Registration: 8:30 am to 9:00 am ET
Conference: 9:00 am to 12:30 pm ET

AS/COA
680 Park Avenue
New York

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(Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment, and Fisheries, Ecuador)

Ecuador Open for Business Conference

AS/COA is partnering with the Government of Ecuador for a half-day conference to discuss investment opportunities across key sectors in the country.

Registration: 8:30 am to 9:00 am ET
Conference: 9:00 am to 12:30 pm ET

AS/COA
680 Park Avenue
New York

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(Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment, and Fisheries, Ecuador)

Overview

Americas Society/Council of the Americas, in partnership with the Ecuadorean Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment, and Fisheries, will host an Ecuador Open For Business Conference in New York on Monday, October 24, 2022. This conference will feature senior government officials, as well as international private sector leaders, to discuss opportunities for foreign investment in Ecuador.

This conference is by invitation only and open to select members of the press. Sponsorship is available for this conference; benefits include speaking roles, an opportunity to shape the agenda, enhanced participation, and a sponsors-only lunch with participating government officials.

Speakers:

  • Julio José Prado, Minister of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment, and Fisheries, Ecuador
  • Darío Herrera, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Ecuador
  • Ana María Gallardo, Vice Minister of Exports and Investments Promotion 
  • Miguel Ángel González, President, Comité Empresarial Ecuatoriano
  • Alejandro Hoyos Guerrero, Senior Transport Specialist, Transport and ICT Global Practice, The World Bank 
  • Ragnhild Melzi, Vice President, Americas Society/Council of the Americas
  • Alberto Nácer, Vice President, Softs Merchandiser, StoneX Group Inc.
  • Roberto Salas, Secretary of Public-Private Partnerships 
  • Ramón Sosa Mirabal, Corporate Affairs Director Andean Region, Cargill Inc.
  • Salvador Villanueva, Vice President, Latin America Structuring & Marketing, Goldman Sachs
  • Andrés Wierdak, Vice Minister of Mines 
  • Brian Winter, Vice President of Policy, Americas Society/Council of the Americas; Editor-in-Chief of Americas Quarterly

To register to attend in person please email
Cristina Guevara at: cguevara@as-coa.org

Event Information: Cristina Guevara | cguevara@as-coa.org
Sponsorship Opportunities: Ana Calderon | acalderon@as-coa.org
COA Corporate Membership: Miranda Gastelum | mgastelum@as-coa.org
Press Inquiries: Pia Fuentealba | mediarelations@as-coa.org

 

Agenda

8:30 – 9:00 am Registration and Reception 

9:00 – 9:15 am Opening Remarks  

  • Randy Melzi, Vice President, Public Policy Programs and Corporate Relations, AS/COA 

9:15 – 10:00 am Keynote Interview 

  • Julio José Prado, Minister of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment, and Fisheries of Ecuador
  • Brian Winter, Vice President of Policy, Americas Society/Council of the Americas; Editor-in-Chief of Americas Quarterly (interviewer)

10:00 –10:45 am Presentation: Investment Opportunities in the Mining Sector 

  • Andrés Wierdak, Vice Minister of Mines of Ecuador

10:45 –11:30 am Panel I: Public Private Partnerships and the Road to Infrastructure Projects 

  • Roberto Salas, Secretary of Public-Private Investments
  • Darío Herrera, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of Ecuador
  • Salvador Villanueva, Vice President, Latin America Structuring & Marketing, Goldman Sachs
  • Alejandro Hoyos Guerrero, Senior Transport Specialist, Transport and ICT Global Practice, The World Bank (moderador)

11:30 am –12:15 pm Panel II: Opportunities in Agrobusiness 

  • Miguel Ángel González, President, Comité Empresarial Ecuatoriano 
  • Ana María Gallardo, Vice-minister of Exports and Investments Promotion 
  • Ramon Sosa Mirabal, Corporate Affairs Director, Andean Region, Cargill Inc.
  • Alberto Nácer, Vice President, Softs Merchandiser, StoneX Group Inc

Speakers

Julio José Prado
Minster Of Production, Foreign Trade, Investments And Fisheries

Julio José Prado is an economist with 15 years of experience in project development, research and teaching, on issues of competitiveness, production and value chains, and productivity.

Before being Minister of Production, Foreign Trade, Investments and Fisheries of Ecuador, he...

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Darío Herrera
Minister of Transport and Public Works

Darío Herrera's academic training in finance and real estate marketing has allowed him to become a leader in the Montecristi Golf Resort & Villas project, which from December 2012 to April 2021 generated more than 1,000 direct and indirect sources of employment. He has a bachelor...

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Alejandro Hoyos Guerrero
Senior Transport Specialist in the World Bank's Transport and ICT Global Practice

Alejandro Hoyos Guerrero is a senior transport specialist in the World Bank's Transport and ICT Global Practice. He supports urban transport projects mainly in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region. Hoyos Guerrero is passionate about how to maximize the sustainability and...

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Ana María Gallardo
Vice-Minister of Exports and Investments Promotion

Ana María Gallardo has a master’s in international business from the University of Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, has a diploma in Public Administration from the Catholic University and Casa Grande University of Guayaquil. She has a B.S. in International Business from Universidad...

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Roberto Salas Guzmán
Technical Secretary of Public-private Partnerships and Delegated Management

Roberto Salas Guzmán is an Ecuadorian economist who graduated from the Santiago de Guayaquil Catholic University (UCSG). With more than 20 years of experience as director of multinational companies in Costa Rica, Brazil, Chile and Ecuador; He has an MBA from ESADE in Spain and...

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Brian Winter
Editor-in-Chief, Americas Quarterly and Vice President of Policy, Americas Society/Council of the Americas

Brian Winter is editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly and the vice president for policy at Americas Society/Council of the Americas. A best-selling author, analyst, and speaker, he has been living and breathing Latin American politics for the past 20 years. Winter spent a decade...

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Ramón Sosa Mirabal
Corporate Affairs Director Andean Region, Cargill Inc.

Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Ramón Sosa Mirabal holds a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from Catholic University Andrés Bello in Caracas. Throughout his career Mr. Sosa has attended different advanced management courses in the United States, the UK and Venezuela on...

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Andrés Wierdak
Vice Minister of Mines of Ecuador

Andrés Wierdak received his bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Purdue University in Indiana and his Master’s degree in business administration from the IDE Business School in Guayaquil, Ecuador. He has more than 18 years of experience in project management in both...

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Salvador Villanueva
Managing Director, Latin America Structuring, Goldman Sachs

Salvador Villanueva is a managing director responsible for Latin America Structuring based in New York.

Salvador has 15 years of finance experience at Goldman Sachs most lately in the structured credit space including in infrastructure, natural resources and ESG.

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Alberto Nácer
Vice President, Softs Merchandiser, StoneX Group Inc

Alberto Nacer is Vice President Soft Merchandiser at StoneX Group’s subsidiary, StoneX Commodity Solutions, managing their cocoa trading business since 2017, focusing on the commercialization of cocoa beans and cocoa products in the US and Asia. He has over 20 years’ experience...

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Ragnhild Melzi
Vice President, Public Policy Programs and Corporate Relations, Americas Society/Council of the Americas

Ragnhild Melzi is Americas Society/Council of the Americas’ vice president of Public Policy Programs and Corporate Relations. She provides leadership for the organizations’ international programming, which attracts top government officials, global business leaders, and prominent...

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Miguel Ángel González
President, Comité Empresarial Ecuatoriano

Miguel Ángel González was elected on February 8, 2022 as the new president of the Ecuadorian Business Committee (CEE) for the period 2022-2023. González, who is also president of the Ecuadorian Federation of Chambers of Commerce and the Guayaquil Chamber of Commerce, is a 42-year...

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