Full Name
Isabel Noboa
Job Title
Executive President
Current Employer
Consorcio Nobis S.A.S
Speaker Bio
Isabel Noboa de Loor
Isabel Noboa de Loor is an accomplished Ecuadorian entrepreneur who has made a significant impact in the business world. She successfully transformed Consorcio Nobis into one of the most crucial holdings not just in Ecuador, but South America as a whole. Her holding includes several industries like agro-industrial, real estate, agro-export, commercial, mining, port, and tourism businesses that generate development and welfare for the country.
Apart from her business achievements, Isabel is synonymous with social commitment. She has founded and presided over prominent institutions like Fundación para la Adopción de Nuestros Niños, Fundación Luis Noboa Naranjo, Fundación Semillas de Amor, and the Fundación Nobis. These institutions promote new projects in favor of the social welfare, benefitting more than 900,000 low-income people throughout Ecuador. In 2019, she spearheaded the "United for Education" initiative, which collaborates with entrepreneurs, the national government, academia, and civil society to give equal opportunities to Ecuadorians by providing them access to skills, competencies, and values to face the challenges of the current and future world.
Isabel Noboa is a celebrated entrepreneur who has received numerous awards and accolades from renowned institutions both nationally and internationally. She was honored with the prestigious "Dra, Matilde Hidalgo de Procel" award by the National Assembly of Ecuador in 2012 and 2019. In 2013, she received the title of Ibero-American Personality of the Year from the Organization of Ibero-American Journalists (OPI) and was recognized as an Integral CEAL Entrepreneur by the Latin American Business Council (CEAL).
Isabel's outstanding contributions to business have earned her the title of the most respected businesswoman in Ecuador, as recognized by surveys conducted by Pricewaterhouse Coopers AC and the Monitor Empresarial de Reputación Corporativa (MERCO). She has also held distinguished positions, including serving as President of INCAE, Ecuador chapter, from 1999 to 2005, being a member of the Ecuadorian Corporation of Total Quality, and serving as President of the National Competitiveness Council in 2002.
Not only has Isabel made significant contributions nationally, but she has also been recognized internationally for her exceptional entrepreneurial skills. In 2018, she received the Gentleman Awards Ecuador for her business achievements and social work. Additionally, she was recognized as "Iconic Business Women of the Decade 2017" by ALL LADIES LEAGUE and the Women Economic Forum in Nueva Delhi, India. Furthermore, her contribution to business thinking was honored, and she was named a Leading Global CEO by the Bloomberg New Economy Forum.
Most recently, Isabel received the "José María Roca Medal" from the Latin American Industrial Association (AILA) in Costa Rica in 2019, recognizing her as the Best Industrialist in Latin America.
Isabel Noboa