Area of Expertise: Corporate governance

Martin is a world-class leader characterized by his drive and unique ability to integrate execution excellence and strategic thinking. With a solid track record developing and growing business in Latin America, Martin has deep knowledge and experience in strategic and business planning, execution excellence and values-based sales and marketing, working with companies ranging from large multinationals to startups.

Martin has more than 20 years of experience in the technology industry working with senior-level executives. He held several senior sales positions in Microsoft and worked as support to the Latin America VP as business manager in charge of business and strategic planning as well as corporate governance.

As an independent consultant, Martin has worked with several multinational companies including Microsoft, Mercado Libre and TIM while also participating as a board member at Infocorp. He is an active member in the Endeavor community, both evaluating and coaching regional entrepreneurs.

Martin is a graduate in business management from ORT Uruguay with a master’s degree in psychology from the University of Santa Monica, California. He has enhanced his experience through executive training on leading organizational change at Columbia Business School and competitive strategy at the Kellogg School of Management. Martin currently lives in Montevideo, Uruguay, and is fluent in English, Spanish and conversational Portuguese.

Albert Durig is a seasoned management consulting professional specializing in executive leadership development, cultural change management and strategic planning. Over the past two decades, he has worked with numerous leadership teams and developed long-term visions and short-term execution programming with senior-level leadership teams.

In the past, Albert held positions as president of United States operations for Axialent as well as chairman of Burson-Marsteller’s technology practice for both Latin America and the United States, director of Mexican operations for Retail Planning Associates, and general manager of L.I.A. Limited’s Caribbean operations.

Albert has published numerous articles in several countries, including the United States, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico. His publishing and public speaking endeavors have focused on corporate communications, leadership in times of change and business agility.

Some other companies Albert has worked with include Microsoft, Yahoo!, Google, Motorola, VISA, Glidden, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), LAN, TAM, UNFPA, Hewlett-Packard, NCR, Sun Microsystems, SAP, Qualcomm, Comercial Mexicana, Banco Mexicano, BanPais, Banco Internacional, Banco del Sureste, Playtex, the Mexican Ministry of Culture, the Mexican Ministry of Tourism, the National Museum of American Art, a Smithsonian Institution, and the National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property.

Albert received his Bachelor of Arts degree in communications and his Master of Arts degree in sociology with an emphasis in statistics and research methodology from the University of Louisville. He is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Today, Albert lives with his wife and two children in Buenos Aires, Argentina.