Peruvian President Ollanta Humala Makes the Case for More Business in Peru

BCIU Hosts the Peruvian Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly; Sun Edison and Pfizer Inc. Exemplify Investment Success

NEW YORK, Oct. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaking at a private dinner on September 25 hosted by the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU), Peruvian President Ottanta Humala, outlined the country's investment promotion agenda, emphasizing Peru's dramatically improving position as a thriving, stable and engaged investment climate.

"Peru is an attractive country for investment.  We are blessed with world class human capital and natural resources and have fashioned a pro-growth policy consensus which is yielding results" said President Humala, highlighting the country's social and economic foundations including a young, dynamic workforce, sustained GDP growth, and declining unemployment rates. The President also noted ambitious sectoral strategies in areas such as renewable energy, infrastructure, agriculture, finance, retail and technology.

The powerful Peruvian delegation present at the event included Finance Minister Miguel Castilla, Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, Foreign Minister Eda Rivas, and Trade and Tourism Minister Magaly Silva.  The delegation was joined at the table by executives from BCIU's membership and leaders from companies with a combined investments of billions of dollar.  BCIU's President Peter Tichansky, the evening's sponsor, commented that "the experience of working in Peru is unrecognizably better from just a few year ago.  Sound policy has played a major role but so has the Government's outreach efforts to the business community which have really engendered confidence."

His Excellency Harold Winston Forsyth, Ambassador of Peru to the United States noted the importance of maintaining a strategic economic dialogue, "The U.S. and Peruvian Governments have a close, dynamic relationship. We are trying to innovate in ways that spawn new business-to-business partnerships and create jobs."

Since its inception in 1955 as a White House initiative under President Eisenhower, the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) has been a neutral, results-oriented partner, facilitating dialogue and alliances between world businesses and political leaders. With members from more than 175 world-leading companies, BCIU provides an ongoing forum for senior business executives to interact with heads of state/government, cabinet ministers and senior government officials. BCIU is chaired by Coca-Cola International President Ahmet Bozer; its President is Peter Tichansky.  For more information, visit www.bciu.org.

SOURCE Business Council for International Understanding