Business as usual

Like life, business is a mix of things that you enjoy doing and others that you must do. Sometimes things go as planned, or even better, and others fail despite your efforts. These last weeks has been a mix of all the above. I was sick - with fever - from 8 until the 12 and got back to work only on 14 January. It started with a head of section’s meeting where we talked about President Bachellet`s change of cabinet. I have been answering commercial enquiries from British companies interested in this market from very different sectors such as GPS, cables, equipment for fumigation, biotechnology, aquaculture, and PR for local British companies. I had a very interesting meeting advising a British company interested in participating in a tender in the energy sector and I participated in a meeting with the Ambassador and Diageo´s representative to talk about their presence in the market.

Last week we  had some positive news from companies that I have been working with or assisting. One company won an important tender and a British consultancy firm has been asked to participate in the advisory committee for the Ministry of Transport. However, on the other hand, another company that we have been supporting decided to withdraw their participation in Chilean PPP projects. So, as I mentioned,  this is just how things are. Hopefully at work you could end up enjoying doing things that at the beginning you thought were things that you just have to do.

Posted at 12:05 21 January 2008 by Maria Pia Gazzella  |