Ecuador: Investment Opportunities
in partnership with LatAm INVESTOR
Guillermo Lasso's election as president of Ecuador has opened the doors to one of Latin America's most closed economies. For decades, Ecuador's political instability deterred international companies resulting in some of the region's lowest levels of inward foreign direct investment. Yet Ecuador has rich reserves of oil, exciting mining potential and world leading agricultural exports. Lasso's challenge will be to attract the international investors needed to turn those natural resources into economic growth.
On 13 July, Canning House and LatAm INVESTOR explored the opportunities being created by the liberalisation of Ecuador's economy.
Introduction
Cristina Cortes
CEO, Canning House
HE Ambassador Chris Campbell
HM Ambassador to Ecuador
Session 1 - Investment Environment
Julio Jose Prado
Ecuadorian Minister of Production, Trade, Investment and Fisheries
Panel
Moderator: James McKeigue
Editor, LatAm INVESTOR
Paola Gachet
Partner, Robalino Law
Juan Alban Donoso
CEO, Pronobis
Ramiro Blazquez
Head of Research, BankTrust & Co.
Session 2 - Natural Resources
Juan Carlos Bermeo
Ecuadorian Minister of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources
Panel
Moderator: James McKeigue
Editor, LatAm INVESTOR
Daniel Pino
Managing Partner, Pino Elizalde
Keith Marshall
CEO, SolGold
Carlos Sarmiento
MD, Schlumberger, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia