Álvaro Nadal, former minister and former executive director of the African Development Bank, will participate next Friday, November 6 in a new session of the Global South Forum, dedicated to the internationalization of the Canarian economy. The meeting will take place at 10:00 AM at the Hotel Salinas in Costa Teguise and will address the challenges and opportunities presented by the international economic scenario for the Canary Islands.
The session will focus on the external projection of the Canarian economy, the role of tourism as an economic engine and its potential to promote diversification and the opening of new business opportunities in international markets.
Nadal's career at the head of the Ministry of Energy, Tourism and Digital Agenda, as well as his responsibilities in the Economic Office of the President of the Government of Spain and at the African Development Bank, allow him to offer a strategic perspective on international economic relations and the challenges faced by companies in a changing global context.
The session is part of the activity of the Global South Forum, an initiative promoted from Lanzarote to promote analysis and dialogue on contemporary economic, political and geostrategic challenges, with special attention to relations between Europe, Africa and Latin America.
Capacity will be limited and admission is free, upon registration through the forum's official website: foroglobalsur.com.
Álvaro Nadal, top-level economist
Álvaro Nadal is an economist and former minister of Energy, Tourism and Digital Agenda of the Government of Spain, a position he held between 2016 and 2018. Until September 1, 2026, he was executive director at the African Development Bank. Previously, he served as head of the Economic and Commercial Office of Spain in the United Kingdom.
Between 2011 and 2016, he was Secretary of State and Director of the Economic Office of the President of the Government of Spain. He was also Secretary of Economy and Employment of the People's Party between 2004 and 2018 and a member of the Congress of Deputies from 2008 to 2019.
His career in public administration includes responsibilities such as Deputy Director General for the Evaluation of Community Funds in the Ministry of Economy and Finance in 2004, head of the Economic and Commercial Office of Spain in Israel between 2001 and 2003, and international advisor to the Vice President of the Government between 1999 and 2000.
Nadal is a State Commercial and Economic Technician and holds a degree in Law and Economic Sciences from the ICADE University of Madrid. He completed his training with a stay as a visiting doctoral student in Economics at Harvard University between 1997 and 1998.
The event is sponsored by the Centers of Art, Culture and Tourism; Suntelco; Cicar and has the collaboration of the Chamber of Commerce of Lanzarote and La Graciosa, and is co-organized by Lanzarotemedia.
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