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10 Mercado Libre partnerships leaders
These ten current and former Mercado Libre partnerships leaders have held partnerships, business development and strategic partner roles across the marketplace, Mercado Pago and Mercado Ads. A reader can learn how partnerships leaders work at Mercado Libre from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10André Picinini
LinkedInExperience: Head of Partnerships and New Business - Mercado Ads Business · Mercado Libre
Head of Partnerships and New Business for the Mercado Ads business at Mercado Libre since May 2025, based in São Paulo. André Picinini was earlier Head of Business and Product at PicPay (2021–2025), Senior Operations Manager at Rappi (2020–2021) and an operations and logistics manager at Uber (2018–2020).
Antonio Feeney
LinkedInExperience: Head of Business Development Big Sellers & Partners LATAM · Mercado Libre
Head of Business Development Big Sellers & Partners LATAM at Mercado Libre since January 2026, where the profile describes online and in-store business development for large merchants and strategic partners across seven Latin American countries. Antonio Feeney was earlier Acquisition Head LATAM for Mercado Pago, as Manager (2021–2022) and Sr Manager (2022–2026), and a regional business development manager for Mercado Pago (2020–2022).
Astrid Eloff
LinkedInExperience: Head of Business Development & Strategic Partners Latam · Mercado Libre
Former Head of Business Development & Strategic Partners Latam at Mercado Libre (2018–2020), based in Buenos Aires, after a business development and strategic partners role there from 2016. Astrid Eloff later was Head of Partnerships & Business Development at Nubox (2020–2022) and has been Director Fintech & Digital Partners at Mastercard since October 2023.
Baltazar Christensen
LinkedInExperience: Head of Hispanic B2B Partnerships - Social Commerce · Mercado Libre
Head of Hispanic B2B Partnerships for Social Commerce at Mercado Libre since October 2025, based in Buenos Aires. Before that, Baltazar Christensen was Head of Sales Mercado Shops Hispanos (2024–2025), Business Development Latam Manager (2023–2024), Sales Partnerships Latam Manager (2022–2023) and a business development and partnerships supervisor (2018–2022), all at Mercado Libre.
Gonzalo Germán Guerendiain
LinkedInExperience: Head of Marketplace New Business Development · Mercado Libre
Former Head of Marketplace New Business Development at Mercado Libre (2020–2023), and Business Director of Global Selling at Mercado Libre since January 2024. Gonzalo Germán Guerendiain was earlier Head of Marketplace Strategy & Operations (2018–2020) and held pricing and profitability roles at Mercado Pago (2014–2018), all at Mercado Libre.
Juan Francisco Gonzalez Alonso
LinkedInExperience: Head Of Partnerships Latam for Marketplace · Mercado Libre
Former Head Of Partnerships Latam for Marketplace at Mercado Libre (2018–2024), after Product Manager Marketplace at Mercado Libre (2015–2018). Since March 2024, Juan Francisco Gonzalez Alonso has been Head of Growth for Mercado Shops at Mercado Libre, a role the profile says covers marketing, partners and education.
Marco Álvarez
LinkedInExperience: Head of Partnerships Strategic Planning Mexico · Mercado Libre
Head of Partnerships Strategic Planning Mexico at Mercado Libre since December 2024, based in Mexico City, where the profile describes business development and strategic partnerships work. Marco Álvarez was earlier Senior Business Development Associate (2022–2024) and Business Development Associate (2021–2022) at Uber, after Strategy and Operations Manager at Uber.
Mariano Migues
LinkedInExperience: Head of US Business Development · Mercado Libre
Head of US Business Development at Mercado Libre since April 2022, based in Miami, after cross border trade manager, supervisor and analyst roles at Mercado Libre from 2018. The profile says Mariano Migues scaled the U.S. business unit from scratch to $130M in GMV and built a team of more than 22 people, with work spanning business development and cross-border ecommerce.
Raquel Campos
LinkedInExperience: Head of Partnerships B2B Corporate Acquisition Big Sellers · Mercado Libre
Former Head of Partnerships B2B Corporate Acquisition Big Sellers at Mercado Libre (2020–2022), based in São Paulo, where the profile says Raquel Campos managed the business relationship team at Mercado Pago and was responsible for B2B strategy in digital payments. Raquel was earlier a B2B supervisor for Point at Mercado Libre (2019–2020) and now manages partnerships at Rede.
Valeria Trelles
LinkedInExperience: Online Business Development Head - SMBs & Strategic Partners Fintech · Mercado Libre
Online Business Development Head for SMBs and Strategic Partners in fintech at Mercado Libre since March 2024, based in Argentina, after Online Business Development Manager SMBs - Fintech at Mercado Libre (2022–2024). Valeria Trelles was earlier a sales head and key account manager for special accounts at Pernod Ricard (2019–2022).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a Latin American marketplace decide which large sellers and brands to recruit as strategic partners?
- 02How do payments partnerships with merchants and fintech platforms get structured across several countries?
- 03How does a marketplace bring sellers from the United States or Europe into Latin American markets?
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