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The Nature Conservancy is bringing together an unprecedented group of Latin American and other business and political leaders to help solve Latin America’s biggest conservation challenges for the benefit of its people. The Latin America Conservation Council will address pressing issues related to water security, food security, and infrastructure development. Council members will collaborate on the design and implementation of a set of projects aimed at addressing these challenges.

Read more about the development of the Latin American Conservation Council.

Latin American Conservation Council Founding Members

Co-Chairs 

Roberto Hernández Ramírez (México)
Chairman, Banco Nacional de México

Henry M. Paulson, Jr. (United States)
74th Secretary of the U.S. Treasury
Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs (1999-2006)
Chairman, The Nature Conservancy (2004–2006)

Members

María Asunción Aramburuzabala (México)
Chairman, Tresalia Capital

Emilio Azcárraga (México)
Chief Executive Officer, Grupo Televisa

Alain Belda (Brazil)
Managing Director, Warburg Pincus LLC
Chairman, Alcoa Inc. (2001-2010)
Chief Executive Officer, Alcoa Inc. (2001-2008)

Roque Benavides (Perú)
Chief Executive Officer, Compañia de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.

Alejandro Bulgheroni (Argentina) 
Co-Founder and Chairman, Pan American Energy LLC

Gustavo Cisneros (Venezuela)
Chairman, Cisneros Group of Companies

Henrique de Campos Meirelles (Brazil)
Former Governor, Central Bank of Brazil

Katherine Farley (United States)
Senior Managing Director, Tishman Speyer

José Antonio Fernández (México)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, FEMSA

Enrique García Rodríguez (Bolivia)
President, CAF - Development Bank of Latin America

Nizan Guanaes (Brazil)
Chairman, Grupo ABC

Muhtar Kent (United States)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Coca-Cola Company

Ricardo Lagos (Chile)
Professor, Brown University
Former President of Chile

Jorge Paulo Lemann (Brazil)
Board Member, Anheuser-Busch InBev

Andrew Liveris (United States)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Dow Chemical Company

Andrónico Luksic (Chile)
Vice Chairman, Banco de Chile

Luis Alberto Moreno (Colombia)
President, Inter-American Development Bank

Stanley Motta (Panamá)
Director, Copa Holdings S.A.

Renata Nascimento (Brazil)
Vice President, Instituto Camargo Correa

Indra Nooyi (United States)
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo Inc.

Doug Oberhelman (United States)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Caterpillar, Inc.

Marcelo Bahia Odebrecht (Brazil)
Chief Executive Officer, Odebrecht, S.A.

Greg Page (United States)
Chief Executive Officer, Cargill, Inc.

Carlos Pellas (Nicaragua) 
Chairman of the Board, Grupo Pellas

Alvaro Saieh (Chile)
Chairman and Director, Corpbanca S.A.

Alejandro Santo Domingo (Colombia)
Senior Managing Director, Quadrant Capital Advisors

Francisco Santos (Colombia)
Former Vice President of Colombia 

Daniel Servitje (México)
Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Grupo Bimbo

Roberto Setubal (Brazil)
Vice Chairmen and Chief Executive Officer, Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A.

Mark Tercek (United States)
President and Chief Executive Officer, The Nature Conservancy

Alberto Weisser (Brazil)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bunge Limited

Lorenzo Zambrano (México)
Chief Executive Officer, CEMEX

Virginia M. (Ginni) Rometty (United States) 
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, IBM