Roque Sevilla

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Roque Sevilla

| image = File:Comisión de Biodiversidad recibe a Roque Sevilla (4480215156).jpg

| caption = Roque Sevilla in 2010

| title = Metropolitan Mayor of Quito
Member of the National Congress of Ecuador

| party = Christian Democratic Union

| birth_name = Roque Simón Sevilla Larrea

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|7|16}}

| birth_place = Quito, Ecuador

| residence = Quito, Ecuador

| alma_mater = Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador,
Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government

| occupation = Environmentalist, hotel owner and manager

| profession = Economist, businessman, politician

| known_for = Environmentalism, entrepreneurship, politics

| website = [https://roquesevilla.com/ Roque Sevilla]

}}

Roque Simón Sevilla Larrea (born July 16, 1947, in Quito, Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian economist, businessman, environmentalist, and politician. He was the Metropolitan Mayor of Quito between 1998 and 2000. He is President of the "Grupo Futuro" that brings together various companies including tourism, insurance, and the environment.

Biography

He studied at the Colegio Cardenal Spellman and then at the Colegio Alemán.

He studied economics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, graduating as an economist in 1984.

He earned a Master's degree of Public Administration from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

In 1976, he founded the "Fundación Natura".{{Cite web | url= http://hoy.tawsa.com/noticias-ecuador/un-ecologista-quiere-ser-concejal-3654.html | title= Un ecologista quiere ser concejal | website= Hoy| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170329163842/http://hoy.tawsa.com/noticias-ecuador/un-ecologista-quiere-ser-concejal-3654.html |date=1992-05-01|archivedate=2017-03-29|accessdate=2023-03-15|language=es}}

In 1991, he was appointed Director of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in the United States.{{Cite web|title=Roque Sevilla CEO Metropolitan Touring|url=https://www.ekosnegocios.com/negocios/verArticuloContenido.aspx?idArt=332|date=2012-02-29|accessdate=2023-03-15|language=es}}

In 1997, he was appointed to the Board of the World Wide Fund for Nature International (WWF-I).

He was a councilor for the Metropolitan District of Quito in 1992.

He was a member of the National Congress of Ecuador in 1998, and Metropolitan Mayor of Quito between 1998 and 2000.{{Cite web|title=Roque Sevilla: 'En Quito hay la sensación de que no tenemos un liderazgo'|url=http://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/politica/roque-sevilla-quito-hay-sensacion.html|website=Diario El Comercio|publisher=Grupo El Comercio|date=2012-05-13|accessdate=2023-03-15|language=es}}

In 2012, he built and inaugurated the luxury eco hotel "Mashpi Lodge" deep inside the Chocó forest, a cloud forest in the Andes, 100 km northwest of Quito.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mashpilodge.com/es/blog/la-historia-de-mashpi-lodge/|title=La historia de Mashpi Lodge|website=Mashpilodge.com|accessdate=2023-03-15|language=es}}