Come and join a wide variety of leaders in our community as part of this networking event:

NETWORKING DINNER: Thursday October 27^th, 2016, 7 PM

Restaurant Mission (upper floor) – 1606 20th Street, NW, Washington, DC (just by Dupont Circle)

Admittance is $35 per person, includes buffet dinner. Drinks not included. Space limited, advanced registration is required:

REGISTER

Recommended attire: Business or Business Casual.

Special Guest: Doug Lemonds, Executive Vice President, MDL Partners

“If You are NOT Networking, You are NOT Working: Networking and Business Development”

Yes, everybody in business knows about the importance of networking but just a few people excel at doing it effectively following a strategic approach. You will learn techniques that you can apply both to develop a business and to advance in your career.

Learn from an expert in the subject just before having an opportunity to practice in a networking session with a variety of leaders from the public and private sectors having an interest in Spain and the US.

AGENDA:

6:30pm – 7:00pm: Registration, Casual Networking

7:00pm – 7:50 pm: Special Guest Presentation + Q&A

7:50pm – 9:00 pm: Casual Networking

9:00pm: Adjourn

DOUG LEMMONDS (bio)

Doug Lemmonds, Executive Vice President of MDL Partners, is responsible for the Mid-Atlantic and Southern Operations for the company. Doug is a native Virginian who now lives in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC.

Doug’s career spans over 30 years and he has held Executive and C Level positions in several multi-national organizations both in the United States and in Europe. Doug has led multi-cultural and geographically dispersed teams of up to several hundred professionals. His experience includes leading sales, marketing, key account management, risk management and operational groups, all at the executive level.

Doug has worked for Sun Trust Bank (Executive Vice President), the Deutsche Bank Group (Managing Director of Deutsche Bank AG and President of Deutsche Bank Trust Company), Bank of America and Swedish based management consultancy Mercuri Urval (Vice President and the International Business Manager). In addition, as a consultant he has worked numerous clients across a diversity of industries and sizes including companies such as Credit Suisse, Broadridge Financial, Charles Schwab Volvo North America, Marriott International Lodging, the European Space Agency and BT North America.

Doug specializes in both implementing change management and the building of successful businesses — both as an executive and as a consultant. He understands the global nature of today’s business environment and has hands-on experience in working with global companies, both large and small.

Doug passionately believes that the success of a company is attributable to the quality and dedication of its people. He is highly experienced in enabling people to recognize and utilize their business potential to further their career aspirations.

Doug has his undergraduate degree from Virginia Tech and his graduate degree from the Thunderbird School of Global Management.

 

 

February 4th, 2016 from 6 pm to 8:30 pm

Georgetown University – Business School – Rafik Hariri Building – Room 440 (4th floor)

37th and O St., N.W., Washington, DC 20007

ROUND TABLE: moderated by PABLO GATO, CEO at GATO Communications.

• MANUEL SÁNCHEZ, Managing Director at BlackRock – Washington D.C. Metro Area Renewables & Environment.
• Professor CHARLES SKUBA – Professor of the Practice at Georgetown University Washington D.C. Metro Area International Trade and Development.
• JOSE MONTERO – CEO | International Business | P&L Management | M&A | Revenue Growth Strategies | Global Market Development | Branding

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY AND THE ORGANIZATION USEC (US SPAIN EXECUTIVES COMMUNITY) DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF THE SPANISH COMPANIES IN THE US MARKET.

The event, a joint initiative between Georgetown University and the business organization USSEC, was held at the prestigious McDonough School of Business, located at the university capital campus in Washington, DC.

“Spanish business schools are among the best in the world and their graduates can compete internationally at the highest level”, said Charles Skuba, professor of International Business and Marketing at the Georgetown Business School.

Manuel Sánchez (currently managing director of the largest investment Company in the world, Black Rock) and José Montero (President of the business consulting company The Montero Group) completed the roster of panelists. Pablo Gato (journalist and President of Gato Communications, a communications consulting company) moderated the panel.

The event was attended by around forty professionals, both from Spain and the US. The focus of the discussion was the future of Spanish companies in the United States.

The US is a market of growing interest for Spanish corporations to the point that Spain has become of the largest foreign investors in this country. The US is the largest economy in the world, with a GDP of seventeen trillion dollars.

“Spain is ahead of even the US in specific sectors of the economy, such has infrastructures, financial services, energy of fashion. Spain is a world leader in these sectors and therefore its companies compete with a lot of success in the US market”, stated José Montero, who advises international companies how do to business in the US.

The corporate Spanish investment in the US is growing. However, it still only represents 4% of the total business volume of corporate Spain. 70% is focused in the European Union market.

“This is a natural evolution. Because of cultural proximity and language, the Spanish companies that wanted to do international operations expanded first to Latin America. After that, the investments went to the European Union market since Spain is a member. Now it is time for the next step, which is to penetrate the US market. This market brings great opportunities for long term investments”, said Manuel Sánchez.

All the panelists agreed that Spain must continue its efforts to boost its promotion as a country and thus assist the Spanish companies to compete internationally.

“Organizations such as USEC are valuable and USEC has to keep developing relationships and contacts to add value to the project” said professor Skuba.

Gonzalo García, President of USEC, encouraged Spanish executives and entrepreneurs to join the organization so the Spanish community is better represented.

Sorry, this event will be held in Spanish. More information in the Spanish version of our archive.