Latin Trade honors Chilean President Ricardo Lagos: more than 250 people celebrate 11th annual business awards ceremony.LATIN TRADE Latin Trade is a monthly magazine covering global business in Latin America and the Caribbean. Similar to Forbes and Fortune Magazine in coverage, the magazine was founded in 1993 and now publishes 87,000 copies 1 each month in Spanish, Portuguese, and English. honored Chilean President Ricardo Lagos Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar (born March 2, 1938) is a lawyer, economist and social democrat politician, who served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006 . He won the 1999-2000 presidential election by a narrow margin in a runoff over Independent Democrat Union (UDI) candidate , Peruvian Prime Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Godard (born 1938) is a Peruvian economist and politician, and a former prime minister of the country. He was born in Peru, of Polish and French parents, and since 1999 he became a naturalized United States citizen and conserves dual citizenship. and BBVA BBVA Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (First Bank of Spain) President and COO Jose Ignacio Goirigolzarri for their contributions to progress in Latin America. Before more than 250 presidents, CEOs and government ministers from across the Americas at the black-tie ceremony, LATIN TRADE presented the LATIN TRADE Bravo Business Awards to Latin American leaders in government, business, finance and technology, as well as mavericks in environmental and humanitarian fields for their outstanding achievements. "LATIN TRADE is proud to recognize this select group of individuals for dedication to excellence and progress in the Americas," says Mike Zellner, publisher of LATIN TRADE in presenting the awards in partnership with the InterContinental Hotels Group InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) (LSE: IHG NYSE: IHG) is a multinational company which operates several hotel brands. The largest hotel company by number of rooms (556,000 as of March 2007 [1]), its headquarters are in Windsor just outside Greater London and , Audi, Hamburg SOd and Alianca. The LATIN TRADE Bravo Business Award of Leader of the Year was presented to Chilean Ambassador to the United States Andres Bianchi in representation of President Lagos. Peruvian Prime Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski received the Bravo Award of Most Innovative Leader. BBVA Bancomer Director General Jaime Guardiola received the Financier of the Year award on behalf of Jose Ignacio Goirigolzarri, president and COO of BBVA. CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the Year Gerardo de Nicolas, CEO of Desarrolladora Homex, International CEO of the Year Thomas A. Gales, vice president of Latin America for Caterpillar, Technology Executive of the Year Keith Goodwin, senior vice president of Cisco Systems, Environmentalist environmentalist a person with an interest and knowledge about the interaction of humans and animals with the environment. of the Year Maria Andrade Hernandez, general director of Pronatura Peninsula de Yucatan, and Humanitarian of the Year Milena Grillo, founder and executive director of Fundacion Paniamor, were hailed in the prestigious ceremony to honor the best in the Americas. Every year, more than 350,000 LATIN TRADE readers worldwide nominate a broad array of Latin American leaders to receive these prestigious awards. The LATIN TRADE editorial team narrows the list of candidates, consulting with international executives, government officials and leading academics. More information about the LATIN TRADE Bravo Business Awards is available at www.latintrade.com/bravo |
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