Ishmael Quiroz Is the New Exec. Director at BELTRAIDE

Ishmael Quiroz, the former Executive Director of the Economic Development Council, has been given the green light to fill the vacant post left by Doctor Leroy Almendarez at BELTRAIDE. As we reported, Doctor Almendarez left his post as executive director to become the Chief Executive Officer at the Social Security Board. According to Narda Garcia, the C.E.O. in the Ministry of Investment, Quiroz is a good fit for the position at BELTRAIDE because he collaborated with the agency on numerous projects in his former capacity.

 

Narda Garcia, Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of Investment

“Ishmael Quiroz has been with the E.D.C. for seven years and he has resigned. It was happening in tandem. He had resigned for another, I think he was going to the National Bank, because as a young professional he was looking for new areas to work. But, at the same time he knew that Doctor Almendarez was applying. He asked me what I thought. I said, go for it. I think you can do the work, go for it. As a professional you should always pursue growth. I knew he was going to do well. When I heard from Quiroz that he was leaving I said we are going to have a bakery at BELTRAIDE. They worked so closely together. I have the investment policy and compliant unit at the investment ministry, we have the economic development council and BELTRAIDE, as you have witnessed, I have them working as a team in everything for investment, the Investment Summit and MSME Road Show and that is how it works. I told them it is going to be a very easy transition. You know the staff, the vision, the mission, what we do at BELTRAIDE. He applied and the board has approved his application for it.”