Speaker Biographies

Lourdes Casanova, a Senior Lecturer and Academic Director of the Emerging Markets Institute at the Johnson School of Business at Cornell University, formerly at INSEAD, specializes in international business with a focus on emerging markets multinationals. Appointed in 2014 and in 2015 as one of the 50 most influential Iberoamerican intellectuals by Esglobal. She is […]

Demir Sabanci started his business career in Japan at Toyota City in 1993 working in various executive positions at Mitsui & Co. and Toyota Motor Corporation. Following this, he filled similar roles at Toyota Motor Sales in the United States. In 1996, he joined Sabanci Holding as a Board Member and three years later, founded […]

Anne Miroux is Faculty Fellow at the Emerging Market Institute, Johnson School of Business at Cornell University. She has over thirty years of experience in international trade and finance. She began her career in the United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations in New-York where she was involved in the negotiations on the UN Code of […]

Conrad A. Saldanha, CFA, is Managing Director at Neuberger Berman. Conrad is a Portfolio Manager for the Global Equity team and is responsible for Emerging Market equities. Prior to joining the firm, he held several positions at GE Asset Management, Inc., most recently, vice president and co-portfolio manager on the Global Emerging Markets product, as […]

Pablo Azcárraga is Chairman of Posadas Board of Directors. Pablo Azcárraga is responsible for managing the board, maintaining board communication and acting as an adviser to the CEO. With more than 30 years of hotel industry experience, Azcárraga uses his expertise to oversee the hotel group’s investment evaluation committee and the development team that approves […]

Georges Ugeux is the founder of Galileo Global Advisors, which offers CEOs, boards of directors and governments independent advice on international business development, mergers and acquisitions, and capital raising. The firm specializes in cross-border transactions to and from emerging markets. Prior to founding Galileo, Ugeux was group executive vice president of International & Research at […]

Geraldo is from a family of entrepreneurs as his father founded in 1967 a leading company that invests in large-scale, high quality timberland assets, sustainable charcoal-based pig iron production and forestry services in Brazil. He held several key positions in his family business, Plantar SA. During this time he participated in the development and implementation […]

Ambassador Enio Cordeiro assumed the position of Consul General of Brazil in New York February 2018 after serving as the Brazilian Ambassador to Mexico for three years (2015-2018). Before that he was Undersecretary General for Economic and Financial Affairs of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations and Brazil’s G20 Sherpa (2013-2015). He was also Ambassador […]

Fernanda Ribeiro Cahen is a visiting Researcher at USC Marshall – Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and Assistant Professor of Management at Centro Universitario FEI, Brazil. Previously a Post-doctoral fellow at Kelley School of Business at Indiana University (2012-2013) and a PhD from University of Sao Paulo in Business Administration (2008-2012), Cahen specializes in […]