about
Victor Padilla-Taylor is Director of Mentor, Advisor and Partner Networks at Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale. Previously, he was a Global Leadership Fellow at the World Economic Forum. A graduate from Yale School of Management, he is an experienced professional with a background in chemical engineering, deep industry knowledge and skills to manage relationship-building areas in complex and multicultural organizations. His work included articulating and identifying key engagement tracks for private sector, government and academic stakeholders responding to multisectoral challenges such as the current humanitarian crisis. He was also manager for the Global Future Council on Mobility.
Prior to joining the Forum, he held strategic positions with trading firms in Latin America for more than 10 years to optimize their worldwide operations. He was also responsible for the execution of large commodity contracts between private and public sector constituents. In his previous role as corporate development manager for an agri-business conglomerate, he produced multiple analyses and research work to support new investments across a wide range of industry verticals in Latin America such as chemicals, agriculture and transportation.
Padilla-Taylor is a Master of Advanced Management graduate from Yale University. He holds an MBA from Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile and a Chemical and Industrial Engineering degree from his home country Guatemala. He recently earned an Executive Master's in Global Leadership from World Economic Forum.
Prior to joining the Forum, he held strategic positions with trading firms in Latin America for more than 10 years to optimize their worldwide operations. He was also responsible for the execution of large commodity contracts between private and public sector constituents. In his previous role as corporate development manager for an agri-business conglomerate, he produced multiple analyses and research work to support new investments across a wide range of industry verticals in Latin America such as chemicals, agriculture and transportation.
Padilla-Taylor is a Master of Advanced Management graduate from Yale University. He holds an MBA from Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile and a Chemical and Industrial Engineering degree from his home country Guatemala. He recently earned an Executive Master's in Global Leadership from World Economic Forum.
