With extensive experience in international trade & investment, Carolina Arriagada Peters spent eight years with London & Partners, widely recognized as one of the world’s best promotional organisations. She designed ambitious Foreign Direct Investment plans attracting high quality companies into London from Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, delivering thousands of jobs for the Capital. Her work ranged from developing value propositions for new and existing investors to managing complex pipelines from over 80 countries, and working with a wide range of stakeholders to join forces to strengthen London’s offer and raise London’s reputation.
A systemic thinker with extensive knowledge of how ecosystems and clusters function, she developed innovative services for new and existing investors and organised regular round tables with other locations to exchange best practice, facilitate peer-to-peer learning and share insights into the future of FDI.
Carolina established Cities & Collaboration in 2015 to bring her experience in international trade and investment to a wider audience. She regularly advises and trains locations on how to engage in dialogues that secure investment, maximise international outreach, and create sustainable opportunities that are aligned with the United Nations’ Social Development Goals (SDGs).