General Administrator, PROPANAMA, Panama
A lawyer by trade, Ambassador Carmen Gisela Vergara has more than 25 years of experience in business development, exports, trade negotiations, competitiveness and facilitation of international trade. Currently she is the General Administrator of PROPANAMA, Panama’s National Export and Investment Promotion Authority. Ambassador Vergara has previously served in roles such as Secretary General of the Central American Economic Integration System (SIECA), Panama’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade, Director for Panama at the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), Manager of Panama’s Technological Business Accelerator, and has represented Panama as Alternate Delegate to the OAS.