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18 de Septiembre E4-161
Quito, Pichincha, 17506
Ecuador

Alex Perry

Patagonia's General Manager for Latin America

Alex joined Patagonia in 2014 on the North America wholesale team, working as an Associate Rep in the Midwest and New England. From wholesale, Alex moved to our International division where he helped run our wholesale and retail sales channels, as well as lead our marketing efforts. In 2018, Alex was named General Manager of Latin America for Patagonia. As General Manager, Alex leads Patagonia’s teams throughout the Latin America region to grow Patagonia’s brand, mission and environmental efforts. As General Manager, Alex is responsible for creating short and long-term strategic plans for Patagonia in Latin America, managing Patagonia’s direct and wholesale businesses in the region, and is responsible for the overall health of the Patagonia brand and business throughout Latin America. When he’s not fighting to bust dams, he can be found fly fishing, skiing, or surfing.

Daniel Wainmann

High Impact Entrepreneur

High Impact Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Mentor and passionate about generating innovation. Daniel generated a disruptive concept of high impact technological innovation in LATAM. He created, developed and implemented important technological projects in the field of telematics, mobility, and Vehicle IoT. In 2002, Daniel developed the first and most important OEM telematics service systems solution in LATAM, called ChevyStar (today called OnStar) by General Motors in Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela and later also implemented in Brazil and Argentina. After his exit from this project in 2006, he continued his journey in entrepreneurship. From Location World, he continues to develop and integrate innovative high-impact projects in Fleet Management, Connected Car, Telematic Insurance, UBI, as well as digital transformation solutions implemented throughout LATAM.

Juan Pablo Grijalva

Environmental entrepreneur

Juan Pablo is an Ecuadorian entrepreneur with vast experience in the agroindustrial dairy production and currently serves as CEO of El Ordeño S.A., Corporación Ecuatoriana de Alimentos y Bebidas (CORPABE). He is passionate about environmental and social innovation focused on improving the lively hood of rural communities in Ecuador. He promotes several corporate and public initiatives to eradicate malnutrition in the country. Due to Juan Pablo´s vision and environmental innovation, El Ordeño has become a reference for doing business while doing good for the planet and local communities.

Yolanda Kakabadse

Environmental

Former President, World Wildlife Fund International, Yolanda's work with the environmental conservation movement officially began in 1979, when she was appointed Executive Director of Fundación Natura in Quito. In 1993, she created Fundacion Futuro Latinoamericano, an organization dedicated to promote the sustainable development of Latin America through conflict prevention and management. She was the Executive President of WWF until 2006 and remains as Chair of the Advisory Board. From 1996 to 2004 she was President of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), and Member of the Board of the World Resources Institute (WRI) during the same period. She is a Member of the Board of Arabesque, and Chairs the Independent Science and Technology Panel of Fundacion Renova in Brazil. Yolanda is also a Member of the Board of Sistema B and the B Team.