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CintiaM

Enterprise Strategy & Value Creation Executive | CEO Advisor | Driving Growth & Transformation

About Me

For more than 20 years, I have helped organizations navigate complexity, unlock growth, and turn strategy into meaningful transformation. What energizes me most is building, connecting ideas, people, and capabilities to create something better than what existed before. Whether shaping long-term strategy, redesigning how organizations operate, or leading transformation initiatives, I enjoy bringing clarity to complexity and helping teams move from ambition to action. Throughout my career at MetLife, American Express, and IBM, I have partnered closely with CEOs and executive leadership teams to drive growth, improve performance, and lead change across large and complex organizations. I am particularly passionate about helping organizations reinvent themselves, identify new opportunities, and align people around a shared vision. I believe the most powerful transformations happen when strategy, execution, and human potential come together. I am energized by environments that value innovation, creativity, strong brands, and continuous evolution where curiosity is encouraged, ideas are challenged, and building the future is part of the culture.

Jurisdiction

Argentina | Mexico

Notable Employer

  • International SME Strategy & Planning Director at American Express

Experience

Seniority LevelExecutive
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
Chief Strategy OfficerMetlife
2020 - Present

Lead corporate strategy by identifying growth opportunities, shaping long-term business direction, and orchestrating enterprise-wide initiatives that strengthen market relevance, expand customer value, and accelerate sustainable growth. Lead and consolidate the Market Intelligence, Strategic Planning, PMO and Budget Control subareas into a single high-impact function. Strategic advisor to the General Manager and liaison with regional and global strategy teams. Enterprise Strategy & Transformation Leadership • Designed and led 5-year strategic roadmap rollout in Mexico, aligning growth, profitability and customer transformation priorities. • Consolidated four independent strategic areas into one integrated performance architecture, improving cross-functional efficiency and increasing employee engagement to 90 pts (+10% YoY). • Govern a portfolio of 30+ large-scale strategic initiatives (US$50M+ value) spanning digital transformation, product development, process optimization and technology integration. • Established enterprise market share intelligence and KPI tracking models to strengthen competitive visibility and executive decision-making. • Realigned budget control and internal audit processes, improving operational efficiency by 20%. • Implemented agile delivery model as a way of working accelerating execution cycles. • Global MetLife Certified Coach and mentor of ~30 professionals/year. • Founder and leader of the Innovation Community in Mexico. Business Performance & Growth Engines • Designed and deployed nationwide customer lifecycle and retention engine generating US$35M retained premiums (+100% YoY). • Increased reactive retention +17% YoY and proactive retention +9% YoY across F2F and call-center channels. • Improved collections recovery rate from 2.9% to 20% (+690%). • Redesigned QA model by channel, achieving 90%+ quality scores and 33% increase in certified retention officers. • Developed new compensation and incentive structure, increasing engagement to 91 pts (+14%) • Defined and executed A&H multi-channel growth strategy, delivering +20% YoY sales growth

International SME Strategy & Planning Director NotableAmerican Express
2018 - 2020

Led cross-market SME growth strategy, aligning country-level execution with global direction. • Accelerated SME portfolio growth through structured strategic planning and GTM redesign. • Reduced onboarding SLA by 50% via process reengineering. • Designed predictive pre-attrition and win-back model, increasing retention by 28%. • Co-created bundled SME value propositions with Product, Marketing and Operations teams. • Mentored Mexico’s sales teams, enhancing talent development and performance. • Coordinated multi-market integration, strategic advisory and executive alignment.

LatAm Strategic Planning Sr Manager & Chief of Staff American Express
2015 - 2018

Chief of Staff to LatAm GCS General Manager. Led performance governance and executive reporting across Latin America. • Designed executive dashboards and board-level strategic narratives. • Orchestrated ~20 cross-functional transformation initiatives across Finance, Sales, Compliance, Marketing, Data and Operations. • Designed and rolled out the regional employee recognition program “Reward Blue” for 500+ employees, increasing engagement by 15%. • Positioned Mexico #1 globally in NPS (+18% CAGR). • Led multi-country operational optimization programs (Mexico, Argentina, Canada). Recognitions: Global Chairman’s Award (2016, 2017), LatAm Leadership award (2016, 2017)

Argentina Business Planner & Chief of Staff American Express
2012 - 2015

Owned Argentina business growth plan, executive office management and executive performance tracking. • Reduced Opex by 10% and improved expense ratio by 35%. • Developed contribution margin and interest expense simulation tool for executive forecasting. • Delivered +26% annual growth in key product line. Recognitions: Global Regent's Club Award (2013)

Education

Masters of Corporate FinanceCEMA
2006 - 2007
Degree of Accounting / National AccountantUniversidad de Buenos Aires
2002 - 2004
Degree of Business AdministrationUniversidad de Buenos Aires
1996 - 2002

Certification

Total Certifications3

Disciplined Agile; PMO Certified Practitioner

PMI

2025 - 2027

o SAFe5 Practitioner Certificate; Scaled Agile Certificate

SAFe

2025

Global Coaching Certification

LHH

2023

Skills

Core skills10
Interests5
Languages2

Skills

Strategic Planning | Business Model Rede
Governance & PMO Integration
Capital Allocation Alignment
P&L Ownership | KPI Architecture
Portfolio Governance | Financial Model
Margin Optimization
CEO Advisory
Cross-Functional Orchestration
Multi-Market Coordination
AI Business Use Case Framing

Interests

value innovation, creativity, strategy,
business development
startup
fashion
retail

Languages

English
Spanish