Yesterday, the HUGE Business & Investment Council’s Executive Director, Greg Huger, participated in a virtual session titled “International Commerce Institutions.” The session was organized by Georgetown University in partnership with USAID and the Chamber of Exporters of El Salvador (COEXPORT). Along with Greg, panelists included Anne McKinney, Vice President for the Americas of the US Chamber of Commerce, and Marco Antonio Ramirez Valdez, Vice President of Business Development of the Greater Miami Chamber. The panel was part of the Georgetown International Trade Leadership program, which aims to empower female entrepreneurs from Central America. The discussion focused on the most pressing business issues in the Americas and effective strategies for international trade, especially the relationship between nearshoring and trade.
The HUGE Business and Investment Council is a non-profit organization based in Washington DC, consisting of private sector leaders from Honduras, the USA, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Their goal is to achieve significant job creation through regional infrastructure and nearshoring investments, and more specifically to facilitate $10 billion in investment, which will lead to 500,000 new direct jobs and 1.5 million indirect jobs in the four countries over five years. Since January 2021, they have already mobilized $4.56 billion in investments to create over 128,000 jobs.
In his speech, Greg shared the accomplishments and ongoing projects of HUGE with the group of entrepreneurs. He mentioned that Founder banks Ficohsa of Honduras, Banco Industrial of Guatemala, and Banco Cuscatlán of El Salvador are actively collaborating to establish an impactful initiative that will provide support to women who have limited or no access to traditional financial systems, empowering them to finance their SMEs.
HUGE is thrilled to join forces with the Georgetown network of LATAM female business leaders, COEXPORT, the US Chamber, and the Miami Chamber of Commerce to facilitate the prosperity of female entrepreneurs.
