Dominique Dorison

Agronomy Engineer of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie et des Industries Alimentaires (E.N.S.A.I.A. - Nancy). Top international executive of multinational enterprises with strong experience in innovation on the development of new products, industrial processes and cultural changes. Successful in M&A, integrating multifunctional and multicultural high performance teams. He worked as General Manager in companies AS AGREVO and AVENTIS; and was President of Bayer for Andian Countries. He has served on the Board of ANDI and has been Commercial Counsellor of the French Embassy.

Gustavo Mutis

Doctor of Laws of the Universidad Javeriana, with Senior Management degree at the Universidad de los Andes and with specialization in Strategic Leadership and Management at Harvard University. He held executive positions in the Exxon Organization during 11 years, and during 4 years was Directive of the Swiss Multinational Hoffman La Roche. He has been Professor of Leadership at the Universidad de los Andes and Assistant Professor of the Leadership Program at Harvard. He is member of the Privy Council on Competitiveness and currently President of the Centro de Liderazgo y Gestión.

Ignacio Martín Maruri

Master in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School, Executive MBA from the Instituto de Empresa, Telecommunication Engineer from the Technische Universität Darmstadt. In Harvard he was awarded with the D.K. Price award to academic excellence and acted as Teaching Assistant in the adaptive leadership course. Collaborator of the ESADE, IE, the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria. He occupied directive functions in Ericsson and Nortel Networks, and was Regional Operations Manager in the Fundación AVINA.

Joaquin Moreno

Civil Engineer of the Universidad Industrial de Santander and AMP at Harvard University. More than 30 years of international professional experience with the group of companies of Royal Dutch Shell in Europe and Latin America. He was President of Shell for Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico and High Commissioner of President Uribe in 2005 for the reconstruction of the Santanderes after the rainy season. He is currently member of the Board of Ecopetrol and member of the Board of IESA in Venezuela.

Mamo Kuncha

Main spiritual leader of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. He belongs to the high dynasty of the Mamos Musintana and is responsible for ensuring the balance and harmony needed by the world. He has participated in National Geographic documentaries, in the yearly conference of Bioneers in Boston and has been special guest of the Smithsonian in Washington and the Philanthropy Forum. He has participated also in different conferences at United Nations in New York and Genève and was one of the guests at the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland.

Maria Paula Duque

Lawyer from the Universidad de los Andes, specialist in Public Opinion and Electoral Marketing at the Universidad Javeriana, MBA at the INALDE, Master in Telecommunication Management, University of Strathclyde, England. She was Communications Vice-minister, Regulation Vice-president -EPM- Bogotá S.A., General Secretary of the Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Santafé de Bogotá, Regulation Advisor for Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones- TELECOM and Regulation Advisor for Empresas Públicas de Medellín. She is currently Director of Public Sector for the Andian Region, MICROSOFT and partial time Professor in the Area of Dirección de Operaciones y Sistemas de Información – INALDE.

Ronald Heifetz

Founder and Director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University and Director of Cambridge Leadership Associates (CLA), training and consulting enterprise in Adaptive Leadership that promotes transformations needed by the organizations to evolve and achieve extraordinary results.

Author of several books among which "Leadership without easy answers", with 13 editions stands out. He is widely known worldwide for being a prominent expert in leadership. Besides he conducts several leadership and strategic management classes at Harvard and is consultant for major entrepreneur leaders and politicians around the world. Beside his titles in the Harvard Business School and in the Kennedy School of Government, he is a graduated medical doctor from the same university and virtuous musician.

Juan Carlos Eichholz

Founder and director of the Strategic Leadership Center of the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez and main partner of Cambridge Leadership Associates Latin America, consulting firm in which he is associated with Ronald Heifetz, founder of the Leadership Center in Harvard University. Columnist of the newspaper El Mercurio and member of the network Young Global Leaders, of the World Economic Forum. Besides he is an enterprises director and has performed high executive positions in companies, communication media and foundations.

Jorge Ramirez Vallejo

Civil Engineer of the Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería, Master in Civil Engineering of the Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Magister in Applied Economy of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul, Ph.D., Applied Economy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul, MN. He was General Director of the Instituto Colombiano de Adecuación de Tierras, actually IDEAM, President of FINDETER, Consultant in coffee issues in front of the OIC and the Asociación de Países Productores de Café (APPC) and was director of the restructuration program for the Colombian coffee sector, Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia. Besides he was director of the IImproving Competitiveness Program of Clusters, funded by the Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, executed by the Strategic and Competitiveness Center of the Universidad de los Andes and is actually Visiting Associate Professor of the Harvard Business School.

Patricia Montañes

Psychologist of the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, with a DEA in Neuropsychology from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes in Social Sciences, in Paris, under the direction of professor Henri Hecaen and a Doctorate in Cognitive Neuroscience under the direction of professor Francois Boller of unit 324 of the National Health Institute and Medical Investigation, in Paris, working on the semantic memory in the Alzheimer disease. Associated professor and researcher of the Universidad Nacional, she directs the area of behavioral neuroscience, in the Master of neuroscience in the medicine school and th neuropsychology area of the psychology school.

She has also being professor of the Universidad de los Andes in the Brain and Behavior, Clinic and Cognitive Neuropsychology, Brain and Memory, Normal and Pathologic Aging, courses and a class named "The eye of science in art". She is author of the books "Clinic and Cognitive Neuropsychology", "Brain, Art and Creativity", and "Viso-Constructionals in Aging and Insanity", and if several chapters in books and articles in national and international magazines , mainly in topics related with brain and memory, Alzheimer disease and the relations between brain, art and creativity.

Francisco Jose de Roux

Born in Cali in 1943, he obtained a degree in Philosophy and Literature at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Magister in Philosophy of the same University, and Magister in Economy at the Universidad de los Andes, Magister in Teology at Centre Sevre Paris, DEA Economy of the Sorbona, Paris, MA Economy at London School of Economics and Doctor in Economy at Sorbona - Paris.

He was director of the program for the Peace of the Company of Jesus, Director of the Popular Research and Education Center - Cinep, he was Director and legal representative of the Corporación Desarrollo y Paz del Magdalena Medio, Vice Great Chancellor of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and President of the Board of Regents. Actually he is Superior Major of the Company of Jesus of the Colombian Province.

Gilberto Salcedo Ribero

Lawyer of the Universidad de los Andes, specialist in Public Management and Administrative Institutions from the same University. He is currently an associated consultant of the Centro de Liderazgo y Gestión. He has performed as Private Secretary of the Ministry of Communications (today Ministry of TIC), Vice-minister in charge of communications, Advisor of the presidency of Telefónica Telecom, chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Vice-minister in charge of Multilateral Affairs. He has participated in important processes of business transformations such as the liquidation of the Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (TELECOM), the creation of Colombia Telecomunicaciones SA ESP, the liquidation of the Instituto Nacional de Radio y Telvisión (INRAVISIÓN), as well as reforms in public institutions. He was member of several Boards of Regional Television Channels, delegated President of the Board of Telecom in liquidation, and representative of Telefónica Telecom to the Asociación Nacional de Servicios Públicos Domiciliarios, ANDESCO.

Cesar Castro

Electronic Engineer from the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana de Medellín (UPB), Magister in International Marketing of the University EAFIT, he made advanced studies in Marketing, Management and Leadership at the University of Berkley, Wharton & Columbia. He has performed as Marketing director, commercial director and product director in Comcel. In Nokia he has performed as Marketing Director & Software Developer, Community Director and Product & Business Development Mgr and actually is General Manager for Nokia in Colombia and the Andian Region. He joins the Boards of CCTI (Cámara Colombiana de Tecnología e Información); and YPO (Young President Organization - Colombian chapter).