutivo PROMPERÚ

Carlos Martínez, posee una triple licenciatura en Periodismo, Comunicación Audiovisual y Publicidad y Relaciones Públicas por la Universidad Europea de Madrid. Inició su carrera trabajando en diversas revistas y periódicos y en 2010 se incorporó a Telefónica Movistar, trabajando para el departamento de comunicación interna. Su siguiente paso llegó cuando se trasladó al departamento de Digital Business de Iberia, donde dirigió el proyecto Iberia Holidays junto a British Airways. Después de más de 3 años en Iberia, Carlos se unió, en 2015, al grupo internacional The Business Year, trabajando como Country Editor y Project Director y viviendo en países como Kazajstán, Sharjah, Dubái, Costa Rica, Líbano, Colombia y Panamá. Después de 3 años, cambió su rol al de Country Manager de Portugal y España y en 2019 pasó a ser Director Regional para Europa y África, gestionando más de 13 mercados. Carlos Martínez holds a triple bachelor degree in journalism, media, and communications and advertising and public relations from the European University of Madrid. He started his career working for several magazines and newspapers and, in 2010, he joined Telefonica Movistar, working for the internal communications department. His next step came when he moved to the Digital Business department of Iberia Airlines, where he managed the project Iberia Holidays with British Airways. After over three years at Iberia, he joined, in 2015, the international media group The Business Year, working as Country Editor and Project Director of several markets such as Kazakhstan, Sharjah, Dubai, Costa Rica, Lebanon, Colombia, and Panama. After three years, he became Country Manager of Portugal and Spain and in 2019 became Regional Director for Europe and Africa, managing over 13 markets.