Edgar Perez

Edgar Perez is a global leader and visionary in business and technology. He delivers captivating and insightful presentations on how to spark innovation and leverage technology, from Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing to 5G and the Metaverse. A published author and former McKinsey consultant, he is a global strategist affiliated with the Ponemon Institute, Gerson Lehrman Group, and Guidepoint Global Advisors.

Perez is author of "Knightmare on Wall Street: The Rise and Fall of Knight Capital and the Biggest Risk for Financial Markets", and "The Speed Traders: An Insider’s Look at the New High-Frequency Trading Phenomenon That is Transforming the Investing World." He has contributed to The New York Times, W Radio, Sina Finance, Al Bayan and CGTN.

Perez has presented in front of thousands of top executives around the world through in-person and online keynote speeches and both public and in-house corporate training program, and he has been featured on global media outlets such as CNN, FOX Business, Bloomberg TV, Channel NewsAsia, CNN en Español, Sina Finance, Habertürk TV, TV Perú, The Korea Herald, SPUTNIK Mundo, The Wall Street Journal, and others.

Perez has presented to leading institutions and government bodies worldwide, including the U.S. Department of Defense, Securities and Exchange Commission, Council on Foreign Relations, European American Chamber of Commerce, and key regulatory agencies and ministries in China. He has also lectured at universities such as Columbia, New York University, Hult, Fudan, Peking University, and Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.

He has spoken at major global conferences, including the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (Shanghai), GITEX GLOBAL (Dubai), Türkiye Innovation Week (Istanbul), Institutional Investor’s CEO Roundtable (Berlin), and the Global Growth Markets Forum (London). His engagements also span events at Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, and industry summits across North America, Europe, and Asia, as well as forums hosted by global corporations such as Broadcom, CME Group, Dell, Franklin Templeton, Huawei, Microsoft, Symantec, and Tencent.

Perez was a vice president at Citigroup, a senior consultant at IBM, and a strategy consultant at McKinsey. He has an undergraduate degree in Systems Engineering from Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima, Peru, a Master of Administration from Universidad ESAN, Lima, Peru, and an MBA from Columbia Business School, New York, majoring in Finance and Management. He is also an accomplished salsa and hustle dancer.