Gian Marco is President of CASCO Safety Group (Central America Safety Company), Central America’s leading distributor of industrial safety, public safety and rescue equipment. He is President of Café Las Flores, Nicaragua’s leading integrated specialty coffee brand from plantation to retail, a Rainforest Alliance Certified product. Café Las Flores is part of Agora Partnership’s Accelerator Program. He directs other companies in the eco-tourism, handicraft export, and real estate industries. Gian Marco serves on the board of Inversiones Vedemil, a regional holding company specialized in agroindustry, real estate and premium spirits.

He promotes responsible business practices as a board member of uniRSE, Nicaragua’s CSR catalyst. Additionally he serves on the board of directors of Fundacion Cocibolca and Paso Pacifico, two of Nicaragua’s leading biodiversity and environmental actors. Gian Marco is a CALI (Central American Leadership Initiative) Fellow from the Aspen Institute and part of the Aspen Global Leadership Initiative. He was recently named to BMW Foundation’s first class of Latin American Young Leaders Forum.

He graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1997. Since then, he has graduated from Entrepreneur’s Organization’s EO/MIT Entrepreneurial Masters Program, and multiple INCAE executive programs.
He currently resides in Managua with his wife Marcela and three children.