Cristina Junqueira is Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer of Nubank, and leads the company's U.S. expansion as U.S. CEO from Miami. She oversees global functions including marketing, communications, ESG, legal and public policy.

Cristina studied engineering at Universidade de São Paulo, completed a Master's there, and earned an MBA at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management. She started in consulting at Booz Allen Hamilton and BCG, then built credit card and consumer finance products and marketing at Unibanco, Itaú Unibanco and LuizaCred.

Cristina left Itaú in 2013 to join David Vélez in building a bank customers would trust. She was the only Brazilian on Fortune's 2020 Most Powerful Women International list and was named to the Financial Times' 25 Most Influential Women of 2024.

Cristina co-founded Nubank in 2013 with David Vélez and Edward Wible, and has held roles spanning branding, business development and Brazil CEO. She has led the company's international expansion, including Mexico and Colombia, and now its U.S. launch.

Nubank went public on the NYSE in December 2021, raising $2.6 billion at a market value of about $41 billion. It now serves about 139 million customers across Brazil, Mexico and Colombia and has begun serving customers in the United States.