Dear Members, Partners and Friends,

LATCAM cordially invites you to take part in our

47th Annual General Meeting followed by
an aperitif and subsequent luncheon
on May 23, 2024.

at one of Zurich’s traditional landmarks located on the river bank:

Zunfthaus zur Zimmerleuten
Limmatquai 40
8001 Zurich

R.S.V.P. Deadline is May 17, 2023 (noon).
Upon invitation only. Registration with integrated payment system.

Our Program:

The Welcome Desk opens at 9.30.
The AGM starts at 10.15.

Voting members are kindly requested to arrive ahead of time to get registered and receive their voting slip. The AGM will start on time. We cannot guarantee that you will be able to vote in case of late arrival.

A networking aperitif is served at 11.00.
The seated luncheon begins at 12.00 and ends at 14.15.

We are honored and delighted that
State Secretary Helene Budliger Artieda, Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO, kindly agreed to hold this year’s keynote address during the aperitif at 11.30.

State Secretary Helene Budliger Artieda has been director of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) since 1 August 2022. Prior to that, she was Switzerland’s ambassador in Bangkok, Thailand, with additional accreditations to Cambodia and Laos. Until 2019, she held the same position in Pretoria, South Africa, with cross-accreditations to Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mauritius and Namibia. From 2008 to 2015, Helene Budliger Artieda was head of the Directorate for Resources at the FDFA. In this capacity, she was advisor to the Head of Department on resource matters and a member of the FDFA Management Board. In 2000 she graduated from the Universidad Externado de Colombia in Bogotá (Colombia) with a Master of Business Administration (MBA). After graduating from commercial school in Zurich with a Federal VET Diploma in Commerce, she completed internal training at the FDFA as a consular officer. Helene Budliger Artieda is married.

The AGM ist jointly supported by Switzerland Global Enterprise
and the LATCAM patrons.