Founder of Captiva SA, María Cristina Bitar Maluk is on the board of Gold Fields Ltd., AFP ProVida SA, Enaex SA and Chilean & American Chamber of Commerce and Professor at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Member-Think Tank Public Council at Libertad y Desarrollo, Council Member at ComunidadMujer and Senior Partner at Azerta SpA.

She previously held the position of Member-Young Global Leaders at Forum Mondial de L'Economie.

She received an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College, an MBA from Tulane University (Louisiana) and an MBA from the University of Chile.