Juan C. Cappello is the Chairman and Managing Partner, Contemporanea LLC, a consulting firm. Mr. Cappello, a journalist, corporate executive and entrepreneur was the CEO and managing partner for Hill & Knowlton (H&K)/Latin America until 2008. Prior to joining H&K he was Sr. Vice President, ITT Corporation – the first and only Latin American member of the ITT Management Policy Committee, the group of the nine top executives with worldwide responsibilities for operations in 65 countries. Mr. Cappello, a past-President of the North American/Chilean Chamber of Commerce in New York, and a director of Fundación Chile for 25 years. He is a member of The President’s Circle at the Americas Society, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a director of several business and civic organizations. He is a member of the editorial board of The Americas Quarterly, a leading publication on culture, politics and society in the region and is the US correspondent for R&P, the electronic magazine published by the Universidad de Chile, School of Law. His international and professional work has been recognized by the US Information Agency and by the governments of Chile (1994), France and Austria. He also received a special award for his journalistic work from the Inter American Press Association and from the NACCC, as an entrepreneur. Mr. Cappello holds an MSJ from Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Chile.

Recently appointed as Consul General of Chile in New York, he took office on September 16th. He is a career diplomat for more than 30 years. This is his second consecutive term in New York, as he served during 5 years as a member of the Chilean Mission to the United Nations, from 2009 to 2013. He is a graduated from the University of Chile in juridical and social sciences and he became a lawyer after receiving his professional license from the Supreme Court of Justice in the early eighties. As a lawyer he joined the Foreign Service in 1983, studying for 2 years at the Academy for Diplomats. As a diplomat he served in the Embassies of Chile in India, New Zealand, Croatia, Cuba, the United States and the Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations, a post from which he integrated several delegations to meetings and international conferences. In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he has integrated the Directorates for Bilateral Policy, International and Human Security, he was Chief of Staff of the Director General of Ceremonial and Protocol and Deputy Director of North America, Central America and Caribbean, his last assignment before being appointed as Consul General in New York.

David Spencer is an attorney in New York City specializing in tax and banking law. David has written seventy professional articles on international banking and taxation, published in the Journal of International Taxation (New York), and International Financial Law Review (London), and he is on the Board of Advisers of both journals. Mr. Spencer’s particular interest is exchange of tax information, and related tax justice issues. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and he has a Master’s of Law in Taxation from the New York University Law School Program in Taxation. Mr. Spencer previously practiced law at a major Wall Street law firm, and at Citicorp/Citibank. He is a Senior Adviser of the Tax Justice Network.

Tim is a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and co-heads the Global Power Business within the Investment Banking Division. From 1991 to 2001 he served as a founding member of the Latin America Group at Goldman ultimately serving as Chief Operating Officer. Part of Tim’s family has resided in Chile for five generations and they still manage a working farm in Casablanca: www.kingstonvineyards.com where Tim worked after college and prior to joining Goldman in 1988. Tim is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, is on the Advisory Board of the Program of Latin American Studies at Princeton, the North American Advisory Board of INSEAD, he is a member of Technoserve, LevantandoChile.org, and the President’s Council of Accion. Tim is a graduate of Princeton University and has an MBA from INSEAD.

He was the General Manager of CorpBanca, New York Branch until 2017. He joined Banco Unido de Fomento in 1976 later becoming Head of its Foreign Trade Area. He later moved to Banco de Santiago, as Deputy Manager of the International Division. In 1985 he travels to New York to become the Representative for the Bank, until 1987 when he returns to Chile to join Banco O�Higgins as Head of the International Division. In 1995 entered Banco Osorno as Head of Investment Banking. Due to the sale of this bank to Banco Santander, he moves to Banco Concepcion, just acquired and controlled by Mr. Alvaro Saieh. Banco Concepcion later changes name to CorpBanca. Fernando Burgos becomes Head of the International Division at CorpBanca in 1996. Member of the Board of CorpBanca Venezuela until its sale in 2006. Fernando Burgos is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy located in Colorado, USA, majoring in Business and Economics. Speaks English, Spanish and Portuguese and can get by reasonably in French.

Eric Goldstein is a principal in Patagonia Grass Fed / Range Meats (www.rangemeats.com). After spending several years searching all over the globe in his quest for the best, Eric founded the world’s unsurpassed and truest pasture and grass-fed beef in Patagonia, Chile. Along with Francisco Iniguez, they started Patagonia Grass Fed LLC / Rage Meat Chile SpA“ a company dedicated to feeding the finest and cleanest quality beef to discerning consumers. Previously, Eric was the CEO of School Support Services at the NYC DOE where he managed a budget of $1.6 billion and oversaw food services, transportation and the PSAL for over 1.1 million children in the City. Eric also founded and was the past Chairman of the non-profit group the Urban School Food Alliance. Eric started his career as an associate with Booz Allen and Hamilton and also held senior executive decisions in the technology sector with a UK based company and lived in the UK for approximately 10 years. Eric is a graduate of Cornell University (Arts and Sciences) and Oxford University (St. Antony's College) and has two amazing boys.

Mr. Paredes was created Knight Grand Cross of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem in 2012. He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Advocate Community Providers (ACP). Mr. Paredes continues his affiliation with American Bible Society (ABS) as a member of the Board of Trustees after retiring as its Presidential Liaison to Roman Catholic Ministry. He is a Founder and Chairman of the Board for Catholic Association of Latino Leaders (CALL) and is today its Chairman Emeritus. Mr. Paredes is also a member of the Board of Directors of America Media, is a Director and former President of the North American-Chilean Chamber of Commerce of New York and is the Treasurer and former Vice President of Gabriela Mistral Foundation. Mario joined Merrill Lynch as Vice President of Business Development in April 2001 and was appointed Director of the U.S. Hispanic Market for the Multicultural & Diversified Business Development Group in 2002. In February of 2007, he was transferred to the Corporate Division. Under Mayor Ed Koch, he served as Commissioner for the Charter Revision of New York City. Mr. Paredes served as Personal Advisor to John Cardinal O'Connor, Archbishop of New York and has also served as Consultant to the Latin American Commission to the Vatican and the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops. For 30 years, Mr. Paredes directed the operations of the USCCB's (United States Catholic Conference of Bishops) in the Northeast Region. He served as Founder and Director of the Northeast Hispanic Catholic Center. Mr. Paredes earned his Masters of Philosophy at the Catholic University of Argentina, Masters in Religious Education at Loyola University Chicago and postgraduate studies at Georgetown University. He is founder of the national weekly El Visitante Dominical in USA and El Visitante de Puerto Rico. Mario has served as an Editorial Board Member of El Diario-La Prensa, Catholic New York, The Tablet and El Pregonero. Mr. Paredes is editor of the Polyglott Boble and Camino a Emaus, both published by ABS, and the Leccionario Dominical and Ferial for the United States. In addition, he is the author of The History of the National Encuentros (2014, Paulist Press), Un Papa para la Urbe y Orbe (1979, Catholic Center of New York), Hispanics in USA (1980, Catholic Center of New York), Official Lectionary for U.S. Hispanic Catholics (1985, Northeast Catholic Center) and Catecismo del Pueblo (1976, Our Sunday Visitor). Mario has received awards the Catholic Press Association, Archbishop Patrick Flores Medal from the USCCB, the Joseph P. Fitzpatrick Award from Fordham University and the The Pierre Toussaint Medallion.

Luis Gormaz, Vice President / Head of Chile Corporate, En Bci Miami desde 2008, donde tiene a cargo y encabeza las actividades como Vice President Head of Chile y maneja un grupo de 6 personas en las áreas de relationship management, servicio a cliente manejo de inversiones DAP, aperturas de cuentas internacionales cuentas empresariales / corporativas chilenas, aperturas de cuentas y cierre de inversiones. Tiene más de 30 años de experiencia en banca corporativa dentro del mercado estadounidense. Anterior al Bci Miami estuvo en varios puestos administrativos y jefaturas de departamentos incluyendo servicio al cliente, comercio exterior, operaciones, administración de pagos de créditos. Trabajo en Banco de Chile Nueva York Branch y Miami Branch. Tiene estudios relacionados a las finanzas bancarias en NY y Miami especializándose en el área Corporativa.

Oliver Armas is a Partner at Chadbourne & Parke LLP where he handles complex domestic and international disputes. He has an extensive practice in U.S. federal and state courts, as well as before regulatory agencies, such as the SEC, the U.S. Department of Justice, the New York Attorney General and state insurance regulators (including internal investigations, FCPA investigations, advice on OFAC and export controls, etc.). A significant part of Mr. Armas's practice involves representing foreign and domestic clients in arbitrations before the ICC, AAA/ICDR, LCIA, ICSID, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), and other arbitral tribunals. Because he is fluent in Spanish (and can understand Portuguese), he routinely counsels clients on matters involving Latin America. Mr. Armas has acted as a legal expert in certain aspects of U.S. law in foreign proceedings (e.g., Mexico and Peru), and has supervised litigation and conducted FCPA investigations in almost every country in Latin America. Mr. Armas is a recognized practitioner in legal guides around the world, including Chambers Global, Chambers Latin America, Chambers USA, Who's Who of International Arbitration, Guide to the World's Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration, Who's Who of International Litigation and Benchmark: Litigation. He earned his J.D. from New York University School of Law and his B.A. from New York University.

Martín Fernández-Romero is a Moody’s Managing Director and Regional Head of Latin America. In his role, Martín leads the Moody’s Investors Service (MIS) business across Latin America, develops the regional strategy, and manages the resources and capabilities to operate effectively across MIS rating groups and geographies. As head of the Latin America practice, Martín’s primary responsibilities are to manage regional operations, oversee policy and regulatory outreach, and coordinate global and domestic initiatives in Latin America. Martín has been with Moody’s since 2003. Prior to this position, Martín was a Senior Vice President and Manager for the structured finance franchise in Latin America. He also had responsibilities as Country Manager for Moody’s office in Argentina. He began his Moody’s career as lead credit analyst for structured finance transactions across Latin America. He holds an executive MBA from IAE Business School �“ Universidad Austral, and a Bachelor of Economics from Universidad Argentina de la Empresa. He is fluent in Spanish, English and Portuguese.

Andres Mena is a partner in the Corporate department of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Mena concentrates his practice in debt and leveraged finance, representing public and private borrowers and private equity sponsors. Over the last 15+ years, he has represented corporate clients, private equity funds, and lenders in numerous financing and restructuring matters. These include LBOs and acquisition financings, recapitalizations, out-of-court workouts, and DIP financings with an emphasis in the cross-border and energy space. Mr. Mena is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and of the Universidad de Chile.

Manuel Casanova has seven years of international transportation experience. At LAN Airlines Manuel develops new businesses and manages global and domestic corporate clients including major financial firms. Manuel joined LAN Airlines in 2007. Before LAN Airlines, Manuel worked for CSAV, a Chilean shipping company with operations in the US and around the world. Manuel graduated with a Masters on Business Administration from Florida International University and he is currently studying a Masters in Elections and Campaigns at Fordham University. Manuel lives with his wife and two daughters on the Upper West Side of Manhattan where he enjoys the diversity of its people and proximity to Central Park.

Marc M. Rossell focuses his practice on capital markets transactions, including both equity and debt securities offerings and structured financings. Marc has been involved in many of the largest securities offerings out of Latin America, including landmark privatization offerings by the Argentine government's national oil company and telephone companies, the privatization of the Peruvian telephone company, as well as many high-yield debt offerings and equity offerings of companies in Argentina, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Peru and other countries. During the 1980s, he spent a considerable amount of time as bank advisory committee counsel, focusing on the restructuring of the external debt of many countries in Latin America. He also represents creditors and debtors in liability management transactions and has considerable experience with the issuance of project bonds to finance construction projects, many of which have won awards from industry publications.