Mauricio Ramos served as Chief Executive Officer of Millicom International Cellular (NASDAQ: TIGO) from 2015 to 2024 and as a Board Member from 2020 to 2024. He has also served on the Board of Directors of Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) since 2016.

During his tenure as CEO of Millicom (TIGO) Mauricio pioneered a variety of initiatives, most notably transforming the company into a fixed internet and mobile business with a strong focus on Latin America. Under his leadership, Millicom solidified its company purpose “to build the digital highways that connect people, improve lives, and develop communities,” and a strong corporate culture described by its more than 21,000 employees as ‘Sangre Tigo”, leading to the company-wide acknowledgements as one of the Top 25 Best Multinational Workplaces in Latin America in the Great Place to Work (GPTW) survey. Expanding Millicom’s presence across Latin America, in 2018 he led the acquisition of Cable Onda, the Group’s first asset in Panama, and followed in 2019 with the acquisition of Telefonica’s mobile subsidiaries in Panama and Nicaragua. He also led the company to begin trading on the NASDAQ Stock Market in the US under the ticker symbol TIGO complementing the listing on NASDAQ Stockholm.

Mauricio is also an active member of various boards of directors of educational and other organizations, associations. He currently serves as Chair of the Partnership for Central America (www.centampartership.org); Commissioner for the U.N. Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development; and Member of the INCAE business school Presidential Advisory Council. He has also acted as Chair of the U.S. Chamber’s U.S.-Colombia Business Council (USCBC), member of the GSMA Board of Directors, Director of the Biennial of the Americas, Director of Columbus Networks, among various other roles.

Before joining Millicom, he was President of Liberty Global’s Latin American division, a position he held from 2006 until February 2015. During his career at Liberty Global, Mauricio held several leadership roles, including positions as Chairman and CEO of VTR in Chile, Chief Financial Officer of Liberty’s Latin American division, and President of Liberty Puerto Rico.

He is a dual Colombian and U.S. citizen who received a degree in Economics, a degree in Law, and a postgraduate degree in Financial Law from Universidad de Los Andes in Bogota