International consultant and entrepreneur. Director of PAIRCA (Program for the Support of Central America’s Regional Integration), a project financed by the European Cooperation aimed at strengthening institutional capabilities and the participation of business, academic and social sectors in the Central American Integration process. He is part of the Board of Directors of BMI (Multisectorial Investment Bank) and FESA (Fundación Educando a un Salvadoreño), a not-for-profit private organization that provides academic and educational opportunities to talented kids with economic needs. He is founder and President of Asoscia, a firm dedicated to provide consultancy services and the development of real estate projects. He was Viceminister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador between 1999 and 2003. In 2001 he led the works for launching the Puebla Panama Plan, as Presidential Commissioner in charge of the Mesoamerican Initiative for the Integration of Telecommunications Services. He has also been part of the Board of Directors of PROESA (National Commission for Investment Promotion) and CORSATUR (Salvadorean Tourism Corporation). Previously he was Advisor to the Mexican petroleum company PEMEX, for the negotiation of the Energy Chapter of NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement). He has a Master’s degree in Economics for Development (M.Sc.) from the University of Oxford, U.K., which he obtained after graduating in Economics from ITAM (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México). He is married to Maricarmen Rico, Mexican, and is father of 4.