Mexican American businesswoman Angélica Fuentes joins Koning board of directors

The Koning Corporation has announced the addition of Angélica Fuentes to their board of directors.

The US health tech company develops and manufactures advanced medical imaging systems for breast cancer detection to improve the breast imaging industry and create a “revolution” in medical imaging.

Its 3D breast imaging device, Koning’s Breast CT, aims to optimise early disease detection, diagnosis, intervention and treatment, and improve survival rates for millions of patients.

Angélica Fuentes, a Mexican American businesswoman, investor and gender equality activist, has strongly expressed her commitment to organisations supporting the cause of women, especially Latinas and Asian women.

“Latinas and a lot of Asian women have dense breast tissue. With Koning, they can tell the difference between dense breast tissue and a tumour,” she explained.

“Their technology produces high-contrast real 3D images of the breast with exceptional spatial resolution and I believe it will dramatically improve the way doctors visualise and evaluate breast tissue.”

Lutao Ning, Koning CEO, said Fuentes’ appointment is a “major step forward for women’s health”.

“Angélica’s platform and work has always been about women’s choice. With her joining our board, we will give women everywhere the choice to avoid compression.”

Fuentes was appointed CEO of Grupo Imperial in 1992 at the age of 29. In 2019, she founded a microfinance institution that targets those lacking access to credits.

She is a founding member and the general of Poder Partners LLC, a group which manages investments in healthcare and impact investments.