María Pía Aqueveque Jabbaz

María Pía Aqueveque Jabbaz is an advisor to public and private organisations on the implementation of blockchain technology. Bloomberg Línea named her as one of the Crypto Leaders in Latin America and she has also received distinctions in Spain and Switzerland.

Ms. Aqueveque is the CEO and founder of Maqueveq & Co, strategic and corporate advisory on digital asset investments and decentralized finance (DeFi) projects. Ms. Aqueveque is a former Board Member of Olidata S.p.A (Italy) and former alternate board member at the pension fund administrator company AFP UNO (Chile). Since 2019, she leads the Chilean chapter of the 30% Club, global initiative focused on increasing women’s participation on the boards of major listed corporations. She is also a regular columnist at AméricaEconomía.

With an educational background in economics, public policy and financial markets, throughout her career Ms. Aqueveque has held consultancy positions for the World Bank, the Interamerican Development Bank and for the Central American Bank for Economic Integration were she led the “Consultancy to Support the Implementation of the Bitcoin Law” Team. She has collaborated with several institutions such as the Government of Chile, the Chilean Association of Mutual Funds, the magazine AméricaEconomía and the North American Chamber of Commerce in Chile.