Webinar 4:
Orden Público y Mercado (Public Order & Markets)
Gour Saraff
Moderator
Gour Saraff
Founder of start ups in 6 countries with comprehensive global entrepreneurial, business experience within technology and venture capital environments. Extensive business creation expertise in US, UK, East Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Spain and India;
TEDx speaker, award winning Professor; taught more than 55+ subjects in international business, marketing and finance across the world.(Full subject list with the school descriptions is given below). Teaching is my passion!
Author “Dos cocinas complices” a cross cultural adventure on blending Indian spices with Spanish cuisine, “Walking on thin ice” a personal account of doing business in Russia and Ukraine, “La filosofia delle spezie” a collective collaboration on a culinary journey in Italy.
Crystal Gifford
Panelist
Crystal Gifford
Holds an Executive Master on Financial Economics from Ohio University, a Doctorate of Business Administration from Argosy University, and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Management from Shawnee State University.
Crystal is an accomplished behavioral financial economist specializing in decision making at the intersection of business development and strategic economic planning to create inclusive, equitable growth opportunities. Founder and CEO: EdGETech Global. She is and expert on evaluating incentive models from a microeconomic perspective to shape monetary decisions; Combining causal inference with business intuition to set tactical and strategic directives; Building and implementing financial systems for realization of a lifelong wealth vision; Creating exit teams, mitigating risk and creating engaging opportunities post sale; and working cross-functionally with investment bankers and business brokers.
Joaquin Mirkin
Panelist
Joaquin Mirkin
Joaquin Mirkin has more than 20 years of experience as an advisor and consultant. Specialized in International Leadership, Public Affairs and Communications. CEO at Mirkin Consulting Public Affairs LLC, a consultancy studio based in Madrid, Spain. Has led the New Business Practice at Burson-Marsteller, in Buenos Aires, and has been Director of International Operations at Máquina Cohn&Wolfe, in Sao Paulo. Has worked as Coordinator of Communications at the Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean at the United Nations Development Programme, in New York. Former Director of the Safe Democracy Foundation, in Madrid, founded by venture investor Martin Varsavsky, and at Infodefensa.com, in Madrid, and in the newspaper Página/12, in Buenos Aires. Degree in Political Science from the University of Buenos Aires (2001), Master’s degree in International Relations and Communication from the Complutense University of Madrid (2004) and Master’s Degree in Political and Institutional Communication from the Ortega y Gasset Foundation (2007). Certified Coach since 2016. Member of the International Coaching Federation.
Born in Buenos Aires, has extensive international experience, having lived in Madrid, New York and Sao Paulo.
Jorge Escobar
Panelist
Jorge Escobar
Jorge Escobar Galindo is a partner at the firm Palacio Lleras (Bogotá) and has extensive experience in both the public and private sectors as an advisor on corporate and administrative law matters, energy and gas regulation, compliance, and mergers & acquisitions. Prior to joining Palacios Lleras, Jorge was an associate at prestigious law firms in Colombia, served as an advisor to the Office of the Superintendent of Corporations from 2015 to 2017, and was a lawyer in the Legal Vice Presidency of a renowned multilatin company in the energy sector.
In his professional practice, he has been noted for his advice on various successful mergers & acquisitions transactions in Colombia and Latin America, advice in administrative, regulatory, and corporate law, as well as his participation in the drafting of Law 1778 of 2016 against transnational bribery and in the process of Colombia’s admission to the OECD. He was featured in the prestigious international publication “The Legal 500 Latin America” in the area of “Mergers & Acquisitions.”
- Attorney, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia, 1998).
- Specialist in Commercial Law, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia, 2001).
- Specialist in Public Management and Administrative Institutions, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia, 2014).
- Master of Laws (LLM) with a concentration in International Business Law from Boston University (United States, 2010).
- Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Universidad del Rosario.