Speakers for the Conference

Paula Armoa has worked at tobacco manufacturer JTI since 2012. During these years she has gained knowledge and experience in the Travel Retail Industry, collaborating with duty free retailers, duty free retailers associations and airport authorities in North and Latin America, Asia and Western Europe. 

Paula counts with a legal background complemented with an MBA, having over 13 years’ professional experience working in many varied sectors such as governmental institutions, legal counseling, tourism marketing consulting and corporate affairs and communication. 

The priority of JTI’s Corporate Affairs function is to enhance the duty free operating environment and to protect its retailers’ international competitiveness vis-à-vis industry general and tobacco specific regulatory developments.

Gustavo Fagundes is currently CEO of Dufry Brazil and Bolivia, where previously, in 2006, he served as COO of Dufry South America. 

In his career he held various positions in Brasif, most recently as Operations Vice President, and worked for grand corporations such as AmBev and Accenture. 

He  graduate in Business Administration and Management by EAESP / Fundação Getúlio Vargas - SP / Brazil, has a Master in International Economics and Management from University of Bocconi in Milan - Italy, Executive MBA by the Corporate University of AmBev , as well as a Certificate in General Management from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Carlos Loaiza Keel has graduated as JD at the University of Montevideo, Uruguay, 2003 (summa cum laude), obtaining an LLM in Taxation (Centro Europeo de Estudios Garrigues, 2007) and an LLM in Corporate Law (Harvard Law School-Centro Europeo de Estudios Garrigues, 2009). 

He started his professional career in Tax & Legal Services, PwC. In 2006 he joined the International Taxation and Transfer Pricing department of Garrigues Abogados y Asesores Tributarios in Madrid, Spain, where he developed an extensive professional practice advising multinational groups, being involved in some of the most relevant deals in the Latin American market. In 2009 he joined the M&A and Taxation department of Barros & Errázuriz, in Santiago de Chile, Chile. 

Carlos Loaiza Keel is profesor of Tax Law and International Taxation in the Law School of the University of Montevideo and Economics School of the University of the Republic. He lectures widely on Tax Law and was designated as a National Reporter for the annual Congress of the International Fiscal Association.  

He has published 5 books and more than 60 articles on his field, and is chief editor and contributor to Consultor Tributario, a specialized monthly supplement on taxes on El Observador, with the sponsorship of Thomson Reuters Group. He currently advises companies, individuals, multilateral banks and the Uruguayan Government in Tax and Corporate matters. 

In 2011 he was appointed as secretary of the Uruguayan Chamber of Duty Free Shops, position from which he regularly defends the sectorial interests before authorities and private agents of the market. 

He leads the Global Alumni project, of the Centro Europeo de Estudios Garrigues and he is a regular columnist for El Observador.

Dr. Peter Mohn graduated as a Psychologist and earned a Ph.D. in Business Psychology at the University of Göttingen, Germany. 

Peter is of Norwegian origin, has lived in Denmark, Belgium, The Netherlands, Finland, UK and Germany and lives in Switzerland since 2002. Peter has been working for various leading global market research agencies since 1993 and has been in top management positions since 2000.  

He has been specializing in Travel Retail research since 2004 and consults various leading brands as well as shop operators in this field.  

Based at Lake Geneva, m1nd-set is specialized in Travel Retail and Airport marketing research & consulting on a global basis. m1nd-set conducts consumer research at airports, at border shops, on ferries and cruises on over 60 markets worldwide for global Travel Retail brands as well as operators, airports etc. m1nd-set conducts quantitative and qualitative research on many different subjects, such as Travel Retail shopping motivation & behaviour, mystery shopping, brand awareness and evaluation, price elasticity (conjoint surveys), promotion effectiveness, observation of shoppers, travel retail exclusive product testing, segmentation surveys etc.

Martin Moodie is the Founder & Chairman of The Moodie Report, the world’s leading information source on airport commercial revenues and the travel retail sector in general.  

A New Zealander based in the UK, Martin also created The Trinity Forum, the acclaimed airport commercial revenues conference, which The Moodie Report co-organises with Airports Council International and Airports Council International - Asia Pacific. 

A respected industry commentator and analyst, Martin has spoken and facilitated at many industry conferences.

Seasoned travel and duty free retail executive with over 20 years of experience.

• NEUTRAL DUTY FREE SHOP - CEO ('11 - ): leading duty free retailer on the Uruguayan side of the border between Brazil and Uruguay.
• Duty Free Americas - President of Airport Division ('07 - '11): one of the largest duty free retailers worldwide with +150 stores.
• Interbaires - CEO ('02 - '07): one of the largest duty free retailers in South America; under his leadership sales increased by almost 4x.
• I.O.S.C. - CEO ('00-'02): Interbaires logistics and distribution arm.
• Tinwor Business Company - President and CEO ('90-'00): a consulting firm engaged in foreign trade.
• Served as Secretary General of the South American Duty Free Association (ASUTIL).
• Law Degree at the University of Montevideo and a M.A. in International Law at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Holland.