Political Risk entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience working at the intersection between business, government and society.

Founder of PROFITAS, the leading political risk consultancy in the andean region.

Co-founder of Friendly Transfer, the award winning, peer-to-peer platform, allowing people in different countries exchange small amounts of fiat money locally, instead of making expensive international money transfers.

Holds a bachelors in economics from Universidad CatOlica (Quito), an MBA from the McCombs Business School at the University of Texas (Austin) and a MPA from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Columnist and analyst on politics and business whose views have been published in local and international publications like El Comercio (Quito), El Nuevo Herald (Miami), El Tiempo (Bogota), The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and others.