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IVÁN DUQUE

President of Colombia (2018-2022); a global expert in security, sustainability, conservation, green finance, and energy transition

Prominent politician, writer, philanthropist, and entrepreneur
A global voice on sustainability, innovation, and the defense of democratic values
Currently, he serves as Co-Chair, alongside Michelle Bachelet, of the ECLAC Commission on Geopolitics, Globalization and Development for Latin America and the Caribbean. He also chairs the Carbon Accounting Advisory Group, an initiative led by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Carbon Measures
He serves on Concordia’s Leadership Council and is a member of the World Leaders Circle at the University of Oxford. He is also a Distinguished Fellow at the World Resources Institute (WRI) and Yale University’s Jackson School of Global Affairs, amongst others
He serves on the Board of Directors of Conservation International and the sustainability advisory councils of McKinsey and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). He is also an Ambassador for the World Coalition for Nature
In 2022, he launched the Concordia Amazon Initiative to protect the Amazon rainforest. He also founded the I+D Foundation to support young innovators from Colombia’s most remote regions

Iván Duque is internationally recognized as a global voice on sustainability, innovation, and democratic values. Elected at the age of 41, he became the youngest elected President in Colombia’s modern history, serving from 2018 to 2022. As a devoted husband to María Juliana and father of three, Duque combines a deep commitment to family with a lifelong dedication to public service and international cooperation.

Currently, Duque serves on Concordia’s Leadership Council and is a member of the World Leaders Circle (WLC) at the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government. He is also a Distinguished Fellow at the World Resources Institute (WRI), the Bezos Earth Fund, Cornell University’s Emerging Markets Institute (EMI), the Atkinson Center for Sustainability, Yale University’s Jackson School of Global Affairs, and Barna Management School. Additionally, he serves as Professor of Practice at the Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom at Florida International University (FIU). He is a member of the Jane Goodall Foundation’s Council for Hope and an Ambassador for the World Coalition for Nature.

Duque serves on the Boards of Directors of Conservation International and the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), as well as the McKinsey Sustainability Council, the Geopolitical Advisory Council, the FIFA Foundation Advisory Board, and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group’s Advisory Council.

In 2024, Duque further advanced his legacy with the creation of the Iván Duque Center for Prosperity and Freedom, an initiative that has promoted dialogue and policies aimed at advancing prosperity, freedom, and sustainable development across the Americas.

Recognized as a global expert in security affairs, migration, green finance, energy transition, and conservation, Duque has consistently championed ambitious, high-impact initiatives. In 2022, he launched the Concordia Amazon Initiative, bringing together global leaders to protect the Amazon rainforest. That same year, he founded the I+D Foundation to empower young innovators from Colombia’s most remote regions, with the ambition of becoming one of Latin America’s most influential think-and-do tanks.

Iván Duque’s unwavering commitment to sustainability, democratic leadership, and social inclusion continues to shape important conversations on the global stage.

President Duque tailors each presentation to the needs of his audience and is not limited to the topics listed below. Please ask us about any subject that interests you:

Latin America: Political and Economic Outlook
Geopolitics, Economics, and the New World Order
Trade, Nearshoring, and Global Value Chains
Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities and Productive Transformation
Energy Transition, Critical Minerals, and Green Finance
´SusTECHnability´: Technology at the Service of Sustainability
Leadership, Resilience, and Multidimensional Crisis Management

The Great Ruptures: How Geopolitics, AI, Energy and Globalization Are Redefining Latin America’s Future

The world is undergoing a profound transformation. Great power rivalry, artificial intelligence, the energy transition and the reconfiguration of global value chains are changing the rules of the global economy.

Drawing on Ruptures and Opportunities, the new report by the ECLAC Commission on Geopolitics, Globalization and Development for Latin America and the Caribbean, which he co chairs alongside Michelle Bachelet, Iván Duque examines these four major ruptures and their implications for businesses, governments and their leaders.

Beyond the risks, Duque addresses a decisive question: How can Latin America turn global uncertainty into an opportunity for growth? From AI, clean energy and critical minerals to nearshoring, investment and new international alliances, he identifies the strategic assets that could position the region as a leading player in the emerging global economic order.

Resilience: how to Turn Adversity into Opportunity

In this fascinating keynote Ivan Duque shares how he managed to carry out successful mass vaccination rollout, the recovery of the Colombian economy and the largest social investment package ever recorded, as well as how he achieved the highest economic growth in the history in the country, the lowest multidimensional poverty rate, the highest housing sales and the renewable energy revolution, among others.

How to Navigate a VUCA World

In this keynote (especially designed for board meetings and strategic planning sessions), Duque analyzes global and regional trends and challenges in light of:

Volatility
Uncertainty
Complexity
Ambiguity

The main challenges and reflections on the existing opportunities in a VUCA world are addressed in this powerful keynote.

The Path to Zero

In this inspiring keynote, Ivan Duque explores the main environmental and climate action trends in Latin America (and the world) to achieve carbon neutrality. In this session he addresses everything: from public policy challenges to opportunities for companies and countries (such as green taxonomy), reconciling competitiveness and growth, with sustainable development.

7i's

This is an exciting keynote about the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Orange Economy where Duque develops the 7i's framework:

Information
Institutions
Infrastructure
Industry
Integration
Inclusion
Inspiration

Based on this framework, he explores the capabilities that must be developed to take advantage of the opportunities that this urgent revolution is forging in Latin America.

Demagogues vs. Pedagogues

In this eye opening keynote Ivan Duque talks about a comprehensive strategy to defend democracy from the Demagogues and makes a spectacular explanation of how the private sector must respond to this latent threat throughout the world.

The Orange Economy

In this keynote, Iván Duque talks about the transformations that have allowed Colombia to become a hub for innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity, technological development, and investment.