Speaking & media

Topics

What I speak about

01

AI applied to growth

How I use AI to help commercial and service teams grow without growing headcount.

02

Fintech & commercial cards

Corporate payments, business credit and what I learned taking Clara into the top 3 in Mexico and Colombia.

03

E-commerce in LatAm

Lessons from Linio competing with Amazon and Mercado Libre: customer and seller experience at scale.

04

Scaling startups

From 0→1 to 1→millions: building growth from zero, launching countries and scaling efficiently.

Events

Recent stages

Leonardo Ramos Agudelo at the Mexico Business Travel Association (MBTA) — Mexico Business Travel Association (MBTA)

Leonardo Ramos Agudelo at an Amazon Business event — Amazon Business event

Leonardo Ramos Agudelo at Clara Year-End Recap — Clara Year-End Recap

Bio

Press bio

Short version

Leonardo Ramos Agudelo is General Manager of Clara for Mexico and Colombia, with 12 years building and running businesses in e-commerce, financial services and mobility. He is a member of the Mastercard LatAm Fintech Council and an Endeavor mentor.

Long version

Leonardo Ramos Agudelo is General Manager of Clara for Mexico and Colombia. A Colombian telecom engineer who has lived in Mexico for more than ten years, he joined Clara as employee #10 and its first Growth hire, built growth from zero in Mexico, reached the first 1,000 marquee customers and launched Brazil and Colombia. As General Manager for Colombia, he made Clara one of the country's four largest commercial card issuers within two years. Today Clara serves more than 10,000 companies and ranks in the top 3 for commercial cards in Mexico and Colombia. Earlier, he led customer and seller experience at Linio and customer experience at Grin Scooters across 7+ countries. He has been a member of the Mastercard LatAm Fintech Council since 2025 and is an Endeavor mentor. He studied at Universidad Santo Tomás, the UAI Executive MBA LatAm, Harvard Business School Online and IEP.

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