RSS
Mr. West is Managing Director, Maritime Services, at Global Insight, Inc. specializing in trade and transportation and matters of economic development. He focuses on business development in Latin America and also works extensively with ports and railways in the region. His consulting experience spans 25 years. Mr. West has performed feasibility studies for new port facilities, developed financial models, and recommended financing options for various, large infrastructure development projects including ports and railways.
His consulting experience in Central America is extensive, including a market analysis for a trans-Nicaragua rail landbridge between Corinto and Monkey Point. He also has worked with the ACP in Panama forecasting transits, analyzing market potential, and estimating the effects of toll increases. He has worked in Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Peru, Chile, and Brazil.
As an expert in international trade and economics, he speaks frequently on economic and trade developments and their effects on future trade volumes between nations. Mr. West’s experience includes work on freight transportation assignments across all modes (land, ocean, rail, and air), as well as transit feasibility studies.
Mr. West is a graduate of Harvard College (mathematics and music); he holds an MS in mathematics from Michigan University and an MBA in international business from Columbia University.
