Felipe Ribadeneira Molestina
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Founding partner of LOPEZ RIBADENEIRA MORA. He is a specialist in designing and establishing public-private dialogues. He is currently President of the Ecuadorian Business Committee, President of the Board of the Ecuadorian Federation of Exporters -FEDEXPOR, was its Executive President for the period of 7 years. Additionally, he has been President of the Board of the Association of Non-Alcoholic Beverages of Ecuador AIBE, who was its promoter along with recognized brands such as COCA COLA, PEPSI, GATORADE among others; and by virtue of his great prestige within the union and legal area, he advised in turn several National Guilds, such as the National Corporation of Poultry Farmers of Ecuador, the Ecuadorian Business Committee in his capacity as former Vice President and is currently also Director of the Chamber of Commerce of Quito.
In his management as a representative of Fedexpor, he was one of the main actors and opinion leaders recognized by both the international national press as well as academia and public and private institutions, which positively influenced the negotiation process of the Multiparty Trade Agreement between Ecuador and the European Union, whose signing was made on November 11, 2016, being a fundamental step for the future of Ecuador's exports.
It has executed the FAT project and AL INVEST IV project, projects that are developed with the support of the European Union, among the results of AL INVEST IV are consolidated: 48 business nuclei representing 300 SMEs nationwide, which are in the process of internationalization, in turn has developed the seven consecutive versions of the National Convention of Exporters with Business Roundtables focused on SMEs, which have achieved more than 8 million dollars in business opportunities; as well as the six consecutive versions of the National Exporter Award – PremioeXpor. As Executive President, he managed to make FEDEXPOR a founding partner of the Network of Chambers of Latin America and Europe, founded with the support of the European Union and the AL INVEST IV project; as well as the Latin American Association of Service Exporters (ALES), founded in Quito in 2012, with the support of the Inter-American Development Bank IDB.
Since 2015 he has been recognized by important specialized media and by the most prestigious economic magazines in Ecuador, as one of the most influential businessmen with the greatest corporate reputation, as recognized by América Economía Ecuador, Revista Vistazo, among others.