About

Karen Salas-Morales heads legal affairs for Latin America at publicly-traded international telecommunications and media company Millicom International. Millicom offers a range of telecom and digital services to over 56 million customers and trades primarily under the Tigo brand across its markets in Latin America and Africa. It is the second largest pay-TV operator in Spanish-speaking Latin America and accounts for just under half of all active mobile money subscribers across the region through its Mobile Financial Services account. In addition to overseeing the Latin American legal team, Salas-Morales provides legal advice and guidance to Millicom’s global treasury team and the Latin American regional executives, as well as being responsible for managing US human resources issues along with the company’s global business-to-business, digital and home (cable and broadband) business units. She has more than 17 years of experience representing multinationals across Latin America and the Caribbean gained from her time both in-house and in private practice. Prior to joining Millicom, Salas-Morales was a partner in the corporate department of international law firm K&L Gates.