CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Lee Harrison, Contributing Editor, International Living, Cuenca, Ecuador. Mr. Harrison enjoyed a 30-year career in the U.S. electric power industry, working with Bechtel Power Corporation and Exelon Generation (one of the nation’s largest power generators), where he served as a director. Taking advantage of an early retirement offering, he retired in 2001 at age 49, sold off most of his worldly possessions, and moved to Cuenca, Ecuador. Formerly International Living’s Ecuador editor, his is now IL’s Contributing Editor for Latin America. He is a frequent contributor to Hoy, a Spanish-language newspaper based in Quito.
Kjetil Haugan is owner and founder of Simon Bolivar Language Schools in Quito and Cuenca. He left his native Norway in 1994 after managing the Winter Olympic Village at Lillehammer, and moved to Ecuador. In addition to his work with the language schools, which are rated among the best in Ecuador, he owns and operates Columbus Travel Agency with his Ecuadorian wife, Jessica.
Turalu Brady Murdock, Counsel, First American Title Insurance Company. Ms. Murdock works in the Caribbean/Latin America Division of First American, based in South Florida, which provides residential, commercial, and homebuilder title services throughout Latin America. She'll discuss how, and why, you should guarantee your investment overseas and outline the steps you should take to do it. Getting title insurance on your property, particularly in young real estate markets where title disputes are often common, is a prudent way to ensure your investment.
Thomas Fischer is the manager of international client relations for Jyske Bank Private Banking in Copenhagen, Denmark. He has worked in the banking business for more then 30 years, 10 of them in Germany where he earned his MBA degree. He travels 90 to 100 days a year to seminars around the world, promoting Jyske Bank’s products and services. When he is in the office, he supervisors the account managers and works with the trading room in order to develop new and profitable products for clients.
David Morrill, International Living’s Ecuador editor, is a California native who grew up in Florida. He has been a newspaper columnist and book reviewer, editor of two newspapers and three magazines and owner of an advertising agency. He is currently a partner in export and real estate businesses in Ecuador. He first visited Ecuador in 1995, accompanying his father on a bird-watching tour and returned in 2004 to purchase a home. David lives in Cuenca with his wife, journalist and author Creston Nelson, his 15-year-old daughter Helen, two Boston Terriers, and one toy Chihuahua.
Grace Velastegui has helped dozens of North Americans and Europeans obtain Ecuadorian residency visas and is one of the most knowledgeable attorneys in the country on immigration issues. She and her law partner husband, Nelson Idrovo, have also handled hundreds of real estate closings for foreign clients in the Cuenca and Loja areas. She is certified by First American Title Insurance Company to write title insurance policies.
Andres Cordova is a general practice Quito attorney concentrating in corporate and business law. He has lived and studied in Lima, Montevideo and New York. He obtained his doctorate degree from the Pontificious Catholic University in Quito. In recent years, he has launched real estate projects on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos. His first project, Santa Cruz Gardens has sold out and he started a second project, Santa Fe – Galapagos.
Creston Nelson is a journalist who owned a publishing company that specialized in insurance and health care issues. She is the author of books on care giving, workers compensation and corporate management. She has participated in Methodist church mission trips to Cuba and Guatemala and recently served as a translator on a medical mission near Otavalo, working with a team of doctors from Alabama serving the local indigenous population. She lives in Cuenca.
Experts and realtors from various regions of Ecuador, including Quito, Cuenca, the coast and Vilcabamba, discussing the areas and the local real estate market.
Local Expatriates will explain their decision to move to Ecuador and talk about their lives here. They will share their experiences, both good and bad, and give an honest appraisal of what you face if you’re considering full or part-time residency in Ecuador.
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