Executive manager/latin america& caribbean

ERASMO ALONSO SANCHEZ RUIZ

*th Avenue *-**, Zona 10, Las Margaritas, Guatemala City

Place and date of birth: San José Costa Rica, April 8th 1969.

Age: 40 YRS Status:Married

Telephone :(502-******** ● Mobile Phone: (502-******** Home Phone: (502-********

Nationalities: CostaRica,Guatemala E- mail: *******@*******.***

EDUCATION

Texas A&M UNIVERSITY – College Station, Texas – United States 1991

Agricultural Economics (BSC).

Commodities trading course in Coffee and Cocoa Exchange.-New York. 1992

HARVARD UNIVERSITY -Cambridge Ma.-UNITED STATES. 2007

Executive Education John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Leadership -Managing Economic and Political Changes (strategy& adaptive leadership).

CAPITALES ACTIVOS. –Guatemala. 2008

“Maestria en inversions Bursatiles” (capital investment course).

INTER-AMERICAN DEFENSE COLLEGE 2009

-Negotiation and conflict resolution.

CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS ESTRATEGICOS NACIONALES (ESTNA)-Guatemala 2009

Estrategic Studies Diplomate.

LANGUAGES

English (spoken and written) Fluent 90%

Portuguese (intermediate/understood) 40%

Spanish (native).

MAIN OBJECTIVE: To apply and further develop my operative, strategic and leadership skills in an executive management position in a multinational or multilateral company.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Center for National Economic Research (CIEN) / Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

Project Director

-Diagnostic Analysis of Guatemala´s Agricultural Sector. Oct 2008-Jul 2009

Head economic researcher in charge of assembling and coordinating team of top level researchers .Designing and overseeing research strategies, meeting set deadlines accordingly to The Inter-American Bank´s (IDB) expectations and normative.

Analyzing gathered data for interpretation and identification of possible future regional economic trends. Advising proper public policy designed to stimulate sector´s economic growth through removal of current growth restrictions of country´s agricultural sector.

Head researcher in charge of presenting research results to economic, financial and academic forums as required by the CIEN/ IDB.

MINISTERIO DE AGRICULTURA, GANADERÍA Y ALIMENTACIÓN – Guatemala, 2004– 2008

Deputy Minister -Affairs of Petén

Administration and supervision of international loans and projects

Sub-secretary in charge of a)the Sustainable Development Program of Petén (PDS-BID) resulting in execution performance above 90% , this program was brought from an unacceptable grade by the I.A.D.B to an acceptable category in less than two years , concluding all goals previously set by the bank. b) World Bank´s project for the National Land Measurement and Information Registry (RIC) (conceiving stage)both by an amount in operative budget superior to US$ 80M.

Deputy Minister in charge of Probopeten a program in charge of local forests in the southern region of Peten , under this program we administered a donation for providing forest fire control equipment along with F.A.O. as counterpart.

Development and implementation of policies and projects

Diversification and reactivation of national agricultural production.

Modernization of meat industry.

Biofuels- ethanol (sugar cane) and biodiesel(palm oil).

Negotiation and coordination of inter-institutional teams

Coordinate national inter-institutional relations with international cooperation and research institutions as an example is the administration of funds provided by the U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service for capacity building .

Conduction of multinational negotiations

Commercial and technical negotiations with Belize, USA and Mexico. Resulting in declaration of Peten as a Med-fly free area and admissibility for fresh papaya into the U.S. Market

Participation on boards of directors in different institutions

Guatemala’s Monetary Fund (central bank), Land Conflict Fund, Land Measurement and information registry, Economic Cabinet, Presidential Cabinet, Cattle Council of Petén , National Commission of Protected Areas, National Coffee Association (ANACAFE).

Accountable for all budgetary planning , resource allocation and supervision of upper and middle management teams related to the vice ministry. Responsible for the implementation, management, and evaluation of all operational activities

MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS:

Completed and declared Peten a Free Med Fly area for fruit production and export (only in the country).

Established first papaya export sanitary protocol of admissibility with the United States

Planning and Construction of first sanitary slaughterhouse under international standards and regulations in Peten.

Construction of first Livestock Genetic Center.

Established country´s first Land Measurement Registry. (project of us$30M).

Recognitions for work performance and contribution to national agriculture by: Centro Universitario del Norte Universidad De San Carlos (University of San Carlos), Camara del Agro (National Chamber of Agriculture), Gremial de Ganaderos de Guatemala (Cattlemen Assoc), Rainforest Alliance Guatemala.

Agrotica, S. A. – Guatemala, C. A. 1991–2004

AGRIBUSINESS-Farm to export operation of tropical commodities:

Green and roasted coffee, cardamom, tropical fruits, cattle, hogs, rubber, teakwood,

General Manager / Director/shareholder.

Strategic Planning

Development and implementation of strategic plans related to expansion, agricultural commodities diversification and vertical integration of productive activities (particularly coffee), resulting in increased annual rate of whole company value, superior to 30%.

Credit financial administration

Development, evaluation and negotiation of financial terms and commitments of investments in accordance to established goals by the strategic plan. Full responsibility in achieving P&L goals and elaborating financial coordinated statements related to the operation.

Investment project development & executing

Risk management of investments, through diversification and an increase of efficiency through vertical integration.

Analysis and acquisitions of real estate investments

Increase return by means of development of real estate strategies in set with company’s production policies, resulting in a new income for the company through acquisitions and commercialization of agricultural operations.

Development and coordination of middle management teams and operative level working teams

Supervision of Exports

Industrial transformation of agricultural commodities (coffee-dry and wet mill) (agro-industry) and coordination of transport for export markets to the United states and Europe increasing product value by 20% .

Commercialization, transportation and storage of commodities

Implementation of risk reduction strategies, sale of produced commodities in international commodities markets (coffee contract c), as well as analysis and projections of market behavior .

MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS:

Increase production output in 8 years by 200%.

Established coffee& cardamom processing and export facility.

Implementation of production diversification strategies of export products.

Established marketing and distribution channels for commodities in the US and Europe for US$2.0 in the first year.

Established a commodities production operation oriented towards capital gains by applying real estate finance strategies.

Increased company´s assets by 300%.

OTHER ACTIVITIES:

Helicopter and Fixed wing Aircraft Pilot.

RECENT RELATED AFFILIATIONS AND SYMPOSIUMS:

President of Coffee Producers and Exporters Assoc. in Guatemala (PROCAFE) 2009

Member Participant and lecturer for the discussion table on Agriculture Sector and Policy for Central America and Dominican Republic at the IV conference for Latin American And Caribbean Association of Environmental and Resource Economist (ALEAR). 2009

WORK REFERENCES:

CIEN- Mario Cuevas- Presidente y director.

Tel y Fax: (502-****-**** y 65, (502-****-**** y 46

Bernardo López- Ex Ministro de Agricultura

Cel. ( 502-********.

Carlos Zúñiga-Presidente Cámara de Agro.

Cel. (502-********.

PERSONAL REFERENCES:

Available upon request.

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