2019 Latin American Cities Conferences: Guayaquil

Otto Sonnenholzner was elected to be the vice president of Ecuador in December 2018. For 12 years, he was a radio personality with his own talk show and was the general manager of Radio Tropicana in Guayaquil. Sonnenholzner also served as the president of Asociación Ecuatoriana...

Pablo Campana was appointed the minister of production, foreign trade, investment, and fisheries in January 2019 after the consolidation of various ministries. In this role, he prioritizes public policy development, improved productivity, competitiveness, and job growth...

Rosi Prado de Holguín is the minister of tourism of Ecuador. Before assuming her current role, she was the manager and legal representative of AWT SA Group Cinco Continentes Agencia de Viajes y Turismo, general manager at AWT SA Group Ecuador, and general manager of Ecuador: Ocio...

Fernando Benalcázar has been Ecuador’s vice minister of mining since September 2018. He approaches his role with a vision of transparency and institutional efficiency, promoting the development of economically profitable, socially responsible, and environmentally sustainable...

Jaime Nebot has been the mayor of Guayaquil since 2000, having been reelected three times. Both a lawyer and a politician, he is a two-time presidential candidate. Previously, Nebot represented the province of Guayas in Congress and in 1991 assumed national leadership of the...

Carlos Alaña Pine is the country manager for Mexichem Ecuador. He joined Plastigama in 1997 when it was still owned by the Swiss group Amanco. After Mexichem aquired Amanco in 2008, Alaña Pine was transferred to Mexico where he became a commercial director. After two years of...

Patricio Alarcón currently serves as president of the Ecuadorian Business Committee, the National Federation of Chambers of Commerce, the Chamber of Commerce of Quito, and the Ecuador chapter of the International Chamber of Commerce – ICC Ecuador. He is also part of the...

Bexi Jimenez is a risk management officer for Latin America at the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank Group. She joined MIGA in December 2014 and is the economist responsible for Latin America...

Julio Laso is the senior vice president at Citi Ecuador, where leads the legal department. Additionally, he has been responsible for human resources since 2017 and government affairs since 2015. Previously, he worked in banks and local consulting firms, specializing in capital...

Bernardo Requena is the director-representative of CAF – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina, in their Ecuador office. Previously, he was the director of Social Development of CAF. In his native Bolivia, Requena served as deputy minister of Public Investment and Financing at...

Javier Robalino Orellana is a partner at FERRERE in Ecuador and a member of the firm’s global executive committee. He also co-chairs the arbitration practice and acts as managing partner for Ecuador, representing various multinationals in multiple local and international...

Andrew Taunton is the vice president for Ecuador Subsidiaries at SolGold. He has held senior management positions for international companies in Ecuador in the security, petroleum, airport management, and mining industries. Among Taunton’s entrepreneurial activities are...

Susan Segal was elected President and CEO of Americas Society/Council of the Americas in 2003 after having worked in the private sector with Latin America and other emerging markets for over 30 years. Prior to her appointment, Susan was a partner at Chase Capital Partners...