Diego Molano Vega

Diego Molano Vega is a global leader in digital transformation with more than 30 years of international experience across information and communication technologies, higher education, innovation, strategy, and public policy.

He currently serves as President of ETB, where he is driving the company’s transformation to position it as a key player in Colombia’s digital revolution.

As Minister of Information and Communications Technologies of Colombia (2010–2015), Molano led the design and implementation of the Vive Digital Plan — a pioneering national strategy that expanded connectivity, promoted innovation, and earned more than 100 national and international awards. His leadership helped narrow Colombia’s digital divide and became a global reference in digital policy.

Molano has advised over 20 governments on digital policy and innovation. He has served as a senior advisor to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), McKinsey & Company, and the OECD, and as a researcher with leading U.S. think tanks. His private-sector career spans major global telecommunications firms including BellSouth, AT&T, Telefónica, and Ascom, in more than 20 countries.

He also led the transformation of Areandina University, a higher education institution serving low-income students, multiplying enrollment fivefold to 60,000 students across three countries, while achieving both national and international quality accreditations.

In Paris, Molano led the Digital Economy Initiative of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the world’s largest business organization. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Davivienda, Seguros Bolívar, CESA, and the Fundación Solidaridad por Colombia, and was a Partner at Copernion, a venture capital fund specializing in technology startups in Europe and Latin America.

Molano holds degrees in Electronic Engineering and Economics from Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, and an MBA from IMD in Switzerland. He has been recognized as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in digital government and among the top 20 leaders in Fintech in Ibero-America.