Juan C. Cappello

Juan Carlos Cappello, business executive, entrepreneur and newsman is the Chairman/CEO of Contemporanea LLC, a consulting company specializing in international communications. Among other organizations, currently he is part of the Editorial Board of Americas Quarterly — a US based publication distributed throughout Latin America— and the US correspondent for Realidad y Perspectivas, the electronic monthly published by the UCH/ Law School/ International Studies Center. He is a member of the President’s Circle at the Americas Society; a past-President and current Director of the North American/ Chilean Chamber of Commerce (NACCC) and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the US based think-tank.

As a business executive he was a corporate Sr. Vice-President for ITT Corp. Upon his retirement from ITT, Cappello established Contemporanea LLC and became the founding partner and CEO for Hill & Knowlton/Latin America, a position he held for a decade. His international work has been recognized in several countries.

Juan Cappello, a graduate of Universidad de Chile, holds an MSJ from Northwestern University.