Colombia: Atlanta’s Emerging Partner in Latin America

During her more than 25 years of service in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, she has
worked in the diplomatic and consular areas. She is a Social Communicator from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the EUDE in Spain. Additionally, she has pursued multiple studies in international relations.
She attended and completed the Year of Diplomatic Training and the Master’s Degree in Analysis
of Contemporary Economic, Political and International Relations Problems offered by the Externado Universities of Colombia and the Institute of Higher Studies for Latin America in Paris. 
She has held various positions in the Foreign Ministry: Coordinator of Integration and Border
Development, Coordinator of Binational Cabinets; She has handled bilateral political issues with various countries in Europe, Asia and America. On the external level she has held consular positions in the Consulates in Valencia, Venezuela, Montreal, Canada, and Milan, Italy. She has
also provided her services in the Embassies of Austria, Israel and Italy.

Highlighting GHCC’s upcoming mission to Colombia in December

Reflections on Cali, where 20+ Black-owned businesses from Atlanta courted new business in 2023

Ricardo is Chairman of the Atlanta Black Chambers Global Opportunities Committee (GOC), focusing on Investments, Trade, and Partnerships for its over 600 members. He has also played a key role in designing the GO Global Conference set to
launch in 2024. This conference aims to showcase and highlight global opportunities in trade, partnerships, and investments from more than 50 countries around the world over 2 days in the city of Atlanta.

Additionally, he’s involved in various organizations including Goldman Sachs 10KSB, SCORE, BizHack Academy, Sir Richard Branson Entrepreneurship Center of the Caribbean,
Miramar Pembroke Pines Chamber of Commerce, Woodstock Business Club, and ICABA World Network.

How Georgia Tech is building an innovation hub in Colombia’s commercial hub

Viviana is a Program Manager and Research Faculty II in EI 2 Global Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI 2 ), where she assists with projects that foster and strengthen innovation ecosystems, entrepreneurship, technology commercialization, and economic development in
different regions in the U.S.A. and worldwide. Under this capacity, she works with diverse partners such as universities, university business incubators, non-profit organizations, economic development agencies, and the private sector.
Viviana holds an M.A. degree in Public Administration from San Francisco State University in California, a Diploma in Business Management and Administration from Universidad de Chile, and a bachelor’s degree in Translation from Universidad Católica de Chile.

Growing pains: Opening a Colombian multinational in Atlanta

Alejandro is a seasoned finance professional with more than 30 years of experience in banking and corporate finance marked by his leadership in finance teams across various companies in the US and Latin America.

Throughout his career in Grupo Argos for over 20 years, Alejandro led numerous treasury and cash management strategies, structured various corporate bond issuances and debt instruments, and participated in M&A transactions in the infrastructure, power and utilities, and road concessions industries. Additionally, in his role as CFO in Argos USA, he was instrumental in the integration process of multiple acquisitions, preparing the company to access the capital markets in the US.

Alejandro holds an MBA from Saint Louis University and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.

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