María Eugenia Pérez Zea

María Eugenia Pérez Zea is a Colombian cooperative leader with more than 20 years of experience in the cooperative movement. She served as President of the Board of Directors of Grupo Empresarial Cooperativo Coomeva and has held several leadership positions at national and international levels.

She has served as President of the International Cooperative Alliance’s Gender Equality Committee since 2012 and as a member of the ICA Global Board since 2018. She is also President of the Colombian Association of Cooperative Lawyers (COOLEGAS).

Throughout her career, Pérez Zea has promoted cooperative identity, gender equality and the participation and leadership of women and young people within the cooperative movement. In 2020, she was recognized by SHE-COOPS as one of the 100 most influential women in the global cooperative movement.