Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg participated in the Milken Institute Global Conference in early May. During which she agreed with her fellow panelists, executives from Prudential and State Street, on asset management's ballooning role in global capital markets. "Investors got pampered by extraordinarily strong security markets, but that's not an accurate expectation for the future" she said.
Roberto Bonetti was recognized as an outstanding industrial entrepreneur by the "Asociación de Industrias", which rewarded him the Industrial Merit Award for his institutional work in support of the industrial sector as well as his contribution to social development to the Dominican Republic.
Marcelo Claure, CEO of Sprint and David Beckham announced the closing of the purchase of private land where the future football stadium of Miami will be located. The area bought constitutes of 60% of the total territory needed to build the stadium which will have a capacity of 25,000 people.
Stanely Motta received the Woodrow Wilson Award on January 28, 2016. The award is usually received by executives that demonstrate a compromise with the wellbeing of people through private entities that contribute to the local development of their respective countries. Motta received the honorable award for his lifelong efforts to protect diversity in Panamá.
EDUCA was designated as the entity that coordinates the Oversight Committee of Eductaion. Elena Viyella was thankful for the vote of confidence after the appointment and then stressed the need of an institution that empowers actors in the education process.
The Inter-American Development Bank assembly took place during the first week of April in Nassau, Bahamas. This year the meeting discussed the regional economic situation, the impact of chlimate change and energy investment. Luis Alberto Moreno, president of the bank said in a statement "the backlog of reforms is daunting, and the short-term challenges are great, but this is not the time to hesitate , it is time to seize the initiative". The IDB report recommended countries to make the necessary fiscal adjustments soon and to re-balance public spending to productivity-boosting investments such as modernizing infrastructure.
Denis Minev participated in a TedX conference where he analyzed the development of the state of Rondônia. In his presentation, Denis offered data in order to challenge and make us rethink about etrepreneurship in the Amazon region.
Nebia was featured in Business Insider Magazine as one of the "Best Startups that Launched in 2015". The magazine listed and describes startups that have "changed technology in 2015". About Nebia, the magazine reads: "Nebia is the shower head of the future...the shower promises to save water usage by atomizing the water under pressure, creating a larger surface area and a more mist-like feel". The startup has more than 3 million USD in funding from Kickstarter backers.
Alejandro Legorreta wrote an article about the "Panama Papers" where he discusses offshore banking, a phenomena that is not new and that in fact forms part of the global economic system today, but that is often used by people who want to avoid taxes. In the article, Legorreta proposes solutions to the issue including; making the taxation system simpler and making public spending more effective and transparent.
Casa Co, founded by Nicolas Shea, has been working for over a year and has brought together a network of more than 100 entrepreneurs working in fifteen projects. Casa Co is a network platform that brings together and promotes collaboration between entrepreneurs that have an impact in their industries. The group is conformed by people who believe in the power of a collaborative economy to develop a business.
Marcos Santana was featured in Variety magazine as he talked about the great changes in Latin American television viewing-habits, production and distribution. Under his tenure, Telemundo International is now the second-largest distributor of Spanish-language content in the world.
Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor (T'88) delivered the investiture address to the Tuck School of Business class of 2015 on a sunny day last June. During his speech he talked about Intercorp, Peru and Innova Schools, through which he emphasized the value of hard-work, teamwork and communication as keys to success.
Roberto Dañino took part in the first Public Policy Advisory Board created by Uber in early May. This advisory board was designed to assess the controversial company of private transportation. Other members of the board include: former Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, Her Royal Highness Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud, and former president of the Brazilian Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), Dr. Gesner Oliveira.
Luis Javier Castro Lachner has been appointed to the Board of Directors of United Way Worldwide, the largest NGO in the world. Lachner declared, "As president of AED and member of the board of directors of United Way, I will enrich the alliances between the business world, society organizations, and governments who are focused on solving the main environmental, social and economic challenges that we are facing. In that regard, I will form a collective approach that will impact and impulse common agendas and metrics in order to move the development indicators. I will also impulse the alignment of United Way's agenda with the global development agenda as decreed by the United Nations in the Sustainable Development Goals."
On April 15, Grupo Falabella announced that they had achieved one of their long-time goals: expanding into Mexico. The largest department store in South America has allied with the Martín family, owners of Soriana, in order to open twenty stores in Mexico in the next five years. Mexico would be the seventh regional market in which Grupo Falabella is present.
Manuel José Balbontín expresses his opinion on future market behavior based on the U.S. presidential race results next November. "The markets prefer Hilary Clinton, because she is more traditional, and people are afraid of Donald Trump's extreme measures" he said when asked which candidate he believes the markets prefer.
Alejandro Ramírez announced the second edition of Juntos con México, a fair in support of small and medium-sized businesses in the country. Whilst declaring his support for small businesses, he reminded everyone that Cinépolis also started out as a small business, "we used to be 10 employees, now we are 30,000". Ramírez is optimistic about the country's future and the role that small businesses play in such. He declared "small businesses generate 1.5 million direct jobs for the country".
Darren Walker was a panelist at this year's Income Inequality Panel at the Milken Institute Global Conference in early May. Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, spoke about the challenges that low-income, African-Americans face due to "our inherently biased educational and criminal systems". When asked how to fight such inequalities, he advised that we must focus on "structures and systems".
Jim Messina has signed on to be David Cameron's "senior strategic advisor" for his campaign to keep Britain in the EU. Messina told Politico, "Given these challenging economic times, the very last thing we should do is risk the U.K. and EU economies with this risky [Brexit] move".
