Christian Asinelli is Corporate Vice President of Strategic Programming at CAF, the development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean. At the institution, he leads the sovereign financing strategy, technical assistance, and knowledge generation and dissemination, focusing on environmental sustainability, gender, inclusion and diversity, physical and digital infrastructure, social development, and urban development. He also spearheads the country engagement agenda and the incorporation of new members. He previously served as Undersecretary of International Financial Relations for Development at the Secretariat of Strategic Affairs of Argentina; President of the Banco Ciudad Foundation; Director of Institutional Development at CAF; and Undersecretary of Evaluation of Projects with External Financing. He was a legislator for the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and Alternate National Director of the State Modernization Project. He is the author of several publications, including Keys to the Development of Latin America and the Caribbean: Collective Action, Capabilities, and Integration for Growth; Financing Development: The Role of Multilateral Banking in Latin America; Modernization of the Argentine State: Policies, Management, and Professional Scenario; and Buenos Aires: The City We Have, the City We Want.

Padu Franco is an evolutionary and conservation biologist with over 20 years of experience advancing biodiversity research, conservation, and sustainable development across the Andes and Amazon. He has held senior leadership roles, including more than 15 years with the Wildlife Conservation Society, where he built and directed one of the most influential conservation portfolios in Latin America. His work has centered on bridging science, policy, and practice—designing and implementing initiatives with participatory, multi-stakeholder approaches and forging innovative public–private partnerships. Throughout his career, he has helped secure long-term funding mechanisms, supported Indigenous-led conservation, and guided programs that deliver measurable impact on the ground. He currently serves as Senior Program Manager for the Andes at the Bezos Earth Fund, where he works with governments, Indigenous and local organizations, and philanthropic partners to align efforts and drive transformative strategies for nature conservation.

Biologist with a PhD in Ecology from the University of Harvard (USA), Dr. Moreira is an expert in environment and sustainable development, with over 20 year experience in natural resources management, rural development and climate change and Latin America and Africa. She has also been nominated as the Global Leader for Biodiversity. She has served as professor at the University of Brasilia (UnB) and researcher at The Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) in the United States. Author and co-author of four books and dozens of scientific publications, she was a founder and the first president of the Institute for Amazonian Research (IPAM). Dr. Moreira acts as board member in advisory boards of national and international private foundations. She is a founder and board member of the Brazilian Women Leaders Network for Sustainability, which involves leaders from private sector, government and civil society. She has received the Chico Mendes Florestania Prize and the Pirelli International Award for her work on conservation and sustainable development of the Brazilian Amazon.

Alicia Montalvo Santamaría has been, since June 2022, Manager of Climate Action and Positive Biodiversity at CAF, Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, leading the institution's climate change and biodiversity strategies. She is an economist and has a Master's degree in Public Administration from Harvard University. She has developed her professional career in public institutions and multilateral organizations, specializing in climate finance and financial cooperation for development, with a special focus on Latin America. As Member of the Spanish High Corps of State Economists and Trade Experts, she has held various management positions in the Ministry of Economy, with responsibilities in economic policy, external debt management and internationalization. At the Ministry of the Environment, she served as Director General of Climate Change, actively participating in international negotiations for the implementation of climate finance mechanisms. Prior to her position at CAF, she was the Economic and Commercial Counselor at the Embassy of Spain in Colombia and Executive Director for Spain at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Washington. In the academic field, she was for five years an associate professor of Environmental Economics and Natural Resources at the Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M).

Director of the Center for Public Studies (CEP) since March 2018. He served as a full professor at the School of Government at Adolfo Ibáñez University, where he was also dean, and is currently the Adam Smith Professor. He is recognized for his research on the thought of Adam Smith, the Scottish Enlightenment, and the history of economic thought. He is the author of Adam Smith in Context (translated into Spanish by Tecnos), Adam Smith: The Economist Philosopher (Fondo de Cultura Económica), and editor of New Voices on Adam Smith (Routledge), among other publications. His articles on the influence of Milton Friedman and Friedrich Hayek in Chile are also notable. He has been associated with the CEP since 2005, first as a member of the Board of Directors and later as a member of the Executive Committee. He was also President of the Board of Directors of Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN), a member of the History of Economics Society (HES), and the International Adam Smith Society (IASS). He is an industrial civil engineer, holds a degree in Philosophy and a Master's degree in Political Science from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, and a PhD and MPhil in Economics from the University of Cambridge at King's College.

PhD in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. She served as Associate Professor in the Department of Geophysics at the University of Chile and as Director of the Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CR)2. Her research areas are paleoclimate and regional climate change, and she has also worked on the assessment of impacts in different sectors, such as agriculture and water resources, using numerical climate models as analytical tools. Maisa Rojas was Coordinator of the Scientific Committee for COP25 of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation; member of the Presidential Advisory Council for COP25; and participant in the Chilean delegation to COP26. In addition, she coordinated the Scientific Advisory Committee on Climate Change and was a lead author of the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). She also served as a coordinating lead author of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6).

Chairwoman. Director and advisor on sustainability, environmental ESG matters in Chile and Latin America; director of WWF in the United States; director of CAP SA, director of Grupo Imagina in Chile and Peru; Advisor of Start Ups of technologies for global decarbonization. Former Minister of the Environment and Women and Gender Equality of Chile, President of COP25 on Climate Change. She has been recognized 11 times with the '100 Women Leaders' award.

Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel is an international consultant, advisor, and public speaker. He is Full Professor of Economics at Universidad del Desarrollo and Catholic University of Chile. Dr. Schmidt-Hebbel is a board member of Banco BCI and was a board member of AFP Habitat. He is a board member of Reforestemos Foundation, the Advisory Council of the Chilean Foundation for the Pacific, and the Advisory Council of the Chilean Chapter of The Nature Conservancy. Dr. Schmidt-Hebbel held the position of Chief Economist of the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and Director of the OECD Economics Department in Paris in 2008-2009. He was Chief of Economic Research at the Central Bank of Chile during the previous 12 years. Before that he was Principal Economist in the Research Department of the World Bank in Washington. Dr. Schmidt-Hebbel has been Chairman of Chile's Advisory Fiscal Council, Chairman of the Financial Advisory Board of Chile's Sovereign Wealth Funds, General Director of Grupo Res Publica Chile, President of the Chilean Economic Association, and President of the Monetary Club. Schmidt-Hebbel was elected '2008 Economist of the Year' by his peers in Chile. He holds a PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a BA and a MA in Economics from Catholic University of Chile.

Holder of a Law Degree from the University of Chile, Master of Arts in International Studies from the University of Denver, United States, and Doctorandus in Political Science from Leiden University, the Netherlands. He served at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 1992 and 2019. He worked as Advisor to the Directorate-General for Foreign Policy; Director of Planning; Ambassador of Chile to the European Union, Belgium, and Luxembourg; Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs in President Bachelet’s administration (2006–2009); and Agent of the State of Chile before the International Court of Justice in The Hague. In the academic field, he is a Full Professor at the Institute of International Studies and the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile, specializing in international relations and their link with international law, comparative foreign policy, Chile’s foreign policy, and European issues. He also served as Deputy Director of the Institute for European-Latin American Relations (IRELA); Academic Director of the Association for Research and Specialization on Ibero-American Issues (AIETI); and Professor at the Ortega y Gasset University Institute in Madrid, Spain. Editor and author of books and academic articles on foreign policy, international relations and law, and comparative politics, published in Latin America, the United States, and Europe.