Pilar Ramos serves as the Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary at TelevisaUnivision, Inc. In this role, she leads the Law, Government Affairs, and Compliance functions. She is a core member of the company’s executive leadership team and serves as secretary to the Board. Ms. Ramos joined the company during a pivotal moment, navigating a major strategic merger that resulted in the creation of TelevisaUnivision, now recognized as the world’s leading Spanish-language media and content company.
Before joining TU in 2021, Ms. Ramos held several senior positions at Mastercard, most recently as Executive Vice President & General Counsel, North America—the company’s largest business unit. Prior to that role, she served as Senior Vice President, Global Public Policy & Regulatory Strategy Counsel, leading a global advocacy team on public policy and regulatory matters across diverse markets, spanning Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Canada, and Latin America. In that role, Ms. Ramos played a key role in addressing global trade in data and services, market access and competition law issues, and financial regulation matters. Prior to her long tenure at Mastercard, she served as General Counsel of a start-up marketplace, residing in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and as corporate counsel at DIRECTV Latin America. Ms. Ramos began her legal career as an associate in the corporate group at Simpson Thacher, in both the New York City and London offices.
Ms. Ramos earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she served as an Executive Editor of The Law Review. She earned her Bachelor of Arts cum laude in International Relations and French from Penn. As part of her undergraduate work, she studied at the Institut d’études politiques (‘’SciencesPo’’) in Paris, France.
Beyond her professional accomplishments, Ms. Ramos is deeply committed to leveraging diversity for the betterment of business and society. Ms. Ramos is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations. She serves on the Boards of LatinoJustice, The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity and the National Association of Broadcasters. She also serves as Co-Chair of the Penn Law Alumni Advisory Board on Equity and Inclusion and on the Board of Advisors of the University of Miami Law School’s Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Program. Ms. Ramos serves as a generous mentor through various channels, including The 30% Club, and she is a strong advocate for diversity in the legal profession.
Ms. Ramos has been honored with leadership recognitions, including the Legal Momentum Aiming High Award, Council of Urban Professionals Change Agent Award, Corporate Counsel National Transformational Leadership Award, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Legal Champion of the Arts Award, Latino Justice Lucero Award, Leadership Institute for Women of Color Attorneys Breaking the Glass Ceiling Award, and Penn Law Women’s Association Award.
