Alejandro Echeverri

Investment Director

Colombian Government Trade Bureau (ProColombia)

Biography
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aecheverri@procolombia.co

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Partnership opportunities

ProColombia is the Colombian government entity in charge of the promotion of foreign direct investment into the country. We assist foreign companies to identify and validate investment and business opportunities within the many sectors of the Colombian economy. I am in charge of the investment promotion for the U.S. For 8+ years I’ve been helping U.S companies to identify opportunities in Colombia and establish operations in the country, with our regionals soft-landing programs. 

ProColombia works directly with the private sector in Colombia, therefore, we can share with U.S companies many investment projects in sectors such as energy, agriculture, infrastructure, real estate, entrepreneurship, among others. 

With the participation in The ACE, the main objective is to identify companies that are interested in doing business with the LATAM Region as a nearshore destination. As ProColombia, we can be their best allies, helping them to identify opportunities with the profile of their interest (greenfield project, M&A, PPA, etc).

Since ProColombia is a government entity, all our services are 100% free of charge. 

Concrete offers:

1. Knowledge sharing on investment and business in Colombia.

2. Connections with Colombia’s innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem.

3. Companies soft-landing services in the many regions of Colombia.

Main areas of work:

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Energy
  • Agriculture
  • BPO/KPO

Nicole Griensewic

Executive Director

Region Nine Development Commission in Minnesota

Biografy:

Griensewic has served as Executive Director of Region Nine Development Commission since 2012. As executive director, Griensewic has made it a priority to foster collaboration and engagement by sharing Region Nine’s story both regionally and globally. Griensewic is an active board and committee member for multiple organizations throughout Minnesota. Griensewic is the immediate past President of the Greater Minnesota Partnership, and is the first female to chair the Executive Committee for the University of Minnesota’s Center for Transportation Studies, where she served as chair of the Governance Committee. Griensewic also served as secretary of Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota’s Governing Board of Directors and chaired the Governance Committee and currently serves as an advisory board member for South Central College’s Center for Agriculture. She serves on the executive committee for the MACS Board, Minnesotans for the American Community Survey Board of Directors and represents the Midwest on the National Assoc. of Development Orgs.’s (NADO) Board of Directors.

Griensewic is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and has completed course work through Harvard’s Kennedy School’s Executive Education. She received the 2017 Outstanding Recent Alumnus Award from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

Her professional background includes extensive private sector and non-profit leadership experience.