Felipe Benítez and Felipe Noguera confirm they attendance as speakers
Published By: info@eapc2011.eu. 05/05/2011
This week Felipe Noguera and Felipe Benítez have confirmed their presence in the 16th EAPC Summit, joining the speakers list formed by the most renowned experts in the political communication area.
Felipe Benítez is the Account Director of Fenton’s global issues team, specializing in Latin America. He brings nine years of strategic communications experience to his work with the Government of Ecuador, the Center for Economic Justice and International Law (CEJIL) and ¡Excelencia! in Education. He attended the Copenhagen Conference on Global Climate Change with theforeign minister of Ecuador to promote the Ecuadoran government’s proposal to protect the Andean region rainforest and create eco-tourism as an alternative to drilling for oil in lands owned and occupied by indigenous people. His other clients include the Center for Justice and International Law, Amazon Watch, the Center for International and Environmental Law and the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Latin America Project and Mexico Institute.
Felipe Noguera is the President of Felipe Noguera Consultores (FNC SA), which is specialized in political consulting, technology and training in electoral campaigns and political and social communication. He has been consultant for more than 100 campaigns in various Latin American countries, and also has experience in the U.S., Europe and Africa. Furthermore, he has advised twelve state leaders in their communications strategy, and companies and business associations in several countries in the region. In the last five years, he has also advised various entities of the Argentine area. He is also the First Vice-President of the International Association of Political Consultants (IAPC), and first foreigner on winning the Pollie Awards of the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC), both in electoral campaigns (2001 ) and Business Communication (2004). In 1996 he co-founded ALACOP - Latin American Association of Political Consultants - being elected as its first president.
