Speakers Profile
- Conference Chair, ILO - Mr. Jorge ILLINGWORTH
- ITC - Ms. Patricia Francis
- Mr. Alfonso CERVANTES SÁNCHEZ NAVARRO, Acting General Director, ProMéxico
- Mr. Bruno FERRARI, Secretary of Economy
- Alessandro TEIXEIRA , President of REDIBERO and WAIPA
- Mr. Christian VOLPE MARTINCUS , IDB
- Mr. Victor UMANA, Researcher, INCAE Business School
- Mr. Bruno HUG DE BELMONT, Manager, Investments Projects, REDIEX Paraguay
- Mr. Avi HEFETZ, CEO, Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute
- Mrs. Delaine MORGAN, Vice-president, Export Promotion, Jamaica Promotions Corporation – Jampro
- Mr. Mauricio BORGES, Director, Apex-Brasil
- Mr. YU PING, Vice-president, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade – CCPIT
- Mr. Noharuddin NORDIN, Chief Executive Officer, MATRADE Malaysia
- Mr. Matanda WABUYELE, CEO, Export Promotion Council Kenya – EPC
- Mrs. Pilar LOZANO, Director of International Cooperation, Proexport Colombia
- Mr. Jack STEPHENS, Group General Manager, International, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise – NZTE
- Ms. Susan HAIRD, Deputy Director, United Kingdom Trade and Enterprise – UKTI
- Mr. Jorge SEQUEIRA PICADO, CEO, Procomer Costa Rica
- Mr. Cengiz TURKAY, Chief, Corporate Communications, IGEME, Turkey
- Mr. Jim MAGUIRE, Manager – Export Marketing, Enterprise Ireland
- Mr. Kyoo Nam LEE, Regional Director, Latin America, KOTRA
- Mr. Prakash BEEHARRY, CEO, Enterprise Mauritius
Note: Names are ordered according to the event programme
Ms. Patricia R. Francis, an award-winning leader and business facilitator, joined the International Trade Centre as Executive Director in June 2006. Ms Francis comes to ITC from Jamaica Trade and Invest, where she served as President since 1995. Read More...
El licenciado ALFONSO CERVANTES SÁNCHEZ cuenta con amplia experiencia en la práctica del Derecho Corporativo, Bancario, Bursátil, Administrativo e Internacional Privado; ha colaborado en la privatización de varias empresas públicas en México. A partir del 16 de julio pasado se encuentra a cargo de la atención y despacho de funciones propias a la Dirección General de ProMéxico. Leer más...
Since July 2010 Mr Bruno Ferrari is the Secretary of the Economy of Mexico and immediately prior to that his was the CEO of ProMéxico. He started has large experience with a variety of industries focused on Agribusiness. Read more...
Mr. Alessandro TEIXEIRA, President REDIBERO, WAIPA and Apex-Brasil, was born in Porto Alegre (State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil). Alessandro Golombiewski Teixeira holds a master’s degree in Latin American Economics from the Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, and a PhD in Industrial and Technological Economics from the University of Sussex, England. Read more...
Mr. Jorge Illingworth joined the ILO in 2007 as its Senior Employer Organization Specialist for the Andean Countries based in Lima, Peru. He has extensive experience with exports, as he was a prominent private sector executive, Director of several export associations and former Ministry of Trade of Ecuador. Read more...
Mr Christian Volpe Martincus is currently Senior Economist at the Integration and Trade Sector of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Bonn (Germany) and a Master in Economics from the National University of La Plata (Argentina). More details available here.
Mr. Víctor Umaña has a Master’s degree in International Law and Economics (Magna Cum Laude) from the World Trade Institute. He is a researcher for the Latin American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development at INCAE Business School, where he manages programs in competitiveness, trade, agriculture and sustainable development. He served as Counselor at the Mission of Costa Rica to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Read more...
Mr. Bruno HUG DE BELMONT, Manager, Investments Projects, REDIEX Paraguay. Read more...
Mr. Avi Hefetz is the CEO of Israel Export & International Cooperation Institute since 2008. He has extensive experience with the private and public sector, being highly involved with marketing strategies and sales increase. More details...
Mrs. Delaine Morgan is a practitioner in the area of business & international trade development and the administering of technical assistance donor funded programmes. She has over 20 years solid experience working in this field and is currently the Vice President of Trade & Business Development of JAMPRO, having direct responsibility for the development and promotion of the export sector and the facilitation of business linkages between local suppliers of goods & services and foreign & domestic investment projects. More details available here.
Mr. Mauricio BORGES, Apex-Brasil Business director, was born in Minas Gerais, in the city of Patos de Minas. He earned a bachelor's degree in Law from the Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil), a PhD in international law and a Master’s in European business law from the University of Bristol, England. Read more...
Mr. Yu Ping became Vice Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and the China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC) in 2003. Read more about him here.
Mr. Noharuddin NORDIN, Chief Executive Officer, MATRADE Malaysia
Mr. Matanda Wabuyele, the CEO of Kenya’s Export Promotion Council (EPC), is responsible for providing strategic leadership in managing and directing EPC the development and promotion of Kenya 's exports. Prior to joining EPC, Mr. Wabuyele was a Managing Consultant in the Business Consulting Services of IBM Global Services (formerly PriceWaterhouseCoopers Consulting), Nairobi. Read more...
Ms. Pilar Lozano Ramirez is currently Director of Cooperation and Agreements at PROEXPORT Colombia, she joined this organisation on 2003. Ms. Lozano has been a featured speaker in international trade and commerce events in Colombia, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Bolivia, The Netherlands and Peru. Read more...
Mr. Jack Stephens, Group General Manager, International, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise – NZTE Jack Stephens is Group General Manager, International of New Zealand Trade and Enterprise. He has extensive experience in markets from Asia and Middle East and since 2009 has been responsible for the management of NZTE's global operations in all markets except North Asia. Read more...
Miss Susan Haird joined UK Trade & Investment as its Deputy Chief Executive and is responsible for International Group, for Strategy and Human Resources Group, and for the Economics and Evaluation Team. Read more about her here...
After over 20 years of high level experiences in the private sector, Mr Jorge SEQUEIRA PICADO has recently been appointed as General Manager of the Promotora del Comercio Exterior, PROCOMER, the TPO of Costa Rica. More details available here.
Mr. Cengiz TURKAY, Chief, Corporate Communications, IGEME, Turkey
Mr. Jim Maguire is Manager – Export Marketing at Enterprise Ireland. He is responsible for communicating information about Enterprise Ireland overseas and informing Irish business how we can assist them to develop their exports. He is also responsible for client and policy research. More details available here.
Mr. Kyoo-Nam Lee is Regional Director General for Latin America at KOTRA since Mar. 2010. He has been working for KOTRA for 27 years. He is expert on Overseas Trade Marketing and Inward Investment Promotion Strategies. Read more...
Mr. Prakash BEEHARRY, Chief Executive Officer, Enterprise Mauritius
