Ms. Vanessa Toré

Vanessa Toré is a senior economic policy leader and international economic executive with over 30 years of experience in government, trade, and investment promotion. She currently serves as Director of the Foreign Economic Cooperation Division at the Ministry of Economic Development of Curaçao, where she leads Curaçao’s international economic agenda, including trade negotiations, investment facilitation, export development, and strategic partnerships.

In recent years, Vanessa has played a pivotal role in steering Curaçao’s economic diversification, overseeing the implementation and recalibration of the National Export Strategy, strengthening the export and investment ecosystem, advancing WTO accession, and positioning Curaçao as a regional hub for sustainable investment, blue economy, renewable energy, and services trade.

She works closely with international institutions, foreign governments, development partners, and the private sector, translating policy into execution. Vanessa holds an MBA and is fluent in Papiamentu, Dutch, English, and Spanish, with working knowledge of Portuguese.