Three representatives of the Tenfield company will make up the delegation that will accompany the Executive Branch on the trip to China that begins this Friday. Osvaldo Gimenezmanagement consultant, Carlos Moyanoexecutive, and Axel Casalan executive of the company and son of Francisco Paco Casal, will be the representatives of the company, according to sources familiar with the integration of the delegation and confirmed to The Observer from the company. Giménez worked for more than four years in China.
The inclusion of the representatives of the company that until 2025 had all the television rights for Uruguayan football was at the last minute, according to what was learned The Observer. Representatives of Tenfield did not appear in the initial lists of people who would accompany President Yamandú Orsi. However, In the last list distributed among members of the delegation, which was in the last hours, they were there.
Those who were there from the beginning are the president of the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF), Ignacio Alonso, and the member of the AUF Executive Committee, Eduardo Ache. One of the objectives of the Association’s representatives is to find partners to finance the remodeling of the Centenario stadium with the opening match of the 2030 World Cup in mind.
The inclusion of Tenfield in the delegation occurs in the midst of the closing of negotiations for the television rights of Uruguayan football. Although all the lots in the tender have already been awarded, some contracts still need to be signed and Tenfield and the AUF are in full negotiations.
Tenfield won four of the eight lots that were bid and the Association sent only two contracts to the company to sign. Those linked to audiovisual production, a batch that was assigned later due to an error by the AUF, have not yet been sent.
Large delegation
The president Yamandú Orsi will lead a large delegation with more than 100 confirmed (between representatives of the government and the business sector) who will travel to China and which will have as the highlight of the agenda a meeting of the president with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
The visit will aim to deepen the political, commercial and economic link between both countries, as well as promote Uruguay’s exportable offer, attract investment and cooperation in strategic areas.
The meeting between presidents will be on Tuesday, February 3, the date on which 38 years of bilateral relations are celebrated. Orsi will be welcomed with military honors at the Great Hall of the People for a bilateral summit with President Xi Jinping. Cooperation agreements will be signed there and an official banquet will be held. The political agenda also includes meetings with the Prime Minister and the President of the National People’s Congress.
The official delegation is accompanied by a delegation of more than 60 businessmen, coordinated in part by Uruguay XXI. While the agenda in Beijing has a more protocol and framework agreements, the stage in Shanghai (starting on Thursday the 5th) will be purely commercial, including visits to the port of Shanghai (the busiest in the world) and investment promotion seminars with the participation of the Chinese Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT).
