SalmonChile chief adds voice to country's pitch for foreign money
Arturo Clément will speak about fish farming's progress at London event for investors
Chile’s salmon farming industry is to be represented for the first time at an event designed to attract European investment into the country.
Arturo Clément, president of salmon sector trade body SalmonChile, will speak at Chile Day, which actually takes place over three days – one in Paris and two in London – and is being hosted by Chile’s finance minister, Mario Marcel.
Clément will speak on the second of the two London days, September 10, at One Whitehall Place, a high-end events venue originally built as the National Liberal Club in 1884.
The event is organised by InBest Chile, a private non-profit corporation founded in 2009 that aims to promote the Chilean financial market to the international community as an investment destination. Chile Day is expected to attract around 300 people to listen to various panels of Chilean experts on political, economic, and sustainable matters, among others.
Sustainable practices
Clément and Francisco Ruiz-Tagle, chief executive of major wood products, pulp, paper, tissue, personal care and packaging products producer CMPC, will take part in a panel discussion titled “Building a better future through sustainable productive practices”. It will be moderated by Ricardo Bosshard, executive director of WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) Chile.
We want to publicise the progress that Chilean salmon farming has made over the years and how we are working to put sustainability at the centre of our activity
SalmonChile chief executive Arturo Clément
“We are very pleased to be able to be part of this meeting, which is essential to continue promoting investment in our country and to demonstrate what we are doing in the various productive sectors,” said the SalmonChile president.
“We want to publicise the progress that Chilean salmon farming has made over the years and how we are working to put sustainability at the centre of our activity, developing a product that will be essential for the food of the future.”
Along with Marcel, Chile Day will feature the participation of energy minister Diego Pardow, and the vice president of the government’s Production Development Corporation (Corfo), José Miguel Benavente, as well as representatives of well-known national Chilean companies and start-ups.
Chile produced 689,000 gutted weight tonnes of Atlantic salmon last year and is the world’s second-largest producer after Norway.
