Gisela Sánchez

Gisela Sánchez, current Executive President of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), has an outstanding career in the strategic and corporate fields. Prior to leading CABEI, she served as Director of Strategy and Corporate Affairs at BAC. Her experience includes significant roles at Florida Ice and Farm Company (FIFCO) and as a consultant in key areas such as competitiveness, strategy and sustainability for governments, NGOs and companies in the region.

Recognized for her contribution to corporate social responsibility, Gisela published “10 Cases of Good Practices in Corporate Social Responsibility” and “The Competitive Potential of Guatemala” in 2006. Before her MBA at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, she worked strategically at the AVINA Foundation and Citibank.

An industrial engineer with an MBA in Strategy and Marketing, she is a Fellow of the Central America Leadership Initiative (CALI) Foundation and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network (AGLN). Awarded the Stephan Schmidheiny Award for Innovation in Sustainability, the John McNulty Award, and the first woman to chair AMCHAM Costa Rica, Gisela is recognized as an Unusual Pioneer and “Intrapreneur of the Year” by the Schwab Foundation in 2022. Forbes included her three times among the 50 most influential women.

As president of CABEI, Gisela leads with excellence, promoting the bank's strategic role in regional development and consolidating its position as a benchmark in economic integration and sustainable growth in Central America. Her leadership marks a historic milestone by focusing on fundamental principles such as transparency, ethics, accountability and austerity. These values ​​strengthen CABEI and establish a new era of effectiveness in the search for solutions to the region's challenges.