María Catalina Colmenares-Wiss tiene más de 15 años de experiencia en gestión de medios de comunicación y análisis de inversión en América Latina.
Colmenares-Wiss pasó más de ocho años en el Media Development Investment Fund, empezando en el 2012 como analista de inversiones y fue luego ascendida a directora del programa de América Latina.
Bajo su liderazgo, el portafolio pasó de dos a más de doce medios que recibieron inversiones y préstamos. Esto también significó una expansión de los países de operación a más de diez, incluyendo Brasil, Argentina, Guatemala y Perú.
Su experiencia incluye aportes a la sostenibilidad y la construcción de fórmulas de rentabilidad para medios independientes, incluyendo el despliegue de capital, conocimiento y apoyo técnico.
La pasión de Colmenares-Wiss es ayudar a medios independientes a navegar la disrupción del modelo de negocio mediante la búsqueda de fórmulas innovadoras de crecimiento y nuevas fuentes de ingresos que ayuden a los medios a servir mejor a sus comunidades. Le encanta ayudar a estas empresas a construir estructuras organizacionales más robustas, mejores equipos de gestión y gobiernos corporativos funcionales.
Colmenares-Wiss tiene un pregrado en Ingeniería Industrial de la Universidad de Los Andes en Bogotá, y una maestría en Administración Pública de la School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) de la Universidad de Columbia en Nueva York.
Colmenares-Wiss se ha desempeñado como diplomática y asesora en procesos de planeación e internacionalización de mercados para el gobierno colombiano del 2002 al 2009. Es consultora de varias organizaciones con y sin ánimo de lucro en los Estados Unidos y América Latina.
Maria Catalina Colmenares-Wiss has more than 15 years of experience in media management and investment analysis in Latin America.
She spent more than eight years at the Media Development Investment Fund, starting in 2012 as an investment analyst, she was later promoted to director of the Latin America program.
Under her leadership, the portfolio grew from two to more than 12 media outlets that received investments and loans. This also meant an expansion in the company’s countries of operation to more than 10, including Brazil, Argentina, Guatemala and Peru.
She has experience in sustainability and the construction of profitability formulas for independent media, including the deployment of capital, knowledge and technical support.
Colmenares-Wiss’ passion is to help independent media find innovative strategies for growth and new revenue streams as they navigate the disruption of media business models. She loves helping these companies build more robust organizational structures, better management teams and functional corporate governance.
She has an undergraduate degree in industrial engineering from the Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, and a Master’s in public administration from the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University in New York.
Colmenares-Wiss worked as a diplomat and advisor on market planning and globalization processes for the Colombian government from 2002 to 2009. She serves a consultant to several non-profit and for-profit organizations in the United States and Latin America.
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