Pats Peña is the Director of Online Fundraising at the Wikimedia Foundation. Originally from Brazil, Pats’ fascination for different cultures led her to live in Belgium, India and the USA, where she developed a passion for global payments, emerging technology and international relations. At Wikimedia, Pats created an elaborate payment structure enabling donors from all over the world to support the organization’s mission using their preferred payment option. Prior to this role, Pats held leadership roles spanning customer support, finance, vendor management and operations at Xoom, O1 Communications and Oracle Corp.

Michel is Vice President of Growth at dLocal. In this role, he is focused on leading strategic partnerships with fintech ecosystem players, as well as fostering relationships with key merchants while guiding them to implement holistic cross-border payments strategies that maximize conversions. Prior to this, Michel was CTO of dLocal, leading the company’s engineering and innovation efforts and scaling its payments technology. Before joining dLocal, Michel served as COO at Moove-it, a leading software consultancy firm specializing in application development for startups and Fortune 1000 companies worldwide. He holds an MBA from UAB in Barcelona and a Bachelor of Computer Science from his home country, Uruguay.