BiD Networking

At this event you will have the opportunity to meet like-minded investors interested in:

• SMEs in Latin America
• Growing their network with people interested / active in the region
• Latin America’s economy and latest developments

During this Latin soirée, you will have the chance to:

• Enlarge your network by meeting like-minded investors, specialists, and organizations active in Latin America
• Catch up on recent developments in Latin America and discuss why investing in Latin America is a good idea
• Get inspired to invest in SMEs in Latin America
• Get to know more about the BiD Network Matchmaking services specialized in Latin America. Our team of experts has firsthand knowledge and experience in the region and can help you navigate the regions’ cultural and business idiosyncrasies

This is the opportunity to find out about the SMEs investment environment in Latin America and to network among the most innovative and dynamic individuals.
Join us on July 2nd to expand your network and gain valuable insights about Latin America business opportunities!

This event is free of charge and limited to 50 people
For registration or more information please contact:
Lieke Arends at or call 020 7555 007

Program:

2:00 pm Welcome
2:20 pm Introduction
2:30 pm Keynote: investment in Latin America - Hugh Sinclair
3:00 pm Network round – drinks and hors-d’oeuvres
3:45 pm Honorary – Mexican Ambassador
4:00 pm Presentation Latin American Entrepreneur
4:30 pm Drinks
5:30 pm End

Speakers :

Mr. Hugh Sinclair, Micro Finance expert with focus in Latin America

Hugh Sinclair is an economist by training, and began his professional career as an investment banker at Barclays in the UK and Canada. After some years working in highly technical derivatives, he decided to shift his focus towards more business-oriented fields within banking, and worked at ING Barings and CDC in corporate finance and private equity. Post-MBA Hugh earned the dubious fate of becoming the last ever employee at Enron, and in early 2002 he started to work in the broad microfinance sector in Mexico, Mozambique, Argentina and the Netherlands. He worked with microfinance funds, rating agencies, consulting boutiques, a number of individual MFIs, a peer-to-peer platform, an IT provider to the microfinance sector and increasingly in investment advisory work for companies and HNW individuals. Hugh is head of Business Development at Micro Service Consult, a consulting boutique to the microfinance, SME-finance and renewable energy sectors, based in Asuncion and Frankfurt. His next assignment is in Mongolia, and in 2010 he is moving to back Argentina with his wife Jessica.

Mr. Jorge Lomonaco, Mexican Ambassador to The Netherlands

Mr. Ambassador Jorge Lomaco was born in Mexico City in 1963, and joined the Mexican Foreign Service in 1991. From 1995 to 2000 he held different positions at the Mexican Embassies in London and in Washington DC. In the latter he served as Chief of the Mexican Embassy’s Consular Liaison Office. On December 2000 he was posted as Chief of Cabinet to Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and on November 2002 as Undersecretary for Administrative Affairs (Oficial Mayor) also in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 2003 to 2007, he served as Consul General in Miami. In July 2007 he was designated as Mexico’s Ambassador to the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the International Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Since January 2008 to January 2009 he has served as the first Chairman of the Oversight Committee for the permanent premises of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Latin American entrepreneur

We will have a live connection with an entrepreneur from Latin America that will tell us about his business and give us insight about entrepreneurship in Latin America.

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