During a recent roadshow across Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), InvestChile representatives held more than 30 meetings with sovereign wealth funds, public authorities, and leading companies. The delegation was led by Karla Flores, Director of InvestChile; Salvatore Di Giovanni, Head of Investment Promotion; and Francisco Picón, Investment Commissioner in Saudi Arabia.
The mission aimed to reinforce Chile’s institutional presence in the Gulf region and to present investment opportunities in sectors such as energy, infrastructure, green hydrogen, mining, agribusiness, and the digital economy.
In Riyadh, the team met with organizations including Nesma & Partners, Bahri Marine, SALIC – Saudi Agriculture and Livestock Company, ACWA Power, the Saudi Investment Promotion Authority, Public Investment Fund (PIF), Maaden, Alfanar Projects, Federation of Saudi Chambers, Aramco, Savvy Games Group and SABIC – Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Company. The delegation also visited The Home of Innovation. These engagements were supported by Ambassador Guillermo Bittelman Adriasola.
The next stop was Doha in Qatar. There they held discussions with the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Qatar and Hasaad Foods. The focus was on deepening collaboration on strategic investments—particularly in food—and highlighting InvestChile’s role as an institutional facilitator for partnerships in the region.
In Abu Dhabi and Dubai—the final stops—the Chilean delegation met with major institutions such as ADQ; Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA); Dubai Holding; Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD); Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), where they were received by CEO Badr Al-Olama; United Arab Emirates Ministry of Investment under Undersecretary H.E. Mohammad Alhawi; and Dubai Chambers. Strategic company visits included AD Ports Group at Khalifa Port and G42—a regional leader in artificial intelligence technologies. Ambassador Patricio Díaz Broughton and ProChile’s Commercial Attaché Sharif Chacoff accompanied these meetings.
InvestChile emphasized Chile’s role as a competitive entry point for Gulf investments into Latin America during all sessions. They also highlighted the recent enactment of the Chile-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) as well as opportunities within Chile’s infrastructure concessions portfolio.
“At all meetings,” said an InvestChile representative during the roadshow activities across all three countries:
“InvestChile highlighted: Chile’s position as a competitive gateway for Gulf investment in Latin America.
The enactment of the Chile-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).
The sturdiness of the infrastructure concessions portfolio, as well as opportunities in mining,
energy,
green hydrogen,
technology,
food
and digital economy.”
As part of its ongoing strategy to facilitate multi-country project support throughout the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), InvestChile operates a regional office based in Riyadh which helps maintain relationships with both public sector partners and private companies across several countries.
