Grupo Unicomer is the premier and largest consumer durables retailer and consumer finance company in Central America and the Caribbean, with 16,000 employees operating in 24 countries including Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, USA, Guyana, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, the Dutch Caribbean, etc. Established in the year 2000 to acquire the Central America operations of a Dutch multinational, the Group has managed to grow over 1,300% through organic territorial and product/formula expansions, as well as through acquisitions. I created the HQ Finance department from scratch in 2001, now comprising 30 FTE's, plus 50 in Shared Services. Adopted IFRS in 2001. Built teams that very successfully implemented Oracle Financials ERP and Hyperion, by redesigning all Finance and Corporate Control business processes. Obtained international credit ratings from Standard & Poors and Fitch. Raised over $650mln in funding for acquisitions from regional banks and also headed up all activities for a very successful 144A bond issue of $350mln that has won Latin Finance Magazine's Best Corporate Debt Capital Markets Strategy Award for the Central America/Caribbean region for 2017. Early adopters of MS Office 365 cloud collaboration. Unicomer was added in March 2018 to the Boston Consulting Group´s list of the Top 100 Multilatina companies, and is one of only three such companies in all of Central America. http://www.unicomer.com/

Diplomatic and Consular affairs, as well as economic development, including trade and investments, as well as representation of the Dutch government's social development programs, focused mainly on strengthening of human rights and judicial systems.

Founded the Bilateral Chamber of Commerce between The Netherlands (+ Dutch Caribbean) and El Salvador (extending to Central America), in 2017, with the objective to promote international trade and investments. In September 2018, NethCham held its first Asamblea General of members (40+ and counting) and elected its Board of Directors for the next two years. www.nethcham.org/

Grupo SigmaQ is one of the largest multinational companies in the Central America and Caribbean region in the field of packaging material design, manufacturing and sales; with 4,500 employees, twelve high-tech factories in the region and design and sales offices in the USA and Mexico as well.http://www.sigmaq.com/

ASGE is active in Entertainment, Sports, and Motion Picture Financing and Brokerage. Its affiliate Star Partners has a long track record of financing successful motion pictures, including many in exclusive partnerships with Warner Brothers and MGM studios. Its movies have been nominated for a total of 64 Academy Awards and include Rain Man, A Fish Called Wanda, The Color Purple, The Killing Fields, The Right Stuff, Thelma and Louise, Rocky, Oh God You Devil, Sudden Impact, and several Superman and James Bond franchise movies.http://www.asgentertainment.com/advisory-board-consultants/

Ceteco was a Dutch multinational quoted on the Amsterdam stock exchange, specialized in Retailing and Manufacturing of Consumer Durable products as well as Consumer Finance businesses. Responsible for Finance, Legal, Tax, Audit, Information Technology, Procurement, and Consumer Finance operations for certain countries in Central America and the DR. Also business representative on 4-member Software Change Control Board. When Latin American business units went up for sale, I coordinated data integrity and dataroom preparation. Closely worked on valuation of business units with NY investment bankers and did succesful road show presentations to various investors.

Responsible for Finance and IT in a specialized medical assembly ISO environment with clients on several continents. Won award for quickest successful MRP implementation in Baxter. http://www.baxter.com/

Audit and Tax work. Passed Florida CPA exam. https://www.bdo.com/about/us-locations/miami-office

Corporate Banking, responsible for all National Accounts headquartered on the US East Coast, with presence in Florida.