Maria Paula Calvo

Seasonned professional with extensive mutinational and multicultural experience at several C-level and Board (non-executive) roles, mainly in the areas of Finance, Audit, Control, Risks, Operations, Technology and innovation, Strategy, Leadership, Communications. Also, company founder and owner, independent professional consultant and Board Director.

Natural understanding of business ecosystems and interdependencies, with entrepreneurial and transformational mindset and proven capacity to design and support growth and help companies go through changes and challenges with high resilience. Outstanding communication skills adapting to every stakeholder and fostering genuine engagement. Strong ESG advocate, and active at embedding Sustainability, Diversity & Inclusion and Corporate Governance in corporate strategies at all levels.

Hold the global designation as %22Qualified Risk Director%22 by the DCRO Institute (US) and a certification on Circular Economy and Sustainability Strategies from Cambridge University (UK) and has been recognized as %22Top 100 Women in Business%22 in Latin America.

Companies in need of setting or revisiting their strategy, planning to implement significant transformation programs, facing challenges to go through significant change not only throughout the business itself but also in their culture, talent and leadership, or seeking to evaluate and enhance their risk exposure, risk management and overall operational capabilities (including automation and AI adoption) are the primary beneficiaries of my set of skills, either private or public and of any size.